What |
Building engineered bunds from Bridge Street to South New Brighton School. |
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Why |
To reduce flood risk to South New Brighton School, Seafield Place and properties on Estuary Road. |
Where |
Bridge Reserve, Bridge Street, South New Brighton Park, Beatty St, South New Brighton. |
When |
Work will start late January 2021 and is expected to be completed by end May 2021. |
Contact |
The contractor is Citycare Limited. Phone 05 0824 8922 any time. |
On 29 August 2019 Christchurch City Council made some decisions to the earthquake legacy issues in South New Brighton and Southshore, which included building engineered, set-back bunds to reduce flood risk to South New Brighton School, Seafield Place and properties on Estuary Road. This responded to community concerns about the flooding possibility in this area as a result of earthquake damage.
We will construct the northern section of the bunds which include:
We have built the southern section between the school and playground, but the COVID lockdown and bird nesting season meant a delay to the northern section from Bridge Street to the school.
However, we’ll make sure the access to the following places will be maintained at all times from the end of Beatty Street:
The yellow line shows new bund about to be built. The red line shows the Avon River stopbank extension previously completed.