Crash causes Mount traffic jam

A truck and a car collide on the Mount side of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge. PHOTO / GEORGE NOVAK

UPDATED 9.02am: Awanui Rd will soon be closed in both directions for a short period of time while a truck involved in a crash is removed.

Tauranga Police remain at the scene of the crash on Awanui Rd close to the merge with Hewletts Rd.

Although no one was injured Tauranga Police wish to advise motorists that the road is restricted to one lane only and that significant travel delays are being experienced for motorists travelling from Mount Maunganui to Tauranga.

Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes or delay travel in this area.

UPDATED 8:50am: The road has been cleared after a crash near the Harbour bridge.

Senior Sergeant Rob Glencross said the truck and car involved have just been moved around the corner to help traffic flow again.

Mr Glencross said it was a merging accident but police were still speaking to the drivers to determine what happened.

No one was injured in the crash.

EARLIER: Traffic is backed up the length of Hewletts Rd after a crash between a truck and trailer unit and a car.

The crash occurred just prior to the Harbour Bridge on the Mount Maunganui side in the city-bound lane.

Traffic was down to one lane but was slowly moving.