Point Howard

1 of 4. There has been a landslide at 78 Howard Road, Point Howard. There is no loss of life or injury. Fire and Emergency NZ are working on assessing the ...

The slip has also caused a breach in a gas line, and the team is awaiting attendance from the Gas Utility.” Two water tankers are available on Marine Dr for any residents who want to fill their own containers. Access has been cut off to 20 homes in Lower Hutt’s Point Howard after a large slip came down, rupturing a gas line, and taking out powerlines.

Point Howard residents have their water, gas and power supply cut off after serious slip damaged a power pole and ruptured a gas line.

Wellington Water provided two tankers on Marine Dr for residents affected by the outage to collect water. “First things first, make sure everyone’s safe, make sure no one’s in the way of any slip getting worse. Gareth Hughes, assistant commander at Avalon Fire Station, was at the scene on Tuesday afternoon. He believed it was an obvious risk which should have been made a priority. In the most recent post, they reassured residents that plans were in place to restore water on Wednesday. Wellington Water asked residents of Point Howard to keep water use to a minimum and boil water before using for the next three days.

It is likely that a broken pipe caused or significantly added to a slip which took out utilities in the Lower Hutt suburb of Point Howard, Lower Hutt Mayor ...

Eleven days ago they discovered that some of the bank below the road had slipped, and her neighbour warned the council if something was not done, it would undermine the road and cut services, she said. They traced it to where it was coming out just below the road down a steep bank, she said. There was an issue with water leaks across the entire region and it was a matter of prioritisation, he said. "When were complaints lodged, what were the actions taken, what were the assessments made from those who were on site initially and we'll be getting that information over the coming days and we'll be able to report that back." Wellington Water said its crews were assessing what repair work was needed and expected to be able to restore water to the most affected residents once it had site access. Barry said geotechnical assessments have now been completed and they were waiting for results on the safety of the road for residents to be able to drive on it again.