Wellington highways reopen after separate crashes on SH1 and SH58

4:39 pm today

Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

State Highway 1 and State Highway 58 have both reopened after separate crashes blocked the Wellington roads Friday afternoon.

State Highway 58 near Porirua reopened after a single vehicle crash between Pāuatahanui and Paremata at the James Cook intersection at about 1.30pm.

Ongoing delays in the area were expected.

A second crash on Wellington's urban motorway stretch of State Highway 1 had also been cleared.

Police said the southbound lanes of State Highway 1 were closed by the incident, which happened near the Aotea Quay off-ramp south of the Ngauranga interchange at about 2.10pm.

The crash was cleared at about 3pm and southbound traffic congestion was easing.

One person suffered minor injuries, police said.

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