Do you know why eel pipes (‘tuna townhouses’) were installed along the rock
edging of the Dudley Creek?
“Understanding is the key to true knowledge.” – Liam Williams
Unless you were in Christchurch on the 4th September 2010 and the 22nd February 2011, you won’t understand what we went through.
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/christchurch-and-canterbury-earthquakes/
Unless you lived in Flockton Basin after the earthquakes, you won’t understand what they went through.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/9381274/Rising-flood-risk-in-a-sunken-city
And unless you live in Richmond, you won’t understand what we are going through.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/103889907/residents-in-christchurchs-unkempt-and-neglected-richmond-frustrated-after-years-of-road-closures-disruption
So why are eel pipes important? I didn’t know about them until I read this report:
Getting All The Multidisciplinary Ducks In A Row – Stream Waterway Design
By Murphy A (Beca), Smith I (Beca), McMurtrie S (EOS Ecology), Keesing V (Boffa
Miskell)
This report gave me understanding, and with it hope…that a project which has caused problems for our community, will be a learning opportunity to share the story of the Dudley Creek Flood Remediation.
Which is why I created the Dudley Creek Trail.
Each pin is clickable and has more info/links, + & -, are in the bottom left hand corner, so you can zoom in/out.
Click on the square with arrow, in the top left hand corner, to show/hide map legend/layers.
This is an educational opportunity to share the story through ‘wayfinding’ signage, to teach:
– our local primary/intermediate/secondary school students
– the rest of Christchurch and New Zealand
– our overseas visitors
and share the technical behind-the-scenes information and lessons learnt, with the professional visitors to this site, whose jobs are to design/implement flooding remediation projects for their communities.
Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the design/construction of this project, the Papanui-Innes Community Board and the Christchurch City Council.
Thank you also to the families of Flockton Basin, whose notes where posted on the “R.A.D.S – Richmond Avonside Dallington Shirley Locals” Facebook page.
Links
– Dudley Creek Land Drainage News and Works Notices
– Christchurch City Libraries: Dudley Creek
– Action plan targets Richmond-Shirley road repairs
– Horseshoe Lake and the other Christchurch unsung heroes of draining a flat city
– Bypass eases flood risk for hundreds of homes
– Dudley Creek Mail Drop June 2017
– Dudley Creek bypass nearing completion
– Dudley Creek Consultation Booklet 2015
– Dudley Creek bypass proving problematic for Flockton flooding woes
– Dudley Creek Consultation Booklet 2014