Easter: N3 traffic blamed on truck crashes, breakdowns
The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department has attributed
traffic delays on the N3 at the start of the Easter weekend to accidents and
mechanical failures involving trucks.
There has been an influx of travellers coming into KZN for the long weekend.
The N3 toll concession's reporting about 1000 vehicles moving through our tolls from early this morning.
However, two accidents involving trucks near Town Hill after midnight caused major delays.
READ: Easter weekend: More than 65 injured in crashes on N3
KZN Transport spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya says they have since held a meeting with key stakeholders including the SA Freight Association regarding these accidents.
"It has been agreed that moving forward efforts will be made to remove any truck from the road, especially those that are experiencing mechanical failures and those that are involved in accidents.
"In the past, we have had congestion on our road as a result of trucks that will be on our road for a long period with traffic building up, and that this has really created a lot of inconvenience, especially for the motorists, the visitors and in this period the worshipers."
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