1107 PROPERTIES GET THE GREEN ZONED GREEN LIGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH

In one in ten thousand, people with chins news: It was all go in Christchurch.

TV3 news reported: “Three-quarters of Port Hills properties in limbo since the  quake have been zoned green this afternoon. Earthquake Minister Gerry Brownlee announced the zoning  decisions for the last remaining white zone area in Christchurch today.

For 1107 property owners it was good news – with their  houses declared safe and the owners able to begin talks with CERA and insurance  companies about repairs. Of the remaining properties, two-hundred-and-eighty-five  will go red and 166 needed further assessment.

“The type of damage that has occurred in the Port Hills is  in no way similar to the damage that has occurred on the flat lands,” says Mr  Brownlee.“So these decisions have been pretty difficult.”–More at the sound of hammers.

~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 29.6.12~