Eastbound traffic on the Tauranga Eastern Link is being diverted down Truman land while police clear a boat blocking two lanes near the Sandhust Drive overbridge.

The boat came off its trailer shortly before 4.30pm.

Diversions are in place at Te Maunga. Image Andrea Rowse

A driver at the scene says the four or five metre long boat has come right off its trailer and is blocking both lanes.

Traffic in both directions has slowed.

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