Mount Maunganui traffic has come to a stand still on Tauranga Harbour Bridge this afternoon.
Former Tauranga City Councillor Murray Guy said he was one of the many drivers caught in the pile up.
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Mr Guy was driving a bus load of cruise ship passengers back to their ship but have come to a stand still.
''We've literally been sitting here for 15 minutes,'' Mr Guy said.