# Wastewater/Stormwater, 125 Kennedys Bush Road, Canterbury 8025, New Zealand

Christchurch · filed 22 September 2020 · report 1232532
https://www.chch.live/report/1232532

> There's a subdivision development going on around my place at 123 Kennedys Bush rd and a footpath has been installed at the front of our house and therefore the drainage ditch out front has been reshaped. We have had problems previously with water flooding our front yard and going under our house during major rain events, we sent photos of this a few years back and were told someone would sort it but nothing happened. Previously after moderate to heavy rain any water in the ditch would be gone within 24 hours but it seems now it just sits as a still murky pool outside our property for days or even weeks at a time. Talking to the main contractor last week we were told that they thought it was a poor design and that the council were trying to spend as little money as possible and that the pooling outside our property will be the new normal. It seems crazy to me that the ditch is being left open in an area where hundreds of people walk, run and cycle daily it's a public saftey and health hazard and I thought development of an area was meant to enhance it not negatively affect existing properties and residents. Regards Shane

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## Also at this address (one of 5)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7451036), 29 Dec 2025
- [Noise - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/5038713), 22 Aug 2024
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/3308347), 4 May 2023
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/2960610), 9 Jan 2023
- [The address’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/halswell/125-kennedys-bush-road)

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Water Leak, 1 m away · resolved 20 Apr 2023, took 7 months
- Water Supply, 1 m away · resolved 15 Mar 2023, took 2 days
- Contractor Damage, 1 m away · open, filed 22 Sept 2020
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 1 m away · resolved 12 Jan 2023, took 4 months
- Road Asset (e.g.footpathroadfurniture), 2 m away · resolved 2 Mar 2022, took 2 weeks
- Litter, 3 m away · resolved 1 Sept 2022, took 3 days
- Water Leak, 3 m away · resolved 9 Apr 2025, took 12 days
- Safety Improvements, 4 m away · resolved 19 Apr 2023, took 54 min
MyCouncilTicket is a different door from the public report, one job can stand in both streams. The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/fixed

The problem: https://www.chch.live/problems/stormwater
The street: https://www.chch.live/street/halswell/kennedys-bush-road
The address: https://www.chch.live/halswell/125-kennedys-bush-road
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/halswell
The attached photograph: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/01232532/1_T9XdnI.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.595591071125014&lon=172.57238622741932

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=1232532