{"id":45751,"date":"2026-04-10T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-multiple-truck-obstruction-at-42nd-hill-harrismith-free-state-all-lanes-now-open\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:47:07","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-update-multiple-truck-obstruction-at-42nd-hill-harrismith-free-state-all-lanes-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-multiple-truck-obstruction-at-42nd-hill-harrismith-free-state-all-lanes-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 TOLL ROUTE | TRAFFIC UPDATE | Multiple truck obstruction at 42nd Hill, Harrismith, Free State: ALL LANES NOW OPEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>09:15 on Friday, 10 April 2026 &mdash; All  lanes in both directions have now been RE-OPENED to traffic following the earlier multiple-truck obstruction near the Harrismith North Interchange (I\/C 34) at N3-7X 36.0 N. <\/p>\n<p>Road users are advised to expect continued traffic congestion and delays in the area while the traffic backlog is being cleared.<\/p>\n<p>Thania Dhoogra, chief operating officer of N3TC, urges motorists to approach the area with caution. &ldquo;Please remain patient and drive with extra caution until the current traffic backlog has been cleared, and mobility is fully restored.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>N3TC extends its gratitude to road users and their partners in the road incident management system for their support under difficult conditions. <\/p>\n<p>Follow @N3Route on X for verified route and traffic updates, or call the 24\/7 N3 Helpline on 0800 63 43 57 to report problems or emergencies along the N3 Toll Route.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS.<\/p>\n<p>Issued by: N3 Toll Concession (N3TC)&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77001&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-update-multiple-truck-obstruction-at-42nd-hill-harrismith-free-state-all-lanes-now-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>09:15 on Friday, 10 April 2026 &mdash; All lanes in both directions have now been RE-OPENED to traffic following the earlier multiple-truck obstruction near the Harrismith North Interchange (I\/C 34) at N3-7X 36.0 N. Road users are advised to expect continued traffic congestion and delays in the area while the traffic backlog is being cleared. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3TC_courtesy%20image(1).jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3TC_courtesy%20image(1).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}