Expressway reopen after accident

UPDATED 8.56am: The Tauranga Expressway is now open and traffic is flowing as normal following this morning's disruption.

The Northbound Lane of the Expressway was blocked earlier today after a trailer decoupled from a truck.


A container struck a car in the incident. Photos: Andrew Campbell.

Earlier:

A section of the Takitimu Drive expressway is closed to rush hour traffic after a container came off a truck, hitting another car.

Emergency services are currently responding to the incident, which happened at around 7.55am at the merging lanes of Takitimu Drive, by the Waihi Road overbridge.

A trailer decoupled from a truck causing a blockage to the Northbound Lane of the Expressway.

Western Bay of Plenty road policing manager senior seargent Ian Campion says: "The north-bound lane heading towards the Mount between 11th Avenue and Elizabeth Street is completely blocked.

"A container has come off a heavy motor vehicle, coming from Bethlehem, and struck a car.

"There are no injures and we're currently working on clearing the scene.

"There is no way vehciles can pass through that area at the moment. If people can take alternative routes, that would be advisable.

"We envisage the road being closed for some time."

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Posted on 20-04-2015 08:34 | By The Caveman

Auckland morning traffic.............Stopped


@ the caveman

Posted on 20-04-2015 17:43 | By nerak

Scratching my head. Your point???


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Posted on 20-04-2015 20:52 | By Capt_Kaveman

times like this that the walls could be lifted and reduce the other side to one lane just to open one lane atleast


@capt caveman

Posted on 23-04-2015 05:01 | By Devils-advocate

Those barriers aren't exactly relocatable. And even if they were the relocatable type, it would take at least half a day to move them all!


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