TRAFFIC between Lithgow and Mudgee will be diverted through Bathurst this Thursday due to work to recover a fallen high voltage power pole.
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It comes after a landslip late on Saturday night at Pearsons Lookout, near Capertee on the Castlereagh Highway, following heavy rain at the end of last week and into the weekend.
The highway was closed by the landslip, then reopened at the start of this week, but Transport for NSW says emergency maintenance and repair work will be needed to recover the fallen high voltage power pole.
Transport for NSW says the Castlereagh Highway will be closed between Capertee and Ben Bullen between 7am and 3pm on Thursday, October 13 and the following detours will be in place:
- Vehicles up to 19 metres long will detour via Bathurst using Sofala Road and the Great Western Highway in both directions. This will add approximately 40 minutes of additional travel time
- Vehicles more than 19 metres long travelling between Mudgee and Marrangaroo will need to detour via Wellington, Molong, Orange and Bathurst in both directions. This will add approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes of additional travel time
Transport for NSW says drivers should plan ahead and allow extra travel time during this work.
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