Full list of road closures in Christchurch.

To recap, the following the roads are closed due to flooding and are likely to remain closed overnight.

• Eastern Terrace, from Malcolm Street to Tennyson Avenue.

• Eglington Street, from Breezes Road to Woolley Street.

• Woolley Street, from Avondale Road to Waratah Street.

• Avondale Road, from New Brighton Rd/Bassett Street to Breezes Road.

• Newport Road from Emlyn Street to Wainoni Road.

• Owles Terrace, from Hardy Street to Collingwood Road.

• Aynsley Terrace, from Centaurus Road to Opawa Road.

• Clarendon Terrace, from Sheldon Street to Opawa Road.

• Richardson Terrace, from Opawa Road to Mackenzie Avenue.

• McCormacks Bay Road.

• Cumnor Terrace, from Chapmans Road to Garlands Road.

• Ford Road, from Opawa Road to Newbery Road.

• Avonside Road, from Retreat Road to Woodham Road

• River Road, from Banks Avenue to Medway Street.

If you need to be on the roads, please drive slowly, particularly through any surface flooding, so that you don’t push water onto people’s properties.

Also, try and avoid walking or biking through surface flooding as there is a chance it could be contaminated with wastewater.

30 May – 4:23 pm

High tide due at 8pm

The next high tide is due at 8pm tonight and is likely to bring some more flooding.

There will be another high tide again at 8.30am tomorrow.

The roads that have been closed today are likely to remain closed until the high tides have passed tomorrow so if you normally travel these routes to get to work or school, please start thinking about making alternate plans.

If anyone living close to a river or waterway is feeling at all unsafe, they should self-evacuate.

If you need to report a problem in your area please call our Contact Centre on 941-8999, or it if is an emergency, call 111.

Source: Christchurch City Council