Severe weather event: Updates for Thursday 18 August 2022

Severe weather event August 2022

See is a list of wastewater pumping stations that have potentially overflowed during the current weather event.

**CHANGES NOTED IN BOLD ITALICS**

UPDATE 4:30 PM 18 August

• Maitai River continuing to rise
• Some wastewater pumping stations have struggled to cope with the very high volumes of stormwater infiltrating the wastewater network. Raw sewage may have spilled from these sites. Some overflows were minor, however, in the interests of public safety, we are urging people to treat all surface water as potentially contaminated. Visit our website for a list of wastewater pumping stations that have potentially overflowed.
• All libraries will remain closed tomorrow. 
• All sports fields remain closed until further notice.
• Election information event scheduled for Sunday at Nightingale Library has been cancelled. New date TBD.
• Recycling will not be collected in some streets tomorrow due to road closures/flooding: Wakefield Quay (south from Poynters Cres), Rocks Road, Bisley Ave, Grenville Terrace, Moana Ave (below Stansell only), Moncreiff Avenue, The Cliffs, Malcom Place, Whitby Road, Richardson Road, Fifeshire Crescent, Victoria Road, Mary Anne lane, Harbour terrace

Altered bus routes

• The Tāhunanui Shuttle Bus from Stoke will travel down Muritai Street, right onto Rui St, left onto Tāhunanui Drive, and left onto Muritai Street at the Mobil Station to return to Stoke. 
• The Atawhai bus cannot travel from Four  Square out to the state highway so is diverting north along Atawhai Crescent back onto SH6 to return to Nelson City. The bus stop and shelter at Four Square are not operational.  

ROADS

OPEN

• Ajax Ave OPEN from Collingwood 
• Main Road Stoke – OPEN
• Cable Bay Road – passable full length from SH. Minor slips – no water on the road
• Market Road – OPEN

CAUTION

• Maitai Dam access road multiple slips
• SH6 water close to topping over in some areas - Todd Bush Rd & Glen Rd still open
• SH 6 Atawhai, between Tui Glen Road and Bay View Road intersection. Due to a slip, there is southbound shoulder and footpath closure with 30km/h temporary speed restriction in place. Take extra care.
• Tresillian Ave - lots of flooding but open
• Panorama drive flooding some areas not closed
• Milton Street some flooding at Centre of New Zealand not closed

CLOSED 

• Moana Ave and Bisley Ave CLOSED full length
  
• Stansell Ave CLOSED full length
• Brook Street CLOSED from Glen Creek
• Maori Road CLOSED
• Glen Road CLOSED from number 44
• Coster Street CLOSED entire length
• Water Treatment Plant access road - blocked culverts – passable in 4WD only
• Rocks Road CLOSED Tāhunanui Drive - Richardson
• Maitai Valley Road - CLOSED entire length. Staff are supporting Maitai camp and dam caretakers with food drop
• Domett/Tasman - soft closure, full length
• Iwa road CLOSED Full length 
• Atawhai drive CLOSED from Walters bluff to Iwa Road
• Avon Terrace CLOSED – full length
• Walters Bluff/ Davies CLOSED– full length
• Frenchay Drive CLOSED– Full length
• Devenish CLOSED – Full Length - sewer damaged, Nelmac are on site to repair.
• Farleigh Street - CLOSED full length
• Atawhai Drive CLOSED between SH6 and Four Square supermarket
• Teal Valley from number 133 CLOSED
• Little Todds Valley CLOSED from Todd Bush Road 
• Atawhai drive CLOSED between Paremata street and SH6
• Shakespeare walk CLOSED Full length 
• Nile street CLOSED from Maitai 
• Tosswill Road CLOSED – SH to Chamberlain
• Mill Street/Hanby CLOSED - entire

TRACKS / RESERVES

Botanical Hill - Kauri Track.
Pipers Reserve - Princess Drive to Mamaku Junction.
Grampians Reserve – Collingwood zig zag, Tawa Track, Ronaki Track
Hira Forest CLOSED, including Codgers/Maitai trails, Fringed Hill trails, Sharlands Trails
Some tracks are still being assessed; further closures are highly likely

OTHER CLOSURES

The Marsden Valley Dog Park is CLOSED
All three library branches are CLOSED today – Elma Turner Pop-up, Stoke, and Nightingale Library Memorial. Check their website (https://buff.ly/35pBt2C) or Facebook page for the most up to date information about library hours
Nelson Museum is CLOSED today.
Riverside Pool CLOSED
Hira Forest CLOSED
Brook Sanctuary CLOSED
Waahi Taakaro Golf Course CLOSED
Hira Forest CLOSED, including Codgers/Maitai trails, Fringed Hill trails, Sharlands Trails

UPDATE 1:15 PM 18 August

An Incident Information Centre will be opened at Trafalgar Centre in Nelson from TOMORROW (Friday 19 August) 8:30am-6:30pm for people who have been affected by flooding.

