Gold Coast traffic: Truck carrying house blocks lanes on Hinterland road

There were loud cheers from local residents when a truck carrying a house was finally cleared from a hinterland road after blocking traffic for six hours this morning.

DOZENS of residents applauded after a truck carrying a home was moved from a hinterland road after being stuck there for about six hours this morning.

The truck had become stuck at about 5.10am while turning a corner at the intersection of North Road and Beechmont Road, blocking traffic in both directions.

Dozens of locals cheer after a tow truck carrying a church has been removed from a popular Gold Coast Hinterland Road after being stuck for almost five hours. @GCBulletin pic.twitter.com/65FQ1Ctnez

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The house on the back of the truck is actually an old church from Dalby.

A woman who has recently moved to the area purchased the church with plans to turn it into a home.

The truck carrying the old church became stuck at an intersection while travelling up a hill at Beechmont. Picture: Facebook - Beechmont Community Network

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Police were escorting the vehicle while it was travelling this morning.

Lower Beechmont resident Deena Sadler said incidents which caused the road to be closed were starting to become a “regular occurrence”.

“I run a general store and this morning I’ve been unable to pick up the paper and bread to sell,” she said.

“There are only two roads to get in and out. It’s taken me 40 minutes to get to work.

“None of the kids can get to high school (in Nerang) and we have rubbish collection today.

Traffic was blocked for six hours before the truck carrying the house was finally moved from the road. Picture: Facebook - Beechmont Community Network

“There’s a few elderly who live up here. If there was an emergency and someone needs an ambulance it will add an extra 40 minutes to the trip to hospital.

“The same thing happened about six months ago. A truck got stuck bringing heavy equipment up and got stuck on one of the hairpins bends.”

It is understood the truck hit a tree branch, causing it to fall onto a communications line.
An Energex crew attended the scene to fix the line, which was said to not be causing any power outages.