30/07/2025
We’ve been busy out at Appleby!
Echo Hire was proud to be chosen to remove the old vineyard to make way for one of the region’s biggest upcoming infrastructure projects, the Richmond South Stormwater Programme.
Our crew cleared 10 hectares of grapevines and support poles, and we turned all the vineyard trees into mulch to reduce waste and support future planting. ♻🌱
Awesome to be part of a project that’s not only about better infrastructure, but also sustainability and recovery for our region!
Wine makes way for water! Old grapevines have been cleared to make way for water, in preparation for one of our largest planned infrastructure projects over the next two decades.
Last year, we bought a block of land at Appleby which formerly belonged to Waimea Estates, next to the overbridge on the Appleby Highway near Three Brothers Corner.
About 10 hectares of grapevines and their support poles have been pulled out so the land can eventually be incorporated into the Richmond South Stormwater Programme.
Once completed, the stormwater project will be one of our largest infrastructure projects, both in terms of budget and physical work. It will involve the construction of more than 10 kilometres of open environmental channels from the Richmond Foothills to Waimea Inlet.
The new stormwater corridor will eventually be developed to look like the Borck Creek area with landscaping, shared paths and plantings.
We’ll be making the vineyard timber support poles into recycled fencing posts to use in the recovery from recent floods.
