A welfare centre will open at Cowles Stadium, Pages Rd, Aranui, today to replace the centre at Linwood College. The school plans to re-open tomorrow.
The Addington Welfare Centre remains open.
WelfareCentre queries can be directed to 941 8999 or 0800 800 169.
Roads
Sumner Road (Lyttelton to Evans Pass) has restricted access only for essential vehicles due to instability of rock above the road. Tomorrow rock blasting will begin to clear dangerous rock.
Building evaluations
A total of 5639 inspections of buildings, residential and commercial, had been carried out by 11pm last night. Of those 4620 have been issued with green placards, 832 issued with yellow placards and 187 have been issued with red placards.
Of the 1165 buildings inspected in the CBD, 839 have been issued with green placards, 245 with yellow placards and 81 with red placards.
Of the 3788 residential buildings inspected 3251 have been issued green placards, 489 with yellow placards and 48 with red placards.
Operation East
Operation East is drawing to a close. Today the priority areas are North and South Brighton. By 6pm yesterday, 3625 buildings had been inspected as part of this operation.
Water and Sewerage
As of last night seven streets remain without water, but a number of individual properties also remain without water.
A number of streets remain without sewer reticulation.
On Friday, 35 food premises were inspected and more have been carried out over the weekend. Inspectors will endeavour to begin CBD food premise inspections on Monday.
Central City
New Regent Street is now open. The Historic Places Trust needs to undertake inspections on those premises that have received yellow placards.
Christchurch City Council carpark buildings that are open will be free for the coming week. The open car parks are: Tuam Street, Kilmore Street, Lichfield Street (partial), Crowne Plaza and Oxford Terrace.
Cemeteries and Council facilities
Cemeteries that are open: Ruru, Memorial, Avonhead, Yaldhurst, Belfast, Linwood, Memorial Park, Waimairi, Yaldhurst, Little River, Diamond
Harbour
Cemeteries that are closed: Addington, Bromley, Lyttelton Anglican and
Catholic, Akaroa Anglican and Catholic and Dissenters.
Emergency Operations Centre move
The Civil Defence Emergency Operations Centre, which was based at the Christchurch Art Gallery since the earthquake, is now in the Christchurch City Council building at 53 Hereford Street. It has been operating from there since Saturday night.
The move allows the Art Gallery to open to the public tomorrow.
