UPDATED bushfire information: Road and school closures and HSC advice Putty Road is closed between Colo Heights and Singleton due to a bushfire. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and delay non-essential travel in bushfire-affected areas. The following roads also remain closed due to bushfires: • Bells Line of Road in both directions between the Great Western Highway at Lithgow and Bilpin township • Darling Causeway in both directions between Bell and Mount Victoria • Buses are continuing to replace trains between Mount Victoria, Lithgow and Bathurst due to the bushfires and damage to rail infrastructure. Regular bus services in the Blue Mountains are also affected. In the Hunter, all northbound lanes on the M1 Pacific Motorway (F3) are still closed at Seahampton. Northbound motorists are being diverted into George Booth Drive For the latest traffic information, visit livetraffic or call 132 701. For the latest public transport information, visit transportnsw.info or call 131500. Due to bush fire activity burning in areas across NSW, some schools will remain closed on Thursday 24 October 2013. Region: Blue Mountains • Ellison Public School, Ellison • Faulconbridge Public School, Faulconbridge • MET School, Mount Victoria • Mount Victoria Public School, Mount Victoria • Our Lady of the Nativity Primary School, Lawson • Springwood High School, Springwood • St Canices Primary School, Katoomba • St Columbas High School, Springwood (also closed Friday 25 October) - St Columbas HSC students will continue to sit their exams at McCarthy Catholic College. See below for note regarding McCarthy Catholic College • St Finbars Primary School, Glenbrook • St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Springwood (also closed Friday 25 October) • Winmalee High School, Winmalee • Winmalee Public School, Winmalee • Wycliffe Christian School, Warrimoo Region: Hawkesbury • Bede Polding College, Windsor South • Bilpin Public School, Bilpin • Chisholm Primary, Bligh Park • Comleroy Road Public School, Kurrajong • Corpus Christi Primary, Cranbrook • Grose View Public School, Grose Vale • Hawkesbury Independent School, Kurrajong • Kurrajong North Public School, Kurrajong • Kuyper Christian School, North Richmond • St Matthews Primary, Windsor • St Monicas Primary School, Richmond • Xavier College, Llandilo Region: Penrith • McCarthy Catholic College, Emu Plains (OPEN FOR HSC STUDENTS) Region: Southern Highlands - All schools in the Southern Highlands area will be open on Thursday 24 October. The Board of Studies NSW will endeavour to provide the latest news on school closures where HSC examinations may be affected. Students in bushfire affected areas should contact their school principal before 9am in relation to morning exams, and after 11am for afternoon exams for advice on how to proceed. In some cases, schools may have already put arrangements into place for students to undertake exams at other locations. Students unable to attend their own school may go to any other high school to sit an exam, if it is safe to do so. Presiding officers are prepared to accommodate students from other schools where this occurs. Students who are unable to attend an examination due to a natural disaster are eligible to lodge an Illness/Misadventure appeal with the Board of Studies NSW. Safety is paramount and students should not attempt to reach an exam centre if it is unsafe to do so. Public transport may also be affected by bushfires. Arrangements can be made for students arriving late due to public transport delays to have the full examination time..
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:45:22 +0000
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