Heavy citybound traffic on the Northern Motorway this morning. Photo / NZTA
Heavy citybound traffic on the Northern Motorway this morning. Photo / NZTA
Traffic has finally cleared after being bumper-to-bumper for several hours on the Northern Motorway in Auckland following five separate traffic incidents since 8am, NZTA confirmed.
Rush-hour traffic was already building up when a crash happened on the city-bound lanes just after Constellation Drive.
Just one hour later, a motorcyclecollided with a car on the same route near Northcote Rd.
Nthn Mwy remains heavy citybound this morning following 2 earlier #crashes. Taking 25mins Greville Rd to CBD ^TP pic.twitter.com/4jZSbKiMHx
— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) May 17, 2016
This was followed by a four-vehicle crash near the Constellation Drive off-ramp around 11.30am. At least one person was said to have sustained neck injuries.
The fourth incident took place shortly after when two cars had a nose-to-tail collision in the queue that had built up following the multi-car incident.
A motorcyclist slid off his bike on the Curren St onramp at 12pm, which ended up blocking part of the onramp. T he wet and rainy conditions are a hazard said NZTA Media Manager Auckland and Northland Sarah Azam.
"Our message to people is, slow down, take care and watch your following distances," she said.
