# Damaged Street Sign, Stapletons Rd & Averill St, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand

Richmond, Christchurch · filed 4 September 2025 · report 6847140
https://www.chch.live/report/6847140

> Street signs at corner of Averill Street & Stapletons Road have been repeatedly targeted on this low pole, incorrect directions change & or one or both signs wrenched off their hinges to the pole in an attempt to rip the signs off completely. This has been an almost daily occurrence the last few years. An out of town visitor couldn't find my house for 15mins due to this street sign vandalism. Could a permanent solution be made, suggest moving signs to high pole across the street per 2nd photo

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

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Signs, 7 m away · resolved 9 Oct 2025, took 5 weeks, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Road/Hard Surface, 53 m away · resolved 9 Jun 2026, took 9 months, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Graffiti on Private Property, 1 m away · open, filed 6 Jan 2020
- Temporary Traffic Management, 1 m away · resolved 27 Jul 2020, took 2 hours
- Graffiti, 4 m away · resolved 31 Oct 2021, took 21 hours
- Footpath, 7 m away · resolved 20 Apr 2023, took 14 months
- Signs (Road), 7 m away · resolved 20 Jul 2022, took 42 hours
- Water Meter Box & Parts, 7 m away · resolved 10 Feb 2022, took 3 weeks
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/road-damage
The street the pin lands nearest: https://www.chch.live/street/richmond/averill-street
The filed address the pin lands 7 m from: https://www.chch.live/richmond/1-averill-street
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/richmond
The attached photograph: https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06847140/public/1_a8ubwtkprbnk.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51311309864781&lon=172.65587649985974

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=6847140