PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONTraffic was backed up from the SH1 intersection with Barnes Dr down to Dunedin's one-way street system during rush-hour yesterday, after traffic lights at the intersection malfunctioned. About 5.30pm the traffic jam was about 3km long, but by about 6pm the backlog was starting to clear. "Loops in the road surface which detect traffic volumes and automatically adjust the traffic signals have been affected by the milling [and] resurfacing, " Ms Adank said. The NZTA transport operations centre was manually running signals at peak hours, to ensure traffic got through, she said. "The traffic signals will be less responsive in the off-peak hours so people might experience slightly longer delays than they are used to.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 26, 2018 15:31 UTC