Crews working to repair landslip damage on Lawrence Hargrave Drive at Stanwell Park. Photo: Transport for NSW.
A number of major Illawarra roads will be closed from Sunday 24 November to Thursday 28 November for maintenance and repair work.
Work will be carried out at night on Lawrence Hargrave Drive, the M1 Princes Motorway and Masters Road at Figtree, including road repair and resurfacing, maintaining signage, vegetation and safety barriers, clearing gutters and drains and litter collection.
Lawrence Hargrave Drive will be closed in both directions from 8 pm on Sunday 24 November to 4 am on Monday 25 November between Stonehaven Road at Stanwell Tops and Railway Crescent, weather permitting.
Detours will be in place via the M1 Princes Motorway and Bulli Pass, as well as Otford Road and Walker Street.
Motorists should allow up to 20 minutes additional travel time.
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The M1 Princes Motorway will be closed in both directions between 8 pm and 4 am from Monday 25 to Thursday 28 November, from the Princes Highway intersection at Waterfall to Bulli Tops, weather permitting.
Detours will be in place via the Princes Highway. Motorists should allow up to 10 minutes additional travel time.
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Masters Road at Figtree will be closed between 8 pm and 4 am from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 November, between Springhill Road and the M1 Princes Motorway, weather permitting.
Detours will be in place via the M1 Princes Motorway, Five Islands and Springhill roads and motorists should allow up to 10 minutes additional travel time.
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Detour for Lawrence Hargrave Drive closure.
Detour map for M1 Motorway closure.
Detour for Masters Road closure.
Meanwhile, Transport for NSW (TfNSW) said work crews were making progress with repairs to landslip damage on Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Railway Crescent and Chellow Dene Avenue at Stanwell Park.
The crews have finished excavating 2500 tonnes of landslip spoil from the site – enough loose soil and rock to cover two football fields. They dug 4 m below the road surface to reach a solid and stable foundation.
TfNSW said a new drainage level was added before work began to place three layers of hard rock which was compacted and wrapped in a durable fabric, known as geogrid, to create a strong, stable base for the road.
“These new base layers are specifically designed to drain excess water more quickly from beneath the road during severe rainfall events and make the road more resilient to future natural disasters,” TfNSW said.
The landslip was caused by successive natural disasters and ongoing wet weather that left the ground heavily saturated and unstable.
Once the rockfill layers have been installed, work will begin to rebuild the road before the final asphalting and line marking is carried out.
Work is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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