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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
Category Archives: Infrastructure
Faster broadband for parts of St Albans
Ultrafast broadband will be available in parts of St Albans over the next year.
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Construction workers to help in storm aftermath
If the expected snowstorm causes damage in the next few days you might find construction workers sorting it out. Major construction companies have volunteered their staff to assist the Christchurch City Council and Civil Defence with repairs. Source: based on … Continue reading
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Check roads on website before travelling
The AA has an interactive website where you can lookup things like road closures and roadworks, which might prove handy with snowfalls or flooding predicted. If you have a Navman, Garmin or TomTom device you can get realtime traffic alerts … Continue reading
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Rubbish collection days changing
The city council has announced that rubbish days will be changing for some parts of Christchurch, starting the week of July 15. St Albans has been split down the middle, with Cranford Street and Sherborne Street marking the dividing line. … Continue reading
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Surface flooding in St Albans June 17
Continuous rain since late Saturday is putting pressure on the storm water system in St Albans and other parts of Christchurch. Surface flooding was reported to be particularly bad in Edgeware Road, between Madras and Barbadoes Street and in Warrington … Continue reading
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Edgeware Rd intersection shaky
Land around the Edgeware Road/Barbadoes Street is still not stable despite repairs and local retailers are reporting a sunken manhole and increased shaking when heavy vehicles travel north or south.
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Motorway extension consultation expected this month
Consultation over the extension to the Northern Motorway is expected to begin this month.
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Lack of demand cancels workcamp on Orion site
The company developing the Orion site in Madras Street as a temporary work camp for rebuilders has called the whole thing off.
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Downers to open site office in Madras Street
Downers, one of the firms involved in Christchurch street repairs, is opening a site office in St Albans in the next few weeks. The site is next door to 443 Madras Street and neighbours are likely to be treated to … Continue reading
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Roosevelt Avenue being worked on
SCIRT is replacing the gravity wastewater main and laterals along a section of Roosevelt Avenue between Innes Road and Malvern Street and expects the work to be completed by mid April.
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Edgeware Road one way (temporarily)
The section of Edgeware Road between Bishop and Sherbourne Streets will be one way until June while earthquake repairs are undertaken.
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Northern Motorway back on agenda
Plans are being made for a new section to be added to the Northern Motorway to link the Waimakariri River Bridge area with QEII Drive bringing fast moving traffic in and out of the city. The proposed Northern Arterial is … Continue reading
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