Staff of The Drawing Room on Manchester Street decorate road cones with flowers. File reference: CCL-2012-02-22- From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Damage to shops on Bowhill Road.
Road cones on Brook Street, Bexley.
Road works on Waitaki Street, Bexley.
A collapsed brick wall on Halswell Junction Road. A stack of bricks have been saved by the tree which has grown in a curve and is resting on the wall, holding the bricks in place. A pile of bricks can be seen on the ground where they fell.
A footpath in Halswell where the pavement has cracked and uplifted due to liquefaction.
Roadworks in progress on the corner of Maffeys and McCormacks Bay Roads. A digger works on a road that is being supported by a retaining wall.
Reinforcement steel protrudes from a bank which is supporting a walkway on Sumner Road. The area has been cordoned off with road cones and security fencing.
A photograph of two people carrying flowers. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "On New Brighton Road we came across this couple decorating cones".
A photograph of two workers in high-visibility vests using a measuring device. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Towards the causeway, from MPYC".
A photograph of two workers in high-visibility vests using a measuring device. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Towards the causeway, from MPYC".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 1 September 2014 entitled, "Tunnelling".
Road cones mark off a large crack in River Road, where the road has slumped towards the river. The photographer comments, "A bike ride around the CBD. River Rd subsidence".
A photograph of cracks in Park Terrace, where an access hole has lifted. Road cones have been placed on the road to warn and direct traffic.
A photograph of cracks running down Park Terrace. Road cones can be seen along the street, directing traffic over the safe parts of the road.
Road cones cordon off a large crack in River Road where the road has slumped towards the river. The photographer comments, "Lateral spreading towards the river is very obvious here".
Damage to River Road in Richmond. The road surface is badly cracked and slumped, and liquefaction silt covers part of the road. The photographer comments, "Lateral spreading cracks in River Rd".
Damage to shops on Bowhill Road.
Damage to residential roads in Bexley, Christchurch.
Damage to River Road in Richmond. The road surface is badly cracked and slumped, and liquefaction silt covers part of the road. Two people in gumboots walk towards a barrier erected across the road using road cones and warning tape, and in the background the badly twisted Medway Street bridge can be seen. The photographer comments, "Longitudinal cracks indicate lateral movement as the land sagged towards the river. Near 373 River Rd, looking south-east towards Medway St. The Medway St bridge is visible in the background".
A photograph of street art on a fence near the roundabout of St Martins Road and Gamblins Road. The message "Keep calm and carry on" has been crossed out and replaced with "Now panic and freak out".
The north end of the bridge on Gayhurst Road. During the earthquake, the bridge was forced about 15 centimetres towards the river, the land falling away under the road. Fencing has been placed around the footpath, and the road filled and resealed so that it can still be used by traffic.
Damage to River Road in Richmond. The road is badly cracked and buckled, and is partly blocked off with road cones and warning tape. In the background is a truck carrying more road cones and signs. The photographer comments, "Major slumps and cracks along River Rd. Near 381 River Rd, looking towards the Banks Ave - Dallington Terrace corner".
Damage to River Road in Richmond. The road is badly cracked and has slumped towards the river. Road cones and warning tape block off the road to vehicles. The photographer comments, "The end of River Rd, at the corner of Banks Ave-McBratneys Rd-Dallington Tce. Morons in 4WDs kept wanting to drive through here".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 20 March 2013 entitled, "Road works, Road cones and a Triangle Quilt".
Damage to residential roads in Bexley, Christchurch.
Damage to residential roads in Bexley, Christchurch.
Road cones and diversion signs on St Asaph Street.
Easter art work on a road cone on Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. Cardboard has been cut out and cellotaped to the road cone to look like a bunny.
Easter art work on a road cone on Cannon Hill Crescent in Mt Pleasant. A bunny picture has been cut out and cellotaped to a road cone.