# Roading/Streets, 19 Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand

Sumner, Christchurch · filed 16 November 2019 · report 878004
https://www.chch.live/report/878004

> Very heavy congestion witnessed on multiple occasions with traffic trying to leave (and often get into) Sumner on a sunny day. I've lived in Sumner for 12 years and this traffic congestion has only become an issue since New World in Redcliffes has been rebuilt and I assume the traffic lights timing isn't correct. The traffic jams completely gridlock Sumner (with traffic stuck along esplanade, Nayland, Colenso Re and back along Wakefield Ave). Traffic was also backed up all along causeway to ferry bridge the other week with traffic trying to get into Sumner at 5pm. Please sort the timing of the Redcliffes traffic lights out. It's dangerous for the bikers as more cars are now trying to avoid the grid lock and going up via summit rd or Lytellton, inexperienced drivers on these narrow roads! thanks

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## Also at this address (one of 12)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7973171), 25 Mar 2026
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7130996), 31 Oct 2025
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/6878680), 11 Sept 2025
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/6762981), 18 Aug 2025
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/6503446), 20 Jun 2025
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/6421856), 2 Jun 2025
- [The address’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street)

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Traffic Light, 15 m away · resolved 21 Nov 2019, took 5 days, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Meter box, 8 m away · resolved 10 Sept 2025, took 3 weeks
- Footpath, 10 m away · resolved 9 Jun 2025, took 3 months
- Road Asset (e.g.footpathroadfurniture), 10 m away · resolved 3 Aug 2020, took 14 days
- Trees, 10 m away · resolved 17 Sept 2025, took 6 days
- Trees, 14 m away · resolved 26 Jun 2025, took 6 days
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 15 m away · resolved 29 Jan 2025, took 2 days
- Signs, 18 m away · resolved 23 Sept 2024, took 5 months
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: https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/whitfield-street
The address: https://www.chch.live/sumner/19-whitfield-street
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/sumner
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.576319618396965&lon=172.76003725869316

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=878004