Representatives from Iwi, the Insurance Council, Ministry of Social Development, Red Cross and others will be on site.

Maitai River continues to rise

Altered bus routes

• The Tāhunanui Shuttle Bus from Stoke will travel down Muritai Street, right onto Rui St, left onto Tāhunanui Drive, and left onto Muritai Street at the Mobil Station to return to Stoke. 
• The Atawhai bus cannot travel from Four  Square out to the state highway so is diverting north along Atawhai Crescent back onto SH6 to return to Nelson City. The bus stop and shelter at Four Square are not operational.  

Roads

OPEN

• Ajax Ave OPEN from Collingwood 
• Main Road Stoke – OPEN
• Cable Bay Road – passable full length from SH. Minor slips – no water on the road
• Market Road – OPEN

CAUTION

• Maitai Dam access road multiple slips
• SH6 water close to topping over in some areas - Todd Bush Rd & Glen Rd still open
• SH 6 Atawhai, between Tui Glen Road and Bay View Road intersection. Due to a slip, there is southbound shoulder and footpath closure with 30km/h temporary speed restriction in place. Take extra care.
• Tresillian Ave - lots of flooding but open
• Panorama drive flooding some areas not closed
• Milton Street some flooding at Centre of New Zealand not closed

CLOSED 

• Brook Street CLOSED from Glen Creek
• Maori Road CLOSED
• Glen Road CLOSED from number 44
• Coster Street CLOSED entire length
• Water Treatment Plant access road - blocked culverts – passable in 4WD only
• Rocks Road CLOSED Tāhunanui Drive - Richardson
• Maitai Valley Road - CLOSED entire length. Staff are supporting Maitai camp and dam caretakers with food drop
• Domett/Tasman - soft closure, full length
• Iwa road CLOSED Full length 
• Atawhai drive CLOSED from Walters bluff to Iwa Road
• Avon Terrace CLOSED – full length
• Walters Bluff/ Davies CLOSED– full length
• Frenchay Drive CLOSED– Full length
• Devenish CLOSED – Full Length - sewer damaged, Nelmac are on site to repair.
• Farleigh Street - CLOSED full length
• Atawhai Drive CLOSED between SH6 and Four Square supermarket
• Teal Valley from number 133 CLOSED
• Little Todds Valley CLOSED from Todd Bush Road 
• Atawhai drive CLOSED between Paremata street and SH6
• Shakespeare walk CLOSED Full length 
• Nile street CLOSED from Maitai 
• Tosswill Road CLOSED – SH to Chamberlain
• Mill Street/Hanby CLOSED - entire

Tracks / Reserves

• Botanical Hill - Kauri Track.
• Pipers Reserve - Princess Drive to Mamaku Junction.
• Grampians Reserve – Collingwood zig zag, Tawa Track, Ronaki Track
• Hira Forest CLOSED, including Codgers/Maitai trails, Fringed Hill trails, Sharlands Trails

Some tracks are still being assessed; further closures are highly likely

Other closures

• The Marsden Valley Dog Park is CLOSED
• All three library branches are CLOSED today – Elma Turner Pop-up, Stoke, and Nightingale Library Memorial. Check their website (https://buff.ly/35pBt2C) or Facebook page for the most up to date information about library hours
• Nelson Museum is CLOSED today.
• Riverside Pool CLOSED
• Hira Forest CLOSED
• Brook Sanctuary CLOSED
• Waahi Taakaro Golf Course CLOSED
• Hira Forest CLOSED, including Codgers/Maitai trails, Fringed Hill trails, Sharlands Trails

UPDATE 11:30 AM 18 August

• Slips occurring in multiple places including Port Hills/State Highway 6 and Atawhai 
• Maitai River rising again.

Altered bus routes

• The Tāhunanui Shuttle Bus from Stoke will travel down Muritai Street, right onto Rui St, left onto Tāhunanui Drive, and left onto Muritai Street at the Mobil Station to return to Stoke. 
• The Atawhai bus cannot travel from Four  Square out to the state highway so is diverting north along Atawhai Crescent back onto SH6 to return to Nelson City. The bus stop at Four Square is not operational.  

Roads

OPEN

• Main Road Stoke from Collingwood to Champion – Open

• Cable Bay Road – passable full length from SH. Minor slips – no water on the road

• Market Road –open 

CAUTION

• Maitai Dam access road multiple slips

• SH6 water close to topping over in some areas - Todd Bush Rd & Glen Rd still open

• Tresillian Ave - lots of flooding but open

• Panorama drive flooding some areas not closed

• Milton Street some flooding at Centre of New Zealand not closed

CLOSED 

• Water Treatment Plant access road - blocked culverts – passable in 4WD only

• Rocks Road CLOSED Tāhunanui Drive - Richardson

• Maitai Valley Road - CLOSED entire length. Staff are supporting Maitai camp and dam caretakers with food drop

• Domett/Tasman - soft closure, full length

• Iwa road CLOSED Full length 

• Atawhai drive CLOSED from Walters bluff to Iwa Road

• Avon Terrace CLOSED – full length

• Walters Bluff/ Davies CLOSED– full length

• Frenchay Drive CLOSED– Full length

• Devenish CLOSED – Full Length - sewer damaged, Nelmac are on site to repair.

