Redcliffs News-Sheet

REDCLIFFS  NEWS-SHEET

Fifth Edition, Tuesday March 8 2011, 9am

This information is the best we have – please tell us if you have more recent updates

– txt Peter Hyde on 021 131 7519 or email or call 384 5137

New editions in print or at as needed

GOVT HELP LINE: 0800 77 999 7 and see

COUNCIL: 03 941-8999 and EQC: 0800 326 243

WATER: outside Redcliffs BP (24/7; needs boiling; sanitise hands before touching taps; bottles available). Sumner (Hardwick and Colenso) or Mt Pleasant (Major Hornbrook Rd), both 9-4.

Some clean bottled water is at the Redcliffs InfoPoint for those with no power. If your water/power is on, still quick-boil water (necessary for next fortnight as the chlorination flushes through). The hill reservoirs are being filled and the pipes being checked.

SEWERAGE: be sparing with your flushing -- check your sewer lines are intact! We’re trying to get more portaloos, specially for Beachville and Celia (still mostly waterless). Avoid contact with surface water, rain puddles. Keep washing hands or using sanitiser after toileting, pet contact or before food prep. Sanitiser is available at the InfoPoint – try to bring own containers.

POWER: Mostly live from Sumner to McCormacks Bay. Power on in parts of Augusta St, James, Taupata, Bayview, Wakatu, Monck’s Spur. Beachville, Celia and parts of Main Rd are still without. Orion working hard and hoping for success in next couple of days but each fault found takes 12 hours to fix. Check the power/water map at the InfoPoint and let us know how it is where you are.

Free checks and electrician advice from Electrical Contractors Association: 0800 506 688

CHARGE CELLPHONES: use plug box at Redcliffs InfoPoint by Telecom generator.

CORDONED/CLIFFTOP AREAS: If a house is red-stickered, you should NOT enter. If a cordon is up, you should not cross it. Once the cordon comes down, you can enter your property if it has NOT been red-stickered -- use your discretion and at your own risk. Now there is concentration on geotechnical issues, to minimise cordons, assess house status, and allow safe access.

First up is Raekura Pl. The cordon is likely to be pulled back to around the rest home.

Tues/Wed: Egnot Heights and above, Taupata/Augusta Sts, Balmoral Lane. The Egnot area has one house red-stickered for geo-tech reasons, 3-4 for structural damage. The crack across the road is a fill failure, not a geological one; may need some remedial work on the crib wall. More info to come.

Wed-Fri: Sumner, Mt Pleasant, St Andrews. Clifton has roading cracks which hold concern for vehicular use but has been open. Kinsey Tce looks OK at the far end; some concern re the front.

Info on the cordons and their placement will be made available as we learn it. Let us know if you learn something from a reliable source, e.g. see a cordon has been removed!

If you have concerns of a geotechnical nature (eg cracks, rockfalls), call the Council line (941 8999) and ask for geotech help. If you want to know about evacuated areas and returns, contact Civil Defense.

BUILDING INFO:

Assessor teams have been eye-balling houses; not too much damage (just one red sticker on the flat area in Augusta St for example). Fletchers have a quick-response team to help if your house can be made safe for living in quickly.

For urgent needs (if your home is not weather-proof, secure or sanitary) call 0800 326243

Roof repairs offered: Mark: 0220261899

Building Contractor: Craig McNab (Redcliffs resident): 027 220 3501 – can sort small jobs

TRAFFIC ROUTES:

Main Rd: open now. Past Redcliffs to Sumner is slow due to work on roading/pipes.

Bridle Path Rd: heavy vehicle access route; will be rock clearing for 2-3 weeks

Lyttelton Tunnel open to residents only. Ferrymead Bridge is OK for under 3.5 tonnes.

Cordoned: Egnot Heights and above, Taupata St by the cliffs: may open up more in the next day or so, pending geotech assessment completion.

Fitzgerald Ave now open (one lane in places), but use routes south of Brougham as best way around city.

PETROL: BP Redcliffs (operating on generator; thanks Warren!).

BP Linwood Ave, Shell Ferry Rd, Challenge Opawa Rd.

FOOD: Sumner Supermarket is open, has EFTPOS; Redcliffs Dairy now has power. Redcliffs NW to be demolished; Stanmore NW open (hard to get to and busy). Moorhouse Ave Countdown. Some cans, fruit and food drops at InfoPoint.

In Ferrymead: Subway; Food Factory (fka Baker Boys), Paper Plus (stocking bread and milk)

Supermarket runs: 3pm, leaving the InfoPoint daily for Barrington Mall (fully operational).

MEDICAL: Redcliffs Medical Centre. Sumner Health: 326 6288

PHARMACY: Redcliffs and Soleares Ave.

HEALTH: Pedestrians/cyclists should wear masks; a limited supply of masks & sanitiser are at the InfoPoint. Emergency packs are there too – wind-up radios, sanitiser, candles.

VET: Andrew, Redcliffs Vet 10-12. Ferrymead Vets: 384 3070

ATM: Kiwibank Woolston, ANZ Woolston.

RUBBISH: Dyers Rd Transfer Station is damaged/closed. Parkhouse Rd next nearest (NB Expensive! Keep receipt for insurance claim!) “Normal” street pickups scheduled. Can use green/red bins; put out human waste if well bagged in red bin.

HARDWARE: Mitre 10 Ferrymead, Sumner, ITM Dyers Rd, Bunnings Blenheim Rd.

EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION: Wanted/Offered: 0800 435 700

Last open welfare centre: Pioneer Stadium in Lyttelton St Spreydon.

SCHOOLS:

Redcliffs: assessment under way; see for updates and helpful links.

Secondary Schools: most serving this area area still being checked prior to re-opening; some are making alternative arrangements for classes and student. Status list at: http://www.minedu.govt.nz/

COMMUNITY HELP – HELPING OTHERS

If you have spare resources, use the Redcliffs InfoPoint, near the caravan, as a drop-off point.

Use the noticeboard to offer or ask for help, donate useful supplies (batteries, cans, gas).

Can you take some laundry across town? Provide a lift? Make an offer on the noticeboard.

New Website: (courtesy of the Redcliffs Primary BOT, thanks guys!)

Sumner News: Sumner now has a news-sheet like this for locals. Yay, propagation of good ideas!

St Andrew´s Church, Main Road: Help Centre 1-4pm daily; Minister: Paul Heard 3764698

COMMUNITY MARKET: Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Sat 12th March 10am -- 1pm

Stall enquiries to Tom Davies please 03 384 4390 (H) 027 600 7779 (C). See you there!