12 Dec 2016

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The last of the shipping containers at Peacock’s Gallop in Sumner have been removed.

The final container was removed this afternoon with a little help from Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel.

Watch time-lapse footage of the containers being removed.

Shipping containers were placed at Peacocks Gallop and several other sites after the February 2011 earthquakes to protect road users from slope instability hazards from the land behind the containers.

The crumbling cliff face and containers along Peacocks Gallop became a enduring image of the earthquakes.

Substantial remediation works have now been completed to a stage where the containers are no longer needed to protect road users.

The remediation works were done by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) on behalf of Christchurch City Council and NZ Transport Agency as part of the Sumner-Lyttelton Corridor re-opening programme.