MOTORISTS were asked to factor in a delay of up to an hour in the Blue Mountains during the Easter weekend as one of the two main routes between Bathurst and Sydney remained closed.
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The Transport Management Centre reported westbound traffic from Katoomba to Blackheath was heavy enough on Good Friday morning that an additional 25 minutes of travel time should be allowed.
That had become more than an hour's extra travel time by Good Friday afternoon due to the heavy westbound traffic from Blaxland to Blackheath.
IN OTHER NEWS:
The annual exodus from Sydney was complicated this year by the closure of a large section of Bells Line of Road due to landslides around Mount Tomah during last month's days of rain along the eastern seaboard.
The Bells Line is closed between Bell, near Lithgow, and Mount Tomah and no reopening date has yet been set.
The NSW Government has plans for a duplication of the Great Western Highway from Katoomba to Lithgow and has begun work on a duplication of the highway from Kelso to Raglan to extend the duplication already completed through Kelso.
