The crash is also causing delays for southbound traffic due to rubbernecking. Image / NZTA
The crash is also causing delays for southbound traffic due to rubbernecking. Image / NZTA
A crash blocking a lane on Auckland's Northern Motorway and a breakdown in the Victoria Park Tunnel are causing delays for motorists amid balmy weather.
Both incidents have since been cleared from the motorways but motorists were advised to expect delays.
The crash on the northbound route of the NorthernMotorway, cleared at 11.20am, was also causing delays for southbound traffic due to rubbernecking, the New Zealand Transport Agency said.
The crash was reported at 10.55am on the right lane of the motorway just after the northbound Constellation on-ramp. Traffic is currently blocked all the way back to Wairau Park.
It would be tough for anyone without air conditioning, as MetService predicted a high of 27C in the City of Sails.
UPDATE 11.05AM This crash is also causing delays for southbound traffic due to rubbernecking. Please take care in the area. ^MF https://t.co/5PrzMyuoV1
— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) January 8, 2019
A photo tweeted by NZTA showed bumper-to-bumper traffic for several hundred metres.
SH1 NORTHERN MWY, NORTHBOUND - CRASH - 10.55AM A crash is blocking the right lane just after the northbound Constellation on-ramp. Please pass the scene with care and expect some delays. ^MF pic.twitter.com/v1JDw9YCTw
— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) January 8, 2019
At 11.20am NZTA said the crash had been cleared but congestion was backed up to Wairau Park.
Further south in the city, NZTA said a breakdown blocking the left lane of the Victoria Park Tunnel was causing delays.
