M19 is now a no-go area, warns city
Service delivery protests is now affecting the M19 towards Pinetown.
THE city has sent out a statement warning motorists to avoid the M19. Metro Police have asked motorists who are travelling towards Pinetown to turn around and go back down Umgeni Road. Residents working outside the Durban North area heading west have been severely affected.
Protest action on North Coast Road is ongoing and police are again urging motorists to avoid the area. Several businesses have been looted and one car has been set alight in the service delivery protests.
Inanda Road between Sea Cow Lake and the N2 is still closed to traffic. A video has also surfaced, showing the line of burning tyres blocking North Coast Road.
#UrgentPublicNotice: Some of our roads are blocked by protesters. Please be cautious on the roads this morning. pic.twitter.com/afxNtNBMir
— eThekwini Municipality (@eThekwiniM) June 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/Meraki_Girl/status/739680991208411136?lang=en
@jvbtrafficguy pic.twitter.com/Jo9yFuRJ7N
— Call me T (@call_me__T) June 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/mr80skids/status/739701239949185025?lang=en
#ProtestAction more visuals from NorthCoastRoad @northglennews @ECR_Newswatch @IOL @News24 @Newsbreak_Lotus pic.twitter.com/up852Qsc7P
— Marshall Security (@marshall_sec) June 6, 2016
@ECRBreakfast @darrenmaule @jvbtrafficguy protesters bottom end of Lothian Road (North Coast Road) pic.twitter.com/Z3IOHAQaov
— Tamish Bechoo (@tamish_zn) June 6, 2016
