{"id":623269,"date":"2026-10-07T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623269\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T12:06:24","slug":"oamaru-petrol-station-closes-following-issues-with-stormwater-infrastructure-after-july-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/623269\/","title":{"rendered":"Oamaru petrol station closes following \u2018issues\u2019 with stormwater infrastructure after July floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A service station in\u00a0Oamaru has been temporarily closed after a council inspection carried out in the wake of flooding in the district revealed underlying \u201cissues\u201d with the stormwater network.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation found issues between Reed St and Severn St, the Waitaki District Council said.<\/p>\n<p>Z Energy said it was assisting the council and its site at Severn St\u00a0would remain closed\u00a0\u201cas a precaution\u201d while assessments were completed and work carried out.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the energy company said: \u201cZ Oamaru is temporarily closed due to concerns associated with stormwater infrastructure located on the site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The safety of\u00a0customers, team members and suppliers was its \u201ctop priority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will reopen the site once it is safe to do so and keep our customers informed as more information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A council spokesperson said:\u00a0\u201cWaitaki District Council has undertaken inspections of the stormwater network following the significant rain event in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigation has identified some issues with the network between Reed St and Severn St\u00a0and have been working with Z Energy and independent engineers to determine the extent of the issue, what repairs are required and the approximate timeframes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther work will be taking place this week at the site.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A service station in\u00a0Oamaru has been temporarily closed after a council inspection carried out in the wake of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-623269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623269","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=623269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}