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28 Apr
A tractor towing truck that was carrying a truck that was carrying another truck caused the latest Jack Lynch Tunnel height alarm trigger.
The tunnel was once again blocked this morning as a new system introduced in March has been a lot more stringent on vehicles going over the height limits.
Thankfully it's already been cleared, but the incident has caused some knock-on delays for commuters this morning.
READ MORE: Cork's Jack Lynch Tunnel blocked again as 'overheight vehicle' woes continue
The picture above shows the latest vehicle in question - which appears to show a tractor with a trailer carrying a truck, which has another smaller truck on it, and then again an even smaller truck on that.
The ludicrous snap was taken by Jerome B Murphy with one person replying saying it looked like "a transformers army".
Traffic has been building in the area with the estimated travel time between the M8's North Glanmire Jct and N40's Kinsale Road Jct being 32 minutes (as of 8.38am).
Going from the same spot to N8 Silversprings is taking 42 minutes according to Dunkettle Traffic.ie while getting to the N25's Little Island turn off from the M8 is about 29 minutes.
Multiple incidents involving over-height vehicle alarms at Cork's busy Jack Lynch Tunnel have been caused by a new safety system that's far stricter than the one it replaced.
Installed in March, it has taken away the 'wiggle room' that many HGV drivers had been used to at the tunnel.
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And Transport Infrastructure Ireland(TII) says a combination of 'teething issues' and many drivers not being prepared for the more precise and stricter new system has caused the recent lane closures at the JLT.
Peter Horgan, local Labour Party representative for the South East Ward said the JLT 'obviously has serious issues' with multiple over-height vehicle incidents happening on an almost daily basis.
"The collateral damage is the many thousands of ordinary commuters who use the tunnel every day and they need something to be done," he said.
The Labour Party man said the TII needs to look again at the sensors at the entrance to the tunnel and the information available to truck drivers and haulage companies.
"You drive towards the tunnel and you don't see the signs warning truck drivers that the sensors have change and the heigh level is being strictly enforced," he said.
"The message is obviously not getting through, to the truck drivers and the haulage companies, this needs to change."
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