5:14 pm today

Auckland Harbour Bridge closures cost millions

From Checkpoint, 5:14 pm today

Millions of dollars blowing in the wind; that's the cost of weather related restrictions on Auckland's Harbour Bridge. Gusty conditions has meant at various points today it has been down two lanes each direction and speed restrictions. Restrictions kick in when winds hit 90 kilometers an hour and at gusts of 110 kilometres an hour, the bridge can close all together. That means traffic has to take the long way around, on the Western Ring Road, through state highway 16 and 18, Infometrics Principal economist Brad Olsen speaks to Lisa Owen.