Motorway delays: Lanes reopened after power lines repaired
12 May, 2021 02:10 AM
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Southbound lanes are closed on the section of the Northern Motorway due to downed power lines. Photo / NZTA
Southbound lanes are closed on the section of the Northern Motorway due to downed power lines. Photo / NZTA
NZ Herald
Motorists on Auckland s Northern Motorway are set to face delays due to lane closures.
All southbounds lanes are closed at the southbound Upper Harbour Highway off-ramp due to downed power lines earlier this afternoon.
Repairs were completed by about 3pm, but the earlier closure has caused congestion.
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Pipeline shutdown has Cincinnati gas prices soaring
Pump prices up from $2.39 to $2.89 in one day
Consumer reporter John Matarese is showing Tri-State drivers how local gas supplies are holding up after a cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline.
and last updated 2021-05-12 11:56:23-04
CINCINNATI â Drivers in the Tri-State and across the country are feeling the pain at the pump as gas prices jump to their highest level in five years.
The bigger question is how are supplies holding up with the Colonial Pipeline shutdown in the southeast?
Pictures and video have been circulating from Atlanta, the Carolinas and Virginia, where gas pumps are out of fuel, and drivers have been lined up for blocks around gas stations.
Travel on rail network peaks as holiday ends By LUO WANGSHU | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-05-06 08:42 Share CLOSE Passengers run to catch a train at Nanjing Railway Station, in the capital of Jiangsu province, on Wednesday. Over 17.2 million tourists were expected to return home by rail that day, the end of the five-day May Day holiday. [Photo by Yang Bo/China News Services]
China s railway network saw a return-travel peak on Wednesday as the May Day holiday ended, and the daily number of railway passenger trips during the holiday period exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels.
On Wednesday, the last day of the five-day holiday, 17.2 million railway trips were expected to be made, an increase of 30 percent from the same period in 2019, according to China State Railway Group, the national railway operator.
US cruise industry poised to restart By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-03 11:10 The cruise ship the Norwegian Jewel sits near dozens of container ships off the coast of Long Beach, California, Feb 25, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
The cruise industry could resume sailing from and to US ports starting in mid-July after being halted for more than a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic if most on board are vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
Cruise ships can sail without test cruises if they attest that 98 percent of crew members and 95 percent of passengers are fully vaccinated, the CDC said in a letter to the industry s leaders on April 28 after meeting with the heads of the largest US cruise lines.