Wet weather may have recently hampered several Transport for NSW (TfNSW) ventures, but a busy schedule is on the cards throughout the Hunter this week.

That means changed traffic conditions are required to progress work on the Hexham Straight Widening project from now until Thursday 10 July.

Between 7pm and 7am:

• Lane closures and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place on both the northbound and southbound lanes of Maitland Road, located from Sandgate Cemetery to north of Old Maitland Road, Sandgate
• Lane closures and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place on the southbound lanes of Maitland Road, located from Old Maitland Road (west) to the Oak intersection on Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July
• Lane closures and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place on the outbound lanes of Maitland Road, located at the intersection of Maitland Road and Sparke Street on Tuesday 8 July. There’ll be a temporary restriction to the left-hand turn lane into Sparke Street. Alternatively, continue travelling northbound and detour under Hexham bridge via the U-turn facility
• Traffic will be in a contraflow arrangement on the northbound lanes of Maitland Road and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place from Old Maitland Road (east) to Old Maitland Road (west) on Monday 7 July
• Traffic will be in a contraflow arrangement on the southbound lanes of Maitland Road and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place from Sparke Street to north of Shamrock Street on Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July
• Traffic will be in a contraflow arrangement on the southbound lanes of Maitland Road and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place from Old Maitland Road to Sparke Street on Tuesday 8 July and Wednesday 9 July
• Lane closures and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place on both the northbound and southbound lanes of Maitland Road, located from Old Maitland Road (east) to Old Maitland Road (west) on Tuesday 8 July and Thursday 10 July
• Lane closures and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place on the southbound lanes of Maitland Road, located from Old Maitland Road (east) to Old Maitland Road (west), on Wednesday 9 July
• Traffic will be in a contraflow arrangement on the southbound lanes of Maitland Road and a temporary reduced speed of 40km/h will be in place from Old Maitland Road (west) to south of Tarro bridge on Wednesday 9 July and Thursday 10 July

As well, a restriction to motorists heading southbound is in place using the on-ramp to travel on the Pacific Highway via Maitland Road.

Alternatively, road-users can continue travelling southbound towards Newcastle to detour north of Hexham Station.

Major work on the remainder of the project resumes from 7am to 6pm Monday to Friday; 7pm to 7am Sunday to Thursday; and from 8am to 1pm on Saturday.

M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace

Construction continues along the M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace.

To minimise the impact, work will be carried out at night at the following locations:

• From 7pm to 5am on Tuesday 8 July, Wednesday 9 July and Friday 11 July, the eastbound off-ramp from the New England Highway to Anderson Drive will be closed with a detour in place via New England Highway/Maitland Road
• From 7pm to 5am on Monday 14 July, Tuesday 15 July, Wednesday 16 July, Thursday 17 July and Friday 18 July, the eastbound off-ramp from the New England Highway to Anderson Drive will be closed with a detour in place via New England Highway/Maitland Road

Operators of over-size and/or over-mass (OSOM) vehicles with a ground contact wider than 3.2 metres or with overall width greater than 4.5 metres are advised to contact the project team on 0423 323 946 at least one day ahead of proposed movement.

Significant delays can occur if they fail to do so.

Major construction resumes across the remainder of the project from 7am to 6pm Monday to Friday; 8am to 5pm on Saturday; and 7pm to 5am Monday to Friday.

It’ll also require lane closures with intermittent stoppages and temporary speed reductions to 40km/h at the following locations and times:

From 7pm to 5am, on the nights of Monday 7 July until Friday 11 July  

• M1 Pacific Motorway at Beresfield and Black Hill
• John Renshaw Drive at Beresfield
• New England Highway at Tarro
• Pacific Highway at Tomago and Heatherbrae 

From 7am to 5pm, Monday 7 July until Friday 11 July

• Lenaghans Drive at Black Hill
• Old Punt Road near Pacific Highway at Tomago
• New England Highway Eastbound at Tarro

Brig O’Johnston Bridge, Clarence Town

Essential maintenance and safety improvement work is slated on Brig O’Johnston Bridge at Clarence Town, with the structure being closed from 9am until 3pm on Wednesday 9 July, Thursday 10 July and Friday 11 July.

A detour will be in place during these hours for all vehicles via Clarence Town Road, Italia Road, the Pacific Highway and The Bucketts Way.

However, it’s expected to add up to 50 minutes to travel times.

Motorists cannot use East Seaham Road between Italia and Limeburners Creek roads as it is closed at East Seaham due to council roadwork.

There’s also a 20-tonne load limit on Glen Martin Road at Glen William due to structural issues with an existing culvert.

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