Traffic light collapses on Auckland’s Ōnewa Rd during roadworks

Dashcam footage has captured the moment a traffic light fell to the ground on an Auckland street.

The video shows the pole falling just as a car approaches it on the North Shore’s Ōnewa Rd.

A piece of the traffic light was scattered across the road as the vehicle came to a stop. The lights then dropped to the side.

Fulton Hogan contractors are seen working as the lights came tumbling down, last night.

Construction on a section of Ōnewa Rd between the Birkenhead Ave intersection and Kauri Glen Rd began on November 13 and is expected to finish on November 27, dependent on weather.

Work includes improving stormwater drainage, rebuilding the road foundation, and resurfacing the road.

Auckland Transport (AT) is investigating the “circumstances of this incident and what caused the traffic signal pole to fall”, it told the Herald.

Contractors on site managed the traffic around the obstruction while the lane was closed.

It was fully reopened after “a short delay”, AT said.

The AT Operations Centre sent a crew to disassemble the traffic light after it was contacted by the contractors, AT said.

Fulton Hogan referred the Herald to AT when approached for comment.