This morning’s heavy traffic was caused by a truck crash that resulted in tonnes of carpet adhesive being spilled.
The truck crashed on the SH1 motorway on-ramp at 11.20 a.m. local time in South Auckland, New Zealand.
According to the NZ Herald, the truck also took fire and was burning by the side of the road, which caused traffic to be stopped.
The motorway‘s two southbound lanes were shut down, and diversions caused traffic jams on several of the nearby roads.
Emergency services were desperately trying to block the nearby drains, to reduce the amount of glue getting into the water system.
It’s believed the truck was carrying a huge 22 tonnes of carpet glue, and the clean-up effort will continue ‘for some time today’.
Auckland Council’s pollution response team is on scene investigating the incident.
Compliance manager Adrian Wilson said: ‘The spillage is contained at present, and our officers are carrying out further investigations to determine any impacts on the stormwater network.’
Local police confirmed there were no injuries reported.