Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 9:30 am
When high winds on the Auckland Harbour Bridge last
September caused two trucks to topple over, one into a
load-bearing strut, NIWA scientists began thinking about
what role they could play in preventing it from happening
again.
The incidents were described at the time as
being caused by a freak wind gust of about 127km/h measured
at the top of the bridge arch, and meant some of the bridge
lanes had to be closed for more than two weeks for repairs,
resulting in long delays for motorists
At the time,
NIWA scientists had been operating a high-resolution weather