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Renwick Lower Terrace Residents Advised To Evacuate
Residents of the Lower Terrace in Renwick are being advised to evacuate their properties and stay with family or friends for the next 24 hours. This is necessary as the stop bank at Conders Bend is beginning to over top.
The streets affected include Alma Street North, Gee Street, Blicks Road, Brook Street North, Inkerman Street North, Oudenarde Street and Terrace Road.
Also, Bartlett’s Creek bridge, 20km up the Northbank Road from Renwick, has been washed out so access to the Northbank area, west of SH6 is now not possible. There are approximately 25 rural properties there that are cut off.
Wairau River levels upstream of the Waihopai/Wairau rivers’ confluence have already peaked and are starting to reduce.
We are expecting the peak in the lower Wairau between SH6 and SH1 over the next couple of hours.
A large number of roads are closed – listed below. All sports parks are closed.
SH6 Renwick to Havelock - closed
SH63 Renwick to St Arnaud - closed
See the Waka Kotahi NZTA website for the latest highway closures:
www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/regions/10?layers=road-closures
If you are worried about potential flooding of your property, please call the Council on (03) 520 7400.
Wairau Valley township residents are advised to boil their water.
Roads closed
- Queen Charlotte Drive - the whole road
- Kaiuma Bay Rd due to a slip
- Duncan Bay Rd due to a tree down blocking road
- Para Rd (whole road) due to flooding
- Chaytors/Wairau Bar Rd ferry bridge due to flooding
- Northbank Road at Onamalutu due to trees down
- Awatere Valley Rd east of fords due to a slip
- Hammerichs Rd due to a tree down
- Inkerman St due to flooding
- Moenui Road
- Waihopai Road
- Dunbeath St off Kinross St
- Kaiuma Bay Rd due to a slip
- Duncan Bay Rd due to a tree down blocking road
- Para Rd (whole road) due to flooding
- Chaytors/Wairau Bar Rd ferry bridge due to flooding
- Queen Charlotte Drive in the Mahikapawa Hill area due to a slip
- Northbank Road at Onamalutu due to trees down
- Awatere Valley Rd east of fords due to a slip
- Hammerichs Rd due to a tree down
- Inkerman St due to flooding
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