Alpine Fault Risk Assessment
T Dobbie made this Official Information request to Christchurch City Council
Christchurch City Council did not have the information requested.
From: T Dobbie
Dear Christchurch City Council,
Please provide a copy of the Risk Assessment for the Alpine Fault and the likely impact it will have on our city.
Yours faithfully,
T Dobbie
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Christchurch City Council
Kia Ora,
Thank you for your email.
We are handling your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
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Kind regards,
Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information
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Dear Christchurch City Council,
Please provide a copy of the Risk Assessment for the Alpine Fault and the likely impact it will have on our city.
Yours faithfully,
T Dobbie
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From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council
Dear Sir/Madam,
I refer to your request for:
Please provide a copy of the Risk Assessment for the Alpine Fault and the
likely impact it will have on our city.
Council Response
The Council does not hold a risk profile for the city and there is no
specific city risk assessment.
Therefore we have decided to refuse your request under the following
section of the LGOIMA - 17(g) – the information requested is not held by
the local authority.
Any questions regarding localised/regional defence issues (including the
Alpine Fault) can be directed to CDEM – via
[1]https://www.cdemcanterbury.govt.nz/cante...
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Kind regards,
Sean
Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information and Privacy Officer
Official Information Team
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive
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T Dobbie left an annotation ()
CCC were able to fulfil my request.
This is surprising when you consider we are the South Island's major city. CCC have no Health and Safety Risk Assessment for the major risk event of the Alpine Faultline which is overdue to rupture in what is expected to be a major earthquake lasting over 4 minutes. It is predicted to be at least an 8 possibly a 9 magnitude quake. It will impact not only Christchurch City but the whole island dramatically.
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Andrew Mitchell left an annotation ()
Wow. So Christchurch City Council has no "risk assessment" for a city (and quite frankly the bulk of the S.I.) where it is currently expected that we will have an alpine fault event within only a few years.
Greymouth District Council seem decades ahead of these guys...
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