Downed CUC pole causes traffic diversion

(CNS): The RCIPS issued a warning to drivers around 2-30 this afternoon following a collision in the Spotts, Newlands area. Traffic was being diverted after CUC crews were called to the location to repair a pole struck in a traffic smash. Police said that while the emergency repairs were being carried out traffic proceeding east on Spotts Straight will have to be diverted through Spotts-Newlands onto the East-West Arterial and west bound traffic in Savannah will be diverted onto Hirst Road and the East-West Arterial. An RCIPS spokesperson said work was expected to last approximately two hours.