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    Posted: 03 July 2008 at 4:39pm
I don't know if any of you Welly folk have heard this, but it just got sent to me :

Traffic gridlock expected due to heavy truck protest – tomorrow morning

Police are strongly advising commuters and travellers to avoid the motorways and CBD between 7am and 10am tomorrow morning because of the expected traffic gridlock caused by a truck protest convoy.

More than 100 heavy trucks - driven in protest against increased road-user charges - are expected to travel in convoy on both State Highways 1 and 2, leaving McKays Crossing (Paekakariki) and Seaview at 7am.

The volume of trucks will cause huge delays on the highway and motorway systems, and gridlock the central city.

This protest is happening in peak time and the convoys may merge as they approach the CBD. Police say motorists will need to factor an extra 90 minutes delay into their travel time.

Police say the congestion and delays will impact on commuters, and people heading to the airport for early morning flights or the ferry terminals for early sailings.

The intended protest route is:

7am, leave McKays Crossing on State Highway 1 and Seaview, Petone, to travel south on State Highway 2
The convoys will merge on the urban motorway and travel south through The Terrace tunnel onto Vivian Street. Dangerous goods vehicles are not allowed through the tunnel and will exit at The Terrace off ramp to rejoin the convoy in Vivian Street.
Travel to Taranaki Street, then onto Jervois Quay
Turn into Whitmore Street and then up to Parliament where they will disperse.
Police urge commuters and travellers to:

be on the road well before 7am if you are catching early morning flights or ferries
use the trains and leave your car at home
factor long delays into your journey
parents/caregivers to be aware that travel on the last day of term for school kids could be delayed tomorrow morning   
avoid the motorways and CBD if possible between 7am and 10am.
DD 4yrs
DS 2yrs

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glad i work down the road from home but it will screw up DH pretty bad even though he rides a motorbike :(


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