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Traffic is stopped between Waikanae Beach and Ōtaki, north of Wellington.
Police are urging motorists to delay travel if possible in the middle of a traffic jam on State Highway 1 as a result of an accident and holiday traffic.
An accident south of Ōtaki on SH1 is causing significant delays both northbound and southbound.
A police traffic alert warned motorists to delay their trip if they don’t need to get in and out of the area urgently.
There were already significant delays on the freeway as a result of holiday traffic leaving Wellington.
The Waka Kotahi NZ transportation agency said there was heavy congestion on SH1 between Waikanae Beach and Ōtaki, and queues are piling up at Pukerua Bay.
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Traffic is stopped on State Highway 1 heading to Te Horo
The agency said congestion is not expected to ease before 6 p.m. Wednesday.
A Stuff The visual journalist heading to Te Horo said that it had moved 2 km in the space of an hour.
Motorist Liz Hay said Stuff they left the Plimmerton roundabout around 12:45 pm. At 2pm they were still “well south of Otaki.”
“We are from the South Island and we have never experienced anything like this. Often there are sections where we don’t move at all. “
Another motorist, Greg Halford, said that an hour and 45 minutes after leaving Wellington they were still 10 kilometers from Otaki.
There were also delays on State Highway 2, from the Hutt Road entrance ramp to Petone.
Paekākāriki Hill Rd would also be closed between 12 and 7 pm on Wednesday.
The New Zealand Transport Agency said motorists should use its vacation travel hotspot tool to work when and where delays are expected across the state road network.
