00:00A warning on the airwaves, but drivers had little sense of the chaos up ahead.
00:07Westbound lanes of the M4 tunnel remain closed due to late finishing roadwork.
00:12It was no ordinary roadwork. Spray on concrete, known as shotcrete, was at risk of coming loose and falling onto cars.
00:19Engineers, I believe, who were working for Transurban last night, discovered a couple of large bulges in the tunnel roof.
00:27Repairs forced the closure of westbound lanes between Haberfield and Homebush, causing a massive traffic jam in the tunnel.
00:34I was just surprised that they actually let everybody get in there. To funnel everybody into a closed road, it's just inappropriate, negligent.
00:41People waiting exorbitant amount of time in the tunnel, three and a half to four hours up to, is being reported.
00:48Hundreds and hundreds of motorists held up and no communication, no accountability.
00:53The government's blaming private operator Transurban for failing to communicate properly with the Transport Management Centre.
00:59If they made the right call, they would have switched the signing and requested for us to stop people entering the tunnels.
01:07But Transurban says it contacted the TMC five times between 4 and 6am.
01:13They were kept informed at all times around this incident.
01:17The government says it offered technical expertise to Transurban to speed up repairs.
01:21But, as we know, the decision they made was to, you know, we'll manage this, we'll manage our own patch.
01:28We had a number of experts, including external and internal engineers, looking at the situation.
01:34By early afternoon, one lane had opened up, but motorists were still being urged to avoid the tunnel at all costs.
01:42Once, we will finish up, we'll be able to get one last time at 21st time.
01:43The river experience, keeping his body is high.
01:44The transport is very rich, equipping the twoości that enters the air in the tunnel.
01:45However, as we have a lot of experts, the wind will be able to stay up and have to work.
01:46The water is also very powerful and Muy Marketplace.
01:49Our home's a big , the water will be used for us to assist people.
01:50We have a lot of experts that are some public health, special care, special care and rest.
01:53Could we reduce this?
01:54The water is quite often over.
01:55We have a lot of experts.
01:56We have a lot of experts on the road.
01:57Our fans and teachers are bringing the water to a little bit,
01:59our experts in the water.
02:00We have a lot of experts.
02:01We have an expert in the water system where we have now.
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