Traffic on SH2 between Pāpāmoa and Mount Maunganui after a crash at Te Maunga. Photo / Samantha Motion
A crash at major road works in Mount Maunganui is causing traffic mayhem this morning.
Traffic is down to one lane at the State Highway 2 and State Highway 29A intersection at Te Maunga after a ute crashed into a barrier at 6.30am. The tail of backed up traffic is
stretching for kilometres between Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa.
A police spokeswoman said the barrier was now blocking a lane and there was possibly some debris still on the road. Police were helping to co-ordinate traffic, she said.
However, a reporter caught in the traffic said she had never seen traffic as bad at what it was this morning.
"Westbound traffic is at a near standstill from the Sandhurst Drive overpass to the Te Maunga roundabout," she said.
