A Greerton business owner sick of being flooded out says the Tauranga City Council has ignored his complaints and feels the problem has been placed in the "too-hard basket".
Landlord John Dustin said flooding in Maleme St happened at least once a year and "the council in the 12 years I've been here haven't done anything about it".
The council closed a section of Maleme St at 4pm yesterday. The closure came about an hour after Mr Dustin requested it, he said.
Mr Dustin owns two commercial properties on either side of the council Transfer Station. His son, Willy Dustin, is the managing director of Containers BOP on one site and rents it from his father. Together they regularly deal with water filtering through the station into their property.
"We've had containers wash in and as the tide goes out we've had containers actually lift up and debris [from the transfer station] wash over," Mr Dustin said.