Commuters have been warned that journeys across Sydney will take up to 20 minutes longer due to a 10-day shutdown of the rail line across the Harbour Bridge.
"The bridge works are absolutely critical. This gives us an opportunity over the 10 days to re-deck 550 metres of the bridge and extend the life of the bridge for 120 years," she said.The work during the 10-day shutdown will complete about half of the bridge project. The rest will be carried out over the next two years during standard weekend closures for rail maintenance, which typically average six a year on lines.
Transport officials have chosen early January for the work because significantly fewer people travel on the rail network during the summer holiday period. Transport for NSW acting deputy secretary Howard Collins is again urging commuters to wear masks on public transport."If you do not need to come into the CBD, for whatever reason for those 10 days, please if you can work from home, stay away from the rail network," he said.
Mattonews As long as Sydney's precious fireworks still go off, then that's what really matters, right? Heaven forbid they should take a year off or let a non Covid state get a shot at making world headlines. All in it for tourism etc, yet there is none. Save the money & put it to good use