Traffic Jam at the Crossing

Had a delay trying to go into Nauiyu on Thursday. One of what has become continuous road trains taking portable buildings down to Port Keats for the LNG Plant being built on the coast there had wheel slip coming up the slope from the crossing. Broke a number of tow chains, and eventually with a road grader backed against the rear trailer to act as a brake the prime mover was unhitched and a another prime mover more heavily loaded over the drive wheels unhitched further up the road and backed down, to get the trailers up the incline. Had quite a traffic jam by the time it was over, but we were still able to get to the clinic before the Flying Doctor took off to return to Darwin. The NT Government now require the pipeline contractors to keep the road graded and maintained full time for the two years of the contract, so that could be quite an improvement, but it will make the gravel road “faster”!!!!!!!!!! and that could create other dangers.