A community service announcement

If you're in Sydney this weekend, don't plan to go from one side of the big bridge to the other, unless you are travelling on foot.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge will be closed from 10pm tonight until 5am Monday for road re-surfacing works.  Apparently this is the first time in forever that the bridge has been closed for an extended period like that. It turns 80 this year so one can assume it is getting glammed up and ready for it's birthday celebrations.

If you've ever driven, walked or taken the train over the bridge you would know how busy it is. Thousands of cars, every day. People are being advised not to travel to 'the other side', to take the train, or to go around.  Event clearways have been put in place on alternate major routes for the duration of the bridge closure, assuming to help minimise the delays for travellers who choose to (or have no choice but to) go around. You can find info about alternate routes here.

The City of Sydney, NSW or Fed Government (or whomever) has apparently spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising (if you call it that) to help make residents aware of the road closure. Because it it huge. HUGE. So if you live in Sydney, chances are you know about it. But if you are planning to visit Sydney this weekend, don't plan to go from the city to the northern suburbs, or reverse, unless you want to walk (or swim, take a ferry, or a motorbike - apparently).

Knowing that it's Sydney Festival time, coupled with peak holiday season we're sure to have a lot of visitors to our busy metropolis over all weekends this month, and one of the highlights of a visit to Sydney is a trip over the bridge (so I am told). Oh, and great news!  The bridge will be closed again next weekend too. Hopefully to finish the job, so it won't need to be closed for the proposed third weekend.  Good luck! 

I have no connection with anyone involved in these major works, nor is this a sponsored post.  I just loathe traffic and go to any lengths to avoid it. I expect some of my readers do to so I just wanted to share.