# Overgrown Vegetation, Halswell Junction Road, Canterbury Region 8025, New Zealand

Christchurch · filed 7 January 2026 · report 7503192
https://www.chch.live/report/7503192

> This busy roundabout (RAB) is heavily overgrown with tall weeds which effectively destroy road users lines of sight. It makes it difficult or impossible to detect traffic already on the the RAB hence these vehicles can loom dangerously on vehicles entering the RAB.The NZTA "Safer Journeys" doctrine specifically stated the danger of restricted vision on bends and intersections with the need for vegetation trimming or removal being paramount.The risk is even higher for motorcyclists. Fire hazard!

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

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Garden (Road), 3 m away · resolved 6 Dec 2019, took 11 hours
- Traffic Light, 6 m away · resolved 29 Oct 2019, took 3 days
- Lighting, 6 m away · resolved 14 Jul 2025, took 10 min
- Litter (Road), 6 m away · resolved 15 Jul 2020, took 5 min
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 8 m away · resolved 26 Nov 2025, took 1 hours
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 8 m away · resolved 11 Nov 2025, took 10 min
- Water Supply, 9 m away · open, filed 8 Sept 2025
- Water Supply, 9 m away · resolved 8 Sept 2025, took 3 days
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/overgrown-vegetation
The street: https://www.chch.live/street/hornby/junction-road
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/hornby
The attached photograph: https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07503192/public/1_7ja77e65q4ed.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56157566165646&lon=172.5290548055147

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=7503192