Recovery of vehicles from CBD this weekend

18 March, 2011 - 09:40

This is a reminder to vehicle owners that the Police Vehicle Recovery Team will be endeavouring to clear three car parks within the cordoned area of Christchurch city this weekend.

The details are as follows:

Saturday, 19 March:

Wilson car park situated on Cashel Street. Owners should assemble on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Moorhouse Avenue at 11am on Saturday. Owners will hand keys to Police and wait at the Barbadoes/Moorhouse intersection while the vehicle is retrieved by the Police team. Owners who haven't yet registered their vehicles should do via the home page of http://www.police.govt.nz/.

Sunday, 20 March:

Bedford Row car park situated between Lichfield Street and Bedford Row. Owners should assemble on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Moorhouse Avenue at 11am on Sunday. Owners will hand keys to Police and wait at the Barbadoes/Moorhouse intersection while the vehicle is retrieved by the Police team. Owners who haven't yet registered their vehicles should do via the home page of http://www.police.govt.nz/.

The Crossing car park situated on Lichfield Street, just down from the Colombo Street intersection. Owners should assemble on the corner of Barbadoes Street and Moorhouse Avenue at 3pm on Sunday. Owners will hand keys to Police and wait at the Barbadoes/Moorhouse intersection while the vehicle is retrieved by the Police team. Owners who haven't yet registered their vehicles should do via the home page of http://www.police.govt.nz/.

It is important to stress that these car parks are in the 'Red Zone' of the city with extra safety precautions in place to facilitate recovery. If owners don't use this window of opportunity to attend with their keys, it may be some considerable time in the future before a further attempt can be made to recover a vehicle.

It is also important that vehicle owners note the following:

• Bring keys to the vehicle
• Bring ID and proof of ownership.
• If collecting on behalf of the owner bring a letter of authorisation.
• Be dropped off as there is no parking available
• One person to be dropped off per vehicle as space is limited.
• Consider bringing a chair and a book as the process will take some time
• Shelter and toilet will be provided
• No member of the public/owner will be allowed into the cordon area to retrieve their own vehicle for safety reasons
• Car park clearance is subject to final engineer's clearance on the day
• Only go to the assembly point on the day your specific car park is being cleared. Vehicles will not be recovered from other locations not specified.
• Please be patient
• If you haven't already registered your vehicle please do so via the Car Finder application on http://www.police.govt.nz/. Please only register once.

Further locations will continue to be advertised on police.govt.nz with locations announced 48 hours prior to collection to provide owners with time to make arrangements.