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Christchurch City Council's Variation 48 - Management of the Flood Hazards in Christchurch, became operative on 31 January 2011.

Variation 48 identifies areas of the city subject to a greater risk of flooding as Flood Management Areas (FMAs) and imposes controls on filling and floor levels for development within those areas. Generally, all new buildings, building additions and earthworks within FMAs will require resource consent. 

ViaStrada has been joined by our good friends from Egressive, developers of fine websites (including ours) and guardians of IT networks. Since the Boxing Day aftershock, their premises have been "red-stickered". As working from home isn't great for team spirit, we've made space available in our Christchurch office and now have a half dozen additional people here on a temporary basis.

ViaStrada's Andrew Macbeth (left) and Christchurch City Council's Simon Ginn recently tested Melbourne's new public bike share scheme, while on a trip looking at public transport futures for Christchurch. (The project is also investigating public transport systems in Adelaide, Auckland and Wellington.)

ViaStrada is pleased to announce that Esther Sassenburg has joined the Nelson office as senior Transport Planner in a part-time role. Esther recently moved to Nelson, and joins ViaStrada with a strong transport planning background in private consultancies and local government.