Traffic Conditions

Changed traffic conditions and night work for Woolgoolga to Ballina upgrade

Motorists are advised of changed traffic conditions and night work on the Pacific Highway from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 June for the Woolgoolga to Ballina upgrade, weather permitting.

There will be no roadwork on the Pacific Highway between Kew and the Queensland border from 6am Friday 26 June to 6am Tuesday 29 June due to high traffic volumes expected for the Queensland holidays. Emergency maintenance and safety repair work will be carried out as required.

From Monday, there will be three days of work next to the Pacific Highway at Broadwater to remove a ramp under the new bridge over the Richmond River and carry out earthwork and line marking. Motorists can expect lane closures, traffic control and short stoppages at times between 7am and 5pm.

Also, from Monday, there will be four nights and four days of work on the Pacific Highway between Mororo and Devils Pulpit to carry out line marking, asphalting and to install signage, drainage, and wire rope barriers. Motorists can expect traffic control, lane closures and short stoppages at times while this work is carried out.

From Monday, there will be four days and three nights of work to carry out asphalting, signage installation and survey work and road maintenance and on the Pacific Highway at Mororo and Chatsworth Island. Motorists can expect traffic control, lane closures and short stoppages of less than five minutes.

Traffic control will be in place from Monday at the northbound off ramp at the Tyndale interchange and Benson’s Lane at Tyndale to allow heavy vehicles to access site. Motorists can expect a reduced speed limit of 40km/h and short stoppages at times.

Further south from Monday, there will be up to four days of work next to the Pacific Highway between Glenugie and Maclean to carry out landscape and signage maintenance, drainage work and vegetation clearing. Motorists can expect traffic control, a reduced speed limit of 40km/h and short stoppages at times between 7am and 6pm.

There will be four days of work on the Pacific Highway between Woodburn and New Italy from Wednesday to carry out earthwork, paving, drainage work, line marking, landscaping and to remove mulch from site. Motorists can expect traffic control, reduced speed limits and short stoppages at times between 6am and 6pm.

There will also be up to five days of work on Big River Way at Glenugie to carry out line marking, landscape maintenance, and asphalting, from Monday. Motorists can expect a lane closures, traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40km/h between 7am and 6pm.

 

Additional changes to local roads

Traffic control will be in place on Jubilee Street at Townsend and Cameron Street at Maclean for up to five days from Monday to allow access to site and to carry out earthwork, asphalting, line marking and install drainage. Motorists can expect lane closures, a reduced speed limit of 40km/h and short stoppages at times between 6am and 6pm.

Also from Monday, there will be seven days of work on Minyumai Road and Red Gate Road at New Italy, Tuckombil Road and Woodburn-Evans Head Road at Woodburn and Broadwater-Evans Head Road at Broadwater to carry out drainage work, earthwork, landscaping and paving. Motorists can expect lane closures, traffic control and short stoppages at times between 6am and 6pm.

Road maintenance and the removal of temporary signage will be carried out for five days along Coldstream Road and Bostock Road at Tucabia, Wooli Road and Firth Heinz Road at Pillar Valley and Eight Mile Lane at Glenugie from Tuesday. Motorists can expect lane closures, traffic control and a reduced speed limit of 40km/h between 7am and 6pm.

From Tuesday, there will be two days of work at the Yamba interchange to install guardrails. Motorists can expect traffic control and short stoppages at times between 6am and 6pm.

Motorists are advised to drive to the conditions and follow the direction of signs and traffic control. Transport for NSW thanks motorists for their patience during this time.

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