Designing a solution to dust

Dust is a concern for many Christchurch residents. Together, we’re working toward a solution.

We made a commitment in the Long-Term Plan 2021-31 to tackle the ongoing concerns of many residents with dust in Christchurch.

A new approach

By working with industry and the community, we tackled the long-standing odour issue at Bromley.

The programme was a big success, so we’re taking a similar approach to dust, specifically for northwest Christchurch.

Co-design workshops

We held a series of co-design workshops between October and December 2021.

These workshops brought together community, industry, and councils to better understand the issues from the community’s perspective, as well as identify the roles, responsibilities and regulations that play a part in it.

All of this was done with the aim of designing a workable solution.

The outcomes from the workshops are available in the ‘Workshop summaries’ section on the right of this page.

Dust monitoring webpage

In April 2023, a new webpage, Dust monitoring - northwest Christchurch was created. The page shows monitoring information for the previous six months, including the number of reports we've received and proactive site visits in these areas. The data is updated with the latest information monthly.

This gives the community a view of what is actually being reported to us and how we are responding.

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