Christchurch Earthquake – Infrastructure Update

5:52pm Monday 6 September 2010
Power

Power has been restored to the majority of the city. Please refer to the Orion website for more information on areas still without power (www.oriongroup.co.nz).

Water

Water supply has been restored to 90% of the city. The streets which still don’t have water supply are: Aikmans Rd, Anzac / Birch St, Averill / Petrie Sts, Avonside / Woodham Rd, Avonside Dr, Avonside Dr / Linwood Ave, Bearing St, Bexley Rd, Blake St, Brook St, Brookside Tce, Canberra St, Breezes Rd, Cashmere Rd, Cedar St, Cressy Tce, Dyers Rd, Fleete St, Flesher / North Avon Rd, Gayhurst Rd, George Seymour Quay, Godley Quay, Grimseys & Forquhars Sts, Halswell Junction Rd, Harbour Rd, Harling Ave, Heron St, Humphries Drive, Jubilee St, Landy St, Leinster / Rossall Sts, Mallet Place, Manchester St Between Peterborough & Salisbury Sts, Manning Place, Mattingley St, Mermaid Pl, Mundys Rd, New Brighton Rd, Palmers Rd, Pentlow Pl, Penwood St, Puhora Ave, Pukeko Pl, Pumping St, Queenspark Dr, Retreat Rd, River Rd, Rockinghourse Rd, Snell Place, Somes Rd, Lyttelton, Wairoa Rd.

Water testing is being carried out across the city, with information expected to be available within two to three days. In the meantime, residents are advised to continue to boil all water for drinking and food preparation.

Roads

A number of city roads still remain closed. These are:

Dyers Road from Metro Place to Bridge Street traffic island
Bexley Road from Bridge Street traffic island to pages Road
Breezes Road from Bridge Street traffic island to Cuthberts Road
Evans Road from Admirals Way to Estuary Road
Avonside Drive from Stanmore Road to Glucester Street/Retreat Street
Colombo Street from the Moorhouse Rail Overbridge to Elgin Street
Harper Avenue: Eastbound (City bound) lanes closed at Fendalton Road and Helmores Road intersections

A number of city bridges still remain closed. These are:

Bridge Street, South Brighton
Saby’s Road, Halswell
Old Waimak Bridge
Spencerville Road Bridge
Kaianga Road

Rain

Heavy rain is predicted over the coming days. While it is not expected that this will cause additional issues, residents are advised that the extra water in the stormwater system could overflow and cause pot holing where there are cracks in the pipeline. This is most likely to affect areas that have already experienced subsidence or hollowing.

Surveys of city riverbanks are now underway and work is being carried out to clear away silt and debris. The focus of this work is the suburbs of Burwood, Bexley and Avonside. The Army is helping with this work.

For further information, please refer to the Christchurch City Council website www.ccc.govt.nz, email info@ccc.govt.nz or contact the Christchurch City Council call centre on Ph 941 8999.