Police advise commuters: stay home during blockades in major cities
Police are advising commuters to leave their cars at home tomorrow, or consider taking the day off, during the truck blockade planned for major centres.
The protests against a sudden increase in road-user charges on diesel vehicles are expected to hit Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and other cities between 7am and 10am tomorrow.
Inspector Simon Perry in Wellington said today: "We expect motorists will need to factor an extra 90 minutes delay into their travel time. The CBD will be gridlocked and we're not expecting traffic flow to return to anything like normal until after 10am."
Auckland police are encouraging commuters to either get to work before 7.30 or avoid the streets altogether tomorrow morning.
Inspector Ross Endicott-Davies said 2000 trucks could converge on the city's streets, after travelling down the motorways, by about 7.30am.
He said there would be significant delays that will affect drivers and bus users. He said anyone catching an early morning flight should think about finding accommodation near the airport or leaving early.
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