# Flooding, 14 Leitch Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand

Somerfield, Christchurch · filed 4 March 2025 · report 5971338
https://www.chch.live/report/5971338

> Street flooding occurred once again v. easily last night, (3/3/2025) although an 'insignificant' rainfall event. Difficulty for residents in New developments to get in their cars parked on the road & their homes. Leitch St is known by CCC staff to be a Flood prone area with insufficient drainage repairs completed since the Chch earthquakes, yet consent given for 8 properties/homes to develop into 33 units / homes on these properties. Leitch St drainage pipes/ road needs a full upgrade ple

*The reporter’s own words, a public report relayed, not verified or endorsed.*

## Also at this address (one of 7)
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8497681), 30 Jun 2026
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5515811), 6 Dec 2024
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5511072), 5 Dec 2024
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/3995168), 6 Dec 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3992134), 6 Dec 2023
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/3992094), 6 Dec 2023
- [The address’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-leitch-street)

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Flooding, 1 m away · resolved 10 Mar 2025, took 6 days, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Water Leak, 3 m away · resolved 8 Dec 2023, took 37 hours
- Potholes, 4 m away · resolved 21 Jul 2026, took 3 weeks
- Water Leak, 5 m away · resolved 7 Dec 2023, took 25 hours
- Water Leak, 5 m away · resolved 6 Dec 2023, took 6 hours
- Water Leak, 6 m away · resolved 9 Dec 2024, took 4 days
- Water Leak, 7 m away · resolved 7 Dec 2024, took 20 hours
- Potholes, 9 m away · resolved 21 Jul 2023, took 26 hours
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/flooding
The street: https://www.chch.live/street/somerfield/leitch-street
The address: https://www.chch.live/somerfield/14-leitch-street
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/somerfield
The attached photograph: https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05971338/public/1_tlaips2cb7ci.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55620422709077&lon=172.63091202864396

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=5971338