# Parks, 77, Ford Road, Opawa, 8023, Canterbury

Opawa, Christchurch · filed 26 November 2019 · report 890282
https://www.chch.live/report/890282

> This is a complaint that relates to houses in this neighborhood that have been demolished by the council. They are at no 42 & 77 Ford Road. This once was a house proud neighborhood, and people took pride in their garden and verges. Now after the compulsory demolition of houses due to flooding hazards, we are now faced with vacant sections that remain unmown for weeks on end. The grass can almost be a metre high. Although recently mown, I will attach photos of what we usually see each day. Today another demolition started at 75 Ford Road. This means we will be now left with three vacant over grown sections that are left to grow wild. Ideally we would like neighbours that took pride in their neighborhood living there. Short of that, we would like these sections to be maintained more frequently and especially their verges which are also overgrown. We would also like to know what the long term plans are for these vacant sections. On a separate note, no 73 (I think is also a council property) once was well kept but is now totally overgrown. Also the councils responsibility is the verge outside 44 Ford Road, again not regularly maintained.

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

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Grass (Road), 59 m away · resolved 3 Apr 2020, took 5 months, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- Pothole (Road), 1 m away · resolved 24 Sept 2018, took 3 days
- Road Asset (e.g.footpathroadfurniture), 2 m away · resolved 10 Mar 2021, took 4 months
- Manhole, 3 m away · resolved 14 Nov 2019, took 8 weeks
- Litter, 4 m away · resolved 25 Jul 2025, took 5 days
- Blockage/Water Not Draining, 5 m away · resolved 27 Jan 2025, took 4 weeks
- Water Meter Box & Parts, 8 m away · resolved 11 Sept 2020, took 3 weeks
- Grass Verge (Berm), 8 m away · resolved 11 Dec 2018, took 6 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/parks-maintenance
The street the pin lands nearest: https://www.chch.live/street/opawa/ford-road
The filed address the pin lands 2 m from: https://www.chch.live/opawa/77-ford-road
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/opawa
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55479960091775&lon=172.66654086848095

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=890282