12/12 Southern Motorway FUBAR!

[Lias]

NZ Police CommCens Alert 11:40 12-12-2006 Counties Manukau

Location of incident: Manukau

Incident Type: Crash

Motorway Crash

There has been a mutiple car crash just before the Manukau of ramp Northbound on the Southern motorway.

8 cars are involved with no serious injuries reported at this stage.

The Motorway is completely closed whilst emergency services clear the scene and investigate the cause of the crash.

motorists are advised to get of the motorway before or at Manurewa.

The road will be open as soon as possible and updates will follow.

Inspector Gavin Macdonald

North Comms




Issued by: Inspector Earle McIntosh

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[Whynot]

The Motorway is completely closed

both ways or just northbound ?

[Lias]

Pass.. What I pasted is what I got in the email

[Swoop]

both ways or just northbound ?

You can bet the rubberneckers will block the southbound side as well.

[bugjuice]

You can bet the rubberneckers will block the southbound side as well.

ahhhhhh rubberneckers...

wankers

[ManDownUnder]

ahhhhhh rubberneckers...

wankers

wodjutalkinaboutwillis?

I've got my money on the fact the city is about to come to a constipated halt. It's the city equivalent of eating too much starch, not enough water and just getting blocked up to the point where the eyeballs start to swell.

This'll be a goodun'!

[Hellraiser]

Just looking out my window and M/W is flowing fine both directions

[Swoop]

wodjutalkinaboutwillis?

I've got my money on the fact the city is about to come to a constipated halt. It's the city equivalent of eating too much starch, not enough water and just getting blocked up to the point where the eyeballs start to swell.

This'll be a goodun'!

So to conduct the Auckland enema, we will be sticking the nozzle in at Manukau???

[Ixion]

Webcams show total congestion (stopped) south of Manukau (Alfriston rd) , northbound, , nothing at all souithbound, which prolly indicates that southbound is blocked at manukau too. But OK at Mt Wellington (next cam up)

[Whynot]

Just looking out my window and M/W is flowing fine both directions

thats not what is says here ...
http://traffic.transit.govt.nz/

[ManDownUnder]

So to conduct the Auckland enema, we will be sticking the nozzle in at Manukau???

Close - but I'd personally suggest starting at the arsehole in charge of transport design for this great *cough cough* city of ours.

[Hellraiser]

thats not what is says here ...
http://traffic.transit.govt.nz/

Well i live directly across the motorway from the Telstra upside down boat thingie and i can see that the motorway both directions is moving atleast twice the speed of a gixer (80-100).

[Whynot]

Well i live directly across the motorway from the Telstra upside down boat thingie and i can see that the motorway both directions is moving atleast twice the speed of a gixer (80-100).

you might be downstream of it ....

"Between HILL RD MANUREWA and MANUKAU"

[Ixion]

Crash is south of there, Hill Rd. So there'll be bugger all northbound where you are. Southbound may be OK, or just a bit slow.

[Hellraiser]

Crash is south of there, Hill Rd. So there'll be bugger all northbound where you are. Southbound may be OK, or just a bit slow.

Heaps of cages going Nth Bound so they must have atleast one lane open or they are all getting on at hill rd .