Southern region

Essential maintenance works on the Hume Highway near Goulburn

Roads and Maritime Services will carry out essential maintenance work on the northbound bridge of the Hume Highway over Gundary Creek near Goulburn on Wednesday 30 May 2012.
These essential maintenance works will be carried out between the hours of 6am and 6pm.

Hume Highway northbound lane closures

Some works will require the closure of all northbound lanes to traffic for three 20 minutes intervals on Wednesday 30 May 2012.
One northbound lane will be open to traffic outside these times.
Motorists are advised to expect delays.
Schedule times for full closure of northbound lanes to traffic:

10am to 10.20am
1pm to 1.20pm
3pm to 3.20pm

Available detour

A detour will be available through Goulburn; via Hume Street, Clinton Street, Sloane Street, Grafton Street, Reynolds Street, Sydney Road then back to the Hume Highway.
This is a detour of approximately 15 minutes.
Please follow the detour signs and drive with care. Motorists should allow extra travel time.
It is essential this work happens during the day.
Roads and Maritime Services appreciates your patience and apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Southern region

Roads and Maritime Services Southern Region covers approximately seven per cent of NSW, extending from the Wollongong Local Government Area in the north, to the Upper Lachlan local government area and the ACT border in the west, and to the Victorian border in the south (including the Snowy Mountains). Some 95 per cent of the region is classified as rural.

The topography of the region is diverse ranging from the eastern highlands of the Great Dividing Range, including the Illawarra Escarpment in the north, and Mt Kosciusko and the snow fields in the south west, and a beautiful coastline that includes many areas covered in rainforest.

The economy of the region is centred on tourism and primary production including coal and agriculture.

The region's road network serves the movement of these products to export terminals and caters to a wide range of freight and passenger-car trips.

Southern Region manage:

2395 kilometres of State Roads and National Highways
Funding for maintenance and rehabilitation works carried out by councils on 1655 kilometres of regional roads.
697 bridges
230 sets of traffic signals.

Key road links in the region include

Princes Highway, Mount Ousley Road and F6 Southern Freeway connecting Sydney to the Victorian border.
Hume Highway linking Sydney to the Victorian border.
Kings Highway connecting Canberra and Batemans Bay.
Monaro Highway connecting Canberra to the Victorian border.
Memorial Drive (formerly the Northern Distributor) connecting the northern suburbs of Wollongong between North Wollongong and Bulli.
Main Road 92 has recently been sealed between Nowra and Nerriga.
Sea Cliff Bridge is a local connector bridge linking the villages of Coalcliff and Coledale.
Picton Road connecting the Hume Highway to Mt Ousley Road.

Key links

Southern Regional Manager

Brad Turner has worked for Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) for 10 years. During this time, Brad has worked in industrial relations, strategic infrastructure and on regional projects. Brad has represented Roads and Maritime Services (formerly Roads and Traffic Authority) on projects such as Sydney's World Youth Day, Sydney Harbour Bridge 75th Anniversary, six New Year's Eve celebrations, and the APEC forum.