{"id":54798,"date":"2025-10-01T19:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/54798\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T19:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:40:09","slug":"auckland-traffic-gridlocked-after-digger-falls-off-truck-blocks-lane-on-upper-harbour-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/54798\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland traffic gridlocked after digger falls off truck, blocks lane on Upper Harbour Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"chUtUYRubdi\" style=\"display:none\">New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) earlier said an \u201cincident\u201d on Upper Harbour Bridge shortly after 7pm had blocked both westbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chUtUYRubdi\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cDrive with care to pass and expect delays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"chUtUYRubdi\" style=\"display:none\">In an update around 8.30am, NZTA said the incident had been cleared, but advised motorists to allow extra time for delays in the area to ease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chUtUYRubdi\" style=\"display:none\">An image of the accident shows a long line of vehicles stopped on the stretch of motorway, with some commuters even opening their doors as they wait for the congestion to clear.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SH18 UPPER HARBOUR MWY &#8211; FINAL UPDATE 8:25AM 2 OCT<br \/>This incident has now been cleared. Allow extra time for delays in the area to ease. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r8QuR9of4X\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/r8QuR9of4X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NZ Transport Agency &#8211; Auckland &amp; Northland (@nztaaklnth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nztaaklnth\/status\/1973469379930075404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"chUtUYRubdi\" style=\"display:none\">Police confirmed no other vehicles were involved or damaged and no injuries had been reported.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) earlier said an \u201cincident\u201d on Upper Harbour Bridge shortly after 7pm had blocked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,1558,46330,46331,6374,2837,15248,13989,46329,20589,20112,1304,3945,111,43,139,69,6662,90,13028,4499,11584,3946,23857,25448],"class_list":["post-54798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-been","tag-blocks","tag-commute","tag-digger","tag-during","tag-falls","tag-fell","tag-gridlocked","tag-harbour","tag-lane","tag-morning","tag-motorway","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-off","tag-on","tag-peak","tag-small","tag-stretch","tag-traffic","tag-truck","tag-upper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}