HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC ALERT - SYDNEY/NORTH Motorists are advised to plan their trip and allow extra travel time as heavy traffic is expected on the main roads as holidaymakers head out of Sydney for the long weekend. Roads across New South Wales including the M1 Pacific Motorway (F3), Pacific Highway, Princes Highway, Great Western Highway and Hume Motorway all experience a significant rise in traffic volumes as holiday goers hit the road to travel to their destination. Significant traffic delays are also expected in Sydney over the long weekend while many events take place including the International Fleet Review, NRL Grand Final and One Direction concerts and EB Games Expo at Sydney Olympic Park, as well as the Manly Jazz Festival, Parramasala Arts Festival at Parramatta, and Epsom Race Day at Randwick. Anyone heading to these events are urged not to drive as many roads will be closed and special event clearways will be in place. Thousands of extra public transport services will be running to help people travel to all these events and home again afterwards. A dedicated website (including trip planner) is available to help get spectators make the most of the International Fleet Review. This website is fleetreviewtransport.info Roads out of Sydney are expected to be very busy this afternoon, tomorrow and over the long weekend as motorists head north on the M1 Pacific Motorway and south using the Hume Motorway and the Princes Highway. Traffic commanders and additional resources will be put in place to manage the higher than usual traffic volumes on the Pacific Highway at: Hexham and Beresfield Macksville Coffs Harbour to Woolgoolga Motorists should also allow plenty of plenty of additional travel time if heading west out of Sydney on the Great Western Highway as delays are expected in the Blue Mountains. Motorists planning on heading off on a long trip should drive to the conditions, expect possible delays and take plenty of breaks. Additionally,...
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:18:48 +0000
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