Power outage in Melbourne’s northern suburbs causing major disruptions

Melbourne’s northern suburbs have been hit with a major power outage this morning, with suburbs such as Greensborough, Bundoora and Watsonia affected.

Andrew Crook from the Department of Transport said there’s 38 sets of traffic lights out, affecting major roads including Plenty Road, Grimshaw Street and the onramp to the M80 Ring Road.

Trains on the Hurstbridge line are also affected with delays expected.

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