RDRML chairman Richard Wilson, director Neil Brown, Grant and Carolyn Hood, of Grant Hood Contracting, and project manager James Greene sign the fish screen installation contract. Photo: Ashburton CourierA giant state-of-the-art fish screen near the Rangitata River will be finished soon as part of a $17.2 million project to protect salmon, trout and native fish in the river. The fish screen has been commissioned by Mid Canterbury’s largest water supply company and the mechanical screens are being built in stages in Australia. Components of the giant fish screen under construction in Australia. He is keen to show the scale of the work and put one of the fish screens on display before it is fully assembled on site.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 08, 2021 21:18 UTC