Travellers are advised to stay across updates from emergency services and check transport apps before setting off in coastal areas lashed by heavy rain and intense winds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transport for NSW Coordinator-General Howard Collins said while the weather is easing back in many areas, it remains a dynamic and changing situation for our road and public transport and for the train network people should still avoid non-essential travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re grateful people have listened to the advice to avoid non-essential travel today, and we\u2019ve seen a significant drop in the number of vehicles on the road and passengers on the public transport network,\u201d Mr Collins said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis has helped us with our work to provide connections and services for frontliners and essential workers who had to be on the network today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrees brought down by the combination of drenching rain and very strong winds have had the greatest impact for roads and train services over the last two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur teams were prepared, and have responded quickly to deploy replacement bus services and clear road and train lines as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSome of this work on our train line, including damage to wiring caused by trees coming down on the line near Dora Creek will take longer to repair, and replacement bus services will likely need to continue for this section of the line into tomorrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile rain has eased off for many areas \u2013 the return of strong southerly winds along the coast afternoon and this means we could see new impacts emerging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSafety is always our top priority, and as rain continues for the Illawarra and South Coast we\u2019re urging drivers to please take extra care, drive to the conditions and never drive through floodwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis evening, and even tomorrow morning, we\u2019re asking people to and allow extra time to get to your destination, and check for updates before you set off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPublic transport passengers can jump online and check the latest timetables and disruptions transportnsw.info\/alerts, and drivers can check the Live Traffic app or or visit livetraffic.com.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the latest information: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Travellers are advised to stay across updates from emergency services and check transport apps before setting off in coastal areas lashed by heavy rain and intense winds. Transport for NSW Coordinator-General Howard Collins said while the weather is easing back in many areas, it remains a dynamic and changing situation for our road and public … Continue reading “Check before you travel as weather impacts continue”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33495,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33494\/revisions\/33495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n