HIGH TIDES AGAIN

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23354, 13 June 1941, Page 6

HIGH TIDES AGAIN

Minor Flooding At Redcliffs BUSES REPLACE TRAMS For about three hours last evening tidal flooding near Redcliffs made it necessary for buses to take over the seaward end of the Christchurch-Sum-ner tram service.’High tides and the efftct on the sea of a strong northeasterly wind early in the evening made possible a repetition of the heavy flooding of Tuesday night, but soon after 10 o’cleck the flooding of the road on the city side of the McCormack’s Bay causeway had gone down sufficiently for trams to take up the running again. Across the road at this point for some hundreds of yards tidal waters washed early in the evening to a depth of some inches; and they left behind the;n, when they receded, a road covered with mud and debris. To a smaller extent the sea also came over again in the more low-lying part of Monck’s Bay; but the flooding was not comparable with Tuesday’s. In both places water got into gardens and in some places, it was reported, into houses, but there was no report of any major damage.

The level of water in the lagoon inside the causeway was again very high, the water almost lapping the top, but it showed no signs of coming over the traffic highway. A few hundred yards nearer town, however, unwary motorists who kept too much to the left found a considerable depth of water in low-lying stretches of the road.