The area around the cenotaph has been undergoing maintenance this week.
Dunedin City Council sports field and facilities officer Harold Driver said the timing of the annual maintenance programme had not been intended to coincide with the eve of Anzac Day commemorations, but wet weather caused delays.
Contractors this week repaired four damaged grounded light boxes, replaced five seats, patched asphalt, water-blasted the lower reaches of the cenotaph and sealed cracks in the cenotaph steps.
While today is the project deadline, some of the cracks in the concrete plaster of the steps were yet to be sealed, because of rain.
The cracks would not affect Monday's dawn service, Mr Driver said.
The replaced seats were more than 50 years old and had been patched many times, he said.