• Farleigh Street - CLOSED full length

• Atawhai Drive CLOSED between SH6 and Four Square supermarket

• Teal Valley from number 133 CLOSED

• Little Todds Valley CLOSED from Todd Bush Road 

• Atawhai drive CLOSED between Paremata street and SH6

• Ajax Ave CLOSED from Collingwood St

• Shakespeare walk CLOSED Full length 

• Nile street CLOSED from Maitai 

• Brook Street CLOSED from Trantragee Road

• Tosswill Road CLOSED – SH to Chamberlain

• Mill Street/Hanby CLOSED - entire

Other closures

• The Marsden Valley Dog Park is CLOSED
• All three library branches are CLOSED today – Elma Turner Pop-up, Stoke, and Nightingale Library Memorial. Check their website (https://buff.ly/35pBt2C) or Facebook page for the most up to date information about library hours
• Nelson Museum is CLOSED today.
• Riverside Pool CLOSED
• Hira Forest CLOSED
• Brook Sanctuary CLOSED
• Waahi Taakaro Golf Course CLOSED
• Hira Forest, including Codgers/Maitai trails, Fringed Hill trails, Sharlands Trails

UPDATE 9:30 AM 18 August

• Drinking water is SAFE. Please avoid surface water and do not let children or pets play in it. We've had reports of contaminated surface water from flooding. Please wash your hands/sanitise if you touch floodwaters.
• Refuse and recycling services continue as normal today (Thursday, 18 August). Services today are outside of major flood areas, but collection staff have been told not to enter floodwater, so please don’t put out your yellow or red bin if there is floodwater on your street.  

*Altered bus routes*

• The Tāhunanui Shuttle Bus from Stoke will travel down Muritai Street, right onto Rui St, left onto Tāhunanui Drive, and left onto Muritai Street at the Mobil Station to return to Stoke. 
• The Atawhai bus cannot travel from Four  Square out to the state highway so is diverting north along Atawhai Crescent back onto SH6 to return to Nelson City. The bus stop at Four Square is not operational.  

*Roads*

OPEN

• Main Road Stoke from Collingwood to Champion – Open 

CAUTION

• SH6 over close to topping some areas- Todd bush road & Glen road not closed 
• Trevilian Ave - lot of flooding not closed 
• Panorama drive flooding some areas not closed 
• Milton Street some flooding at Centre of New Zealand not closed 

CLOSED

• SH6 between Hira and Havelock CLOSED 
• Rocks Road CLOSED due to high tide & slips Tahuna Drive - Richardson
• Maitai Valley Road CLOSED  entire length
• Cable Bay Road CLOSED from SH
• Domett/Tasman flooding Full length
• Iwa road CLOSED Full length
• Atawhai drive CLOSED from Walters bluff to Iwa Road
• Avon Terrace CLOSED - full length
• Walters Bluff/ Davies CLOSED - full length
• Frenchay Drive CLOSED - full length
• Devenish CLOSED - full Length
• Farleigh Street Closed - full length
• Atawhai Drive between SH6 and Four Square supermarket CLOSED 
• Teal Valley from number 133 CLOSED 
• Little Todds Valley CLOSED from Todd Bush Road 
• Atawhai drive CLOSED between Paremata Street and SH6
• Ajax Ave CLOSED from Collingwood 
• Shakespeare walk CLOSED Full length 
• Nile street CLOSED from Maitai 
• Brook Street CLOSED from Trantragee Road
• Tosswill Road CLOSED - SH to Chamberlain
• Mill Street/Hanby CLOSED - entire

*Other closures*

• The Marsden Valley Dog Park is closed
• All three library branches are closed today – Elma Turner Pop-up, Stoke, and Nightingale Library Memorial. Check their website (https://buff.ly/35pBt2C) or Facebook page for the most up to date information about library hours. 
• Nelson Museum is closed today.

The rain hasn't stopped and there is potential for more issues as a result. That COULD mean more slips, flooding and evacuations. Nelson Tasman Civil Defence are monitoring the region, including all the rivers. They will let people know if they need to evacuate today, including going door to door. If you feel unsafe, you should evacuate if you can do so safely. If you are isolating with Covid and you need to evacuate, please do so, but mask up and maintain distance where possible. 

If you are able to stay home today, please do so to help ease the pressure on roads.