The minor collision occurred between a car and a truck on the Monash Freeway right before the Domain Tunnel in Cremorne, 2km southeast of Melbourne's CBD, at 11.43am.
Traffic was diverted to Punt Rd causing gridlock while emergency crews worked quickly to remove the traffic hazard.
Victoria Police confirmed the small crash had brought traffic in the area to a complete standstill.
A police spokeswoman said it wasn’t surprising considering the congestion in the area.
``It is always congested around there,’’ she said.
``It’s really a minor accident but it is having an affect on the traffic.’’
The scene was cleared and roads were reopened by 1pm but traffic delays were expected to continue on Punt Rd and Toorak Rd during the afternoon.
A tweet from radio station 3AW said: "Citylink say all lanes are reopen on Monash inbound following earlier incident near Punt Rd. Traffic still back to Toorak Rd."
heraldsun.com.au 14 Aug 2012
Melbourne's traffic jams are a result of a deliberate government policy not to expand the infrastructure of the growing city, but rather to slow its vehicular progress down.
This can be seen in governmental actions by slowing traffic down, and congesting roads with permanent lane closures on the major (as well as minor) roads that feed traffic to and from the city of Melbourne.
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