Check here for information about temporary road closures or activities that impact on traffic conditions in Newcastle.

Council will make every effort to ensure disruptions to traffic, businesses, pedestrians and residents are minimised during works.

Temporary road closures

Wharf Road, Newcastle between Watt Street roundabout and Horseshoe Beach Road access will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic on Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April 2012 from 8am to 5pm for the purpose of conducting the Fuelarama event.

RMS project: Raymond Terrace Road at Millers Forest will be closed from 5.30pm, Sunday 15 April until 5pm, Friday 11 May (weather permitting). The closure and detour will be in place on Sunday to Thursday night from 7.30pm to 5pm and will impact Woodberry Road, Tarro with a likely increase in night traffic. See a map of the road closure

Other road and traffic conditions information

Hunter Expressway eastern section (F3 Freeway to Kurri Kurri) - Closure of Newcastle off-ramp from F3 Freeway

Major construction on the Hunter Expressway is continuing and this is to inform you about the temporary closure of the Newcastle off-ramp from the F3 Freeway. As part of the Hunter Expressway, the existing Newcastle interchange will be upgraded with new exit/entry ramps and bridges. To allow this work to proceed, the RTA and its alliance partners will be temporarily closing the Newcastle off-ramp from the northbound carriageway of the F3 Freeway. The closure will be in place from 12 August for a period of twelve months, weather permitting. Download an  information sheet about the project  (436.25kb).

Want to know more? Go to the Hunter Expressway community information session – Kurri Kurri 

Date:   Thursday 24 May 2012
Time:  2.30pm to 6.30pm
Location:  Hunter Region Business Enterprise Centre (BEC) Corner Merthyr Street and Barton Street, Kurri Kurri.  

Project information, including maps, artist impressions and a 3D computer model will be available on the day and representatives from the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), Abigroup and the Hunter Expressway Alliance will be available to discuss the project and to answer any questions.

The  RTA website has live traffic reports on its website, and provides information about road closures, changed traffic conditions, accidents and other events.