246 Sparks Road, Halswell
18 reports on record since August 2020 · 12 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 270 Sparks Road — 19 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 12 on record
Reported here
- Pothole —
Large pothole in the middle of lane
Pavement - Damaged — Rubbish truck has accidentally lifted handrail out of the ground and damaged the asphalt around it.
Park - General Request — 
Poles and Signage - General — Post pulled completely out of ground, not sure if it's vandalism or what?
Traffic Signals — When approaching the Sparks Road and Hendersons Road intersection from south east, there is NO CHANGE for drivers coming from this directio
Damaged Street Light — G600 HPS fitting not working, pole faces Halswell Rd, first pole on turning left onto Halswell Road from Sparks Road.
Road Blockage — Urgently need to review the road cones on this street! On Sparks Rd south of intersection with Hendersons Rd, an extreme amount of road cone
Park - General Request — Beautiful signs in this wetland area were not water-proofed when they were constructed and are now falling apart. Before long, with winter r
Animal - General — Hi, I’m a little concerned about the sheep in the paddock on the corner of Sparks and Hendersons rd. They are not sheared and there is now w
- Poles and Signage - General —
- Dumped Rubbish —
- Overgrown Vegetation —
- Poles and Signage - General —
- Road Signage —
Dumped Rubbish — Dumped rubbish
Parks — this truck ran over bollard, destroying it and drove off without stopping. they have to have known it was hit! was also observed by Mabel Ch
Roading/Streets — Police notified. Reg. expires 18/2/21, WoF. expires Aug 2021. Part blocking cycleway.
Roading/Streets — The people that live here, have a bunch of cars. They drive with excessive speed around the neighbourhood. Have heard them doing burnouts re
Also reported on Sparks Road
- 270 Sparks Road — 19 reports
- 381 Sparks Road — 11 reports
- 388 Sparks Road — 8 reports
- 376 Sparks Road — 8 reports
- 458 Sparks Road — 6 reports
- 330A Sparks Road — 6 reports
- 469 Sparks Road — 5 reports
- 302 Sparks Road — 5 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Sparks Road in 29 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 1 person killed, 4 seriously hurt.
The named ground
the council’s own structure register — bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby — the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Halswell ran about $697 a week — $147 above the city median of $550 — the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Halswell ward — the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
18 council reports on record since August 2020 — most often poles and signage - general (3), roading/streets (2), park - general request (2).
Halswell, Christchurch — on Sparks Road.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot — the record around this ground →