{"id":204815,"date":"2025-12-28T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/204815\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:15:07","slug":"oil-spill-on-sh73-makes-driving-hazardous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/204815\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil spill on SH73 makes driving hazardous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4O12SDR_copyright_image_138088.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"no caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFile photo.<br \/>\nPhoto: 123rf.com\n<\/p>\n<p>Canterbury drivers are being urged to be cautious after an oil spill on State Highway 73, West Coast Road near Porters Pass.<\/p>\n<p>The spillage reportedly extends from the Porter Pass summit to the intersection with Benmore Road, near Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with rain, it is causing slippery conditions for vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Crews have been sent to the site of the spill to clean up the spill.<\/p>\n<p>Road users travelling on this main link between Christchurch and the West Coast should drive with care and follow any directions given at the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo. Photo: 123rf.com Canterbury drivers are being urged to be cautious after an oil spill on State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-204815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}