AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2004
NSW: M5 reopens after long peak-hour closure
Sydney's M5 East tunnel has reopened after a computer failure saw it blocked for four
hours during the morning traffic rush.
The tunnel was closed in both directions at 6am (AEDT) after the malfunction shut down
the M5's safety surveillance cameras.
Baulderstone Hornibrook corporate director PAUL LEVINS says it's too unsafe to operate
the 1.4-kilometre tunnel without footage.
A Roads and Traffic Authority spokesman says the tunnel was reopened at 10.15am.
The closure caused congestion in a five-kilometre radius of the tunnel, affecting St
Georges Road and the Hume Highway.
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