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Focus on city clean up today
Focus on city clean up today
Dunedin (Friday, 5 June,
2015) – The Dunedin City Council, its contractors and
volunteers will be out helping residents clean up today
after the flooding.
The Civil Defence Welfare Centre, now being referred to as the Council Recovery Centre, opened again at 10am. The centre has been set up in South Dunedin at the St James Presbyterian Church in King Edward Street. Those needing information, help to clean up, or any other community assistance can talk to DCC staff and local welfare agency staff at the centre.
House assessments are again underway this morning with DCC building control officers checking the soundness of the houses for residents who have been affected by floodwaters. The inspections will help confirm the extent of the damage to the city.
Those wishing to volunteer their help please phone the DCC call centre at 477 4000. CSA staff will take your details and contact you back when it is established what help is needed and where.
DCC General Manager Services and Development Simon Pickford will be at the Council Recovery Centre asks that volunteers please bring their own gumboots.
“You are likely to working in areas that will still have contaminated surface water, so please come prepared. Your help is most welcome but we need to look after your welfare too. Gloves and any other clean up equipment required will be provided on site.”
The DCC has placed skips in hot spots around South Dunedin for flood affected residents to dispose of large items like ruined furniture, sandbags and carpets. Residents are asked to bag and place smaller material on the kerbside for collection by DCC contractors.
In South Dunedin, skips are located at Hargest Crescent, Surrey Street (2), Macandrew Road (2), Bayview Road (2), and Baker Street (Caversham) by the church. Other rubbish can be bagged (any bags are fine, not just DCC refuse bags) and can be left on the kerbside. We will have daily collections over the weekend.
Volunteers are available to help residents with the clean-up in their own homes. Mr Pickford says please phone 477 4000 to ask for our assistance.
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