Boxing Day traffic delays as Sydney tries to escape for the summer holidays

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Boxing Day traffic delays as Sydney tries to escape for the summer holidays | MeganGorrey

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Live Traffic NSW reported busy southbound holiday traffic on the Princes Highway, south of Sydney, from Berry to Meroo Meadow, and from Yallah to Albion Park, shortly after lunchtime on Saturday. Motorists were also encouraged to drive carefully due to busy holiday traffic on John Renshaw Drive at Tarro, near Newcastle, between the New England Highway and Hexham Bridge.The NSW government advised traffic on Boxing Day and December 27 is expected to be busiest overall during the holidays, according to livetraffic.com predictions, as Sydneysiders migrate north, south and west after Christmas.

Northbound travellers at Hexham near Newcastle face delays up to 30 minutes between 9am and 11am from December 26 to 30, according to the predictions. Southbound traffic at Nowra and Batemans Bay could be delayed 20-45 minutes between 11am and 6pm from December 26 to 29. Traffic northbound into Ulladulla and around Jervis Bay is predicted to be busiest from 11am to 1pm between December 26 and 31.

 

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MeganGorrey You've got a bottleneck on tourist dollars spent on NSW north coast at Beresfield through to Heatherbrae. Need the Hexham bypass last week. M_McCormackMP Who needs coal or gas when interest rates are so low for infrastructure? SharonClaydon MerylSwanson fitzhunter

MeganGorrey Just stay home

MeganGorrey Reminiscent of the panic induced by ..War of the Worlds

MeganGorrey How many are from Northern Beaches. I bet quite a few. Let the spread continue.

MeganGorrey GladysB TourismQ great news for regional nsw towns. Rich qld tourism sector doesn’t need our dollars. Let’s spend it in nsw or soon the pacific corridor nswnboycottqld

MeganGorrey Just don't come to Victoria!

MeganGorrey Ffs. .. they put a ring around Melbourne and for a while, and now Vic is almost back to normal. Sydney heading off on holidays atm 🤦‍♂️

MeganGorrey And so the spread begins

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