The road is clear after this morning's crash but traffic is heavy. Photo / File
The road is clear after this morning's crash but traffic is heavy. Photo / File
Traffic from South Auckland to the city centre is heavy after a crash near Takanini early this morning.
At one point the crash, understood to have involved three vehicles, on the city-bound lane on the Southern Motorway led to a 65-minute journey between Drury and Takanini, according to the NZTransport Agency.
It usually takes 15 minutes.
Although the crash has now been cleared, there is a huge backlog and motorists are being encouraged to consider taking Great South Rd.
The crash N-Bnd on Sthn Mwy just before Takanini is now clear. Traffic is congested, consider taking Grt Sth Rd ^LC pic.twitter.com/9pWVKyNDnr
— Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) September 6, 2016
In an earlier crash on Cornwall Rd, in Waiuku, one person suffered moderate injuries when a vehicle lost control and veered into a drain before hitting a fence. St John said a person was taken to Middlemore Hospital.
