Civil Defence Update Wednesday 22 February - 11am

Wednesday 22 February

Port Hills Fire Update – 11am

Update to cordons access

Three cordons have been relaxed since yesterday, to allow residents and landowners to return to their properties. Access by the general public to these cordons is still restricted until further notice. The cordons are:

· Worsleys Road
· Kennedys Bush Road
· Hoon Hay Valley Road

Civil Defence has now updated the process by which non-residents gain access to restricted areas, in order to make it easier for those with a legitimate need to go through the cordons.

All non-residents who need access – such as tradespeople, insurance representatives and other professional services, and those who own land within a cordon area but live elsewhere – should report to the cordon sign-in area to gain an entry permit. Residents are no longer required to meet visitors before they proceed through the cordon.

This means non-residents are no longer required to travel to Princess Margaret Hospital to gain access through a cordon, and residents are no longer required to meet them there.

Civil Defence Controller David Adamson says: “The registration process is still necessary because all of these newly reoccupied areas are close to the active fire-ground and it is essential Civil Defence knows who is within the cordons and how to contact them at any given time.”

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