Maintenance work will close Mount Ousley Road

THE M1 Princes Motorway will be closed between Bulli Tops and Memorial Drive for one night on both Sunday February 5 and Sunday February 12, weather permitting. 

Work will include vegetation removal, guardrail repairs, line marking and cleaning drains to improve safety. As part of the work, Picton Road will also be closed between the M1 Princes Motorway and Almond Street, Wilton.

The roads will be closed in both directions and detours will be in place between 8pm and 4am. Picton Road eastbound will be closed from 7.30pm to 4am to ensure the M1 Princes Motorway is clear by 8pm.

Heavy vehicles over 19 metres long will not be able to access Bulli Pass and are advised to delay their journey.

Motorists travelling between Wollongong and Bulli Tops will be detoured via Memorial Drive and Bulli Pass and should allow up to 15 minutes additional travel time. 

Motorists travelling between Wollongong and the Hume Motorway will be detoured via Memorial Drive, Bulli Pass and Appin Road, and should allow up to 40 minutes additional travel time. Light vehicles can also use Wilton Road (Broughton Pass) between Appin Road and Picton Road. 

Motorists travelling to the Hume Motorway can also detour via the Illawarra Highway (Macquarie Pass).

Transport for NSW advises motorists to drive to the conditions and follow the directions of traffic controllers and signs.

For the latest traffic updates call 132 701 or visit livetraffic.com 

Free subscription to The Bulli & Clifton Times

PAYPAL TIP JAR

YOU can support The Bulli & Clifton Times and/or the Looking Back local history websites with a donation through PayPal. Your generous patronage of my work and research, however small it appears to you, will greatly help me with my continuing costs, and help support independent journalism and local news media. You can leave a small donation here of $2, or several small donations, just increase the amount as you like. Your support helps provide an independent and free source of local news and information

A$2.00

OR DONATE BY DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD

Don’t have PayPal? Instead, you can support my work by leaving a secure $2 debit or credit card donation. Your generous patronage of my work and research, however small it appears to you, will greatly help with my continuing publication costs.