MOTORISTS are advised of upcoming night closures on the M1 Princes Motorway between Bulli Tops and Memorial Drive, as well as Picton Road. 

Work will include routine road repairs and road resurfacing, vegetation maintenance, clearing gutters and drains, maintenance of safety barriers and litter collection. 

Work on the Mount Ousley interchange will also be carried out, including installation of barriers and signs, removing existing signs and gantries, piling work for new signage and gantries, building site access gates, removing guardrail, drainage work, relocating utilities, installing temporary street lighting, road resurfacing and line marking. 

During work, the M1 Princes Motorway will be closed between Bulli Tops and Memorial Drive, and Picton Road will be closed between the M1 Princes Motorway and Almond Street at Wilton.  

The roads will be closed from 8pm to 4am on Sunday 10, Sunday 17 and Sunday 24 August 2025, weather permitting.  

On all work dates, Picton Road eastbound will be closed from 7.30pm to 4am to ensure the M1 Princes Motorway is clear by 8pm. 

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 detour 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 at Broughton Pass between Appin Road and Picton Road.  

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

Heavy vehicles over 19 metres long and more than 50.5 tonnes will not be able to access Bulli Pass or Macquarie Pass and are advised to delay their journey, or they will have to park until the roads reopen.  

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and follow the directions of traffic controllers and signs. 

For more information visit https://www.livetraffic.com/incident-details/242127 

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