December 2024 & January 2025 work program
While we take great care to plan our work schedule, changes can happen. This could be due to weather or ground conditions, technical difficulties or other things happening in Sydney. We will update this page if any changes to our program occur, so please return here for the latest information on our New Year program of work.
We thank you for your patience and we wish you all the best for the holiday season.
Night work calendar - Cammeray and Naremburn
Warringah Freeway lanes between Merrenburn Avenue and West Street - installing drainage, pavement and concrete barriers
High noise night work dates:
27, 28, 30 December 2024
2, 3, 5 January 2025.
6 January to 25 January 2025 - high noise dates to be confirmed.
Warringah Freeway between Ernest Street and Falcon Street - installing drainage, pavement and finishing work
High noise night work dates:
27, 28, 29, 30 December 2024
2 to 11 January 2025
13 to 18 January 2025.
Night work calendar - Neutral Bay and North Sydney
Warringah Freeway between High Street and Falcon Street - installing new drainage, trenching, excavating, road restoration
High noise night work dates:
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2024
2, 3, 4 January 2025
6 to 11 January 2025
13, 14, 16, 18 January 2025
20, 21, 22 January 2025.
Ridge Street shared user bridge - we are demolishing and removing the existing Ridge Street shared user bridge
High noise night work dates:
27, 28, 29, 30 December 2024
2 to 10 January 2025
13 to 17 January 2025.
Pacific Highway exit ramp between Lavender Street and High Street - we are installing underground cables (ITS) and new pavement
High noise night work dates:
27, 28, 29 December 2024
2, 3, 4 January 2025
8, 9, 10, 11 January 2025.
Mount Street underpass - we are demolishing existing retaining walls, piling and concreting
Night work dates:
2, 3, 4, 5 January 2025
Mount Street bridge - we are underground services and installing road pavement
High noise night work dates:
27, 28, 29, 30 December 2024
2, 3, 4, 5 January 2025
7, 9, 11 January 2025
13, 15, 17, 19 January 2025
21, 22, 23, 24, 25 January 2025.
What we are doing
With lower than normal traffic volumes on the freeway during the holiday period between 10pm Thursday 26 December and 5am Sunday 26 January we will implement multiple temporary lane and ramp closures along the freeway. This means a lower impact to the local road networks around the freeway than would be the case during normal traffic periods.
Please expect delays and allow extra travel time while we are working. To help plan your journey, visit livetraffic.com or download the app for live traffic updates.
Image 1 - Ridge Street shared user bridge will be removed once the new Ridge Street shared user bridge is open in late December 2024
Work activities table
Work locations map
The map and table show our work locations between Thursday 26 December 2024 and Sunday 26 January 2025.
Changed traffic conditions
We will be implementing multiple temporary lane and ramp closures along the freeway. Please refer to the traffic changes - road and ramp closures table below to see the traffic changes that will be in place between 10pm Thursday 26 December 2024 and 5am Sunday 26 January 2025 (some lane closures will extend until 27 January 2025.
Expect queuing and delays at times similar to normal morning peak periods.
Additional lane reductions will be in place on the Warringah Freeway northbound and southbound lanes. Please expect delays and allow extra travel time when travelling on the Warringah Freeway during the holiday period. Your safety is our number one priority, we ask you to please slow down and look out for road workers.
To help plan your journey, visit livetraffic.com or download the app for live traffic updates related to Warringah Freeway Upgrade.
Traffic changes - lane and ramp closures
The below table details the changed traffic conditions between Thursday 26 December 2024 and Sunday 26 January 2025
Please note: some of lane closures will remain in place until Monday 27 January.
Major traffic changes
Date: 10pm Thursday 26 December to 6am Friday 27 December 2024:
Location: Warringah Freeway southbound between Gore Hill Freeway, Artarmon and Mount Street, North Sydney
Network change: Full southbound closure, including Sydney Harbour Tunnel southbound
Advice for motorists: Use Pacific Highway and Sydney Harbour Bridge to travel southbound. View the detour map here.
Date: 10pm Friday 27 December to 8am Saturday 28 December 2024:
Location: Warringah Freeway northbound between High Street, North Sydney and Gore Hill Freeway, Artarmon
Network change: Full northbound closure, including Sydney Harbour Tunnel northbound
Advice for motorists: Use Pacific Highway and Sydney Harbour Bridge to travel southbound. View the detour map here.
Date: 11:59pm Friday 10 January to 6am Saturday 11 January 2025 (11:59pm Saturday 11 January to 6am Sunday 12 January 2025 - as contingency)
Location: Warringah Freeway southbound between Gore Hill Freeway, Artarmon and Mount Street, North Sydney
Network change: Full southbound closure, including Sydney Harbour Tunnel southbound
Advice for motorists: Use Pacific Highway and Sydney Harbour Bridge to travel southbound. View the detour map here.
Ongoing traffic changes
Date: 10pm Thursday 26 December to 5am Monday 6 January:
Location: Willoughby Road southbound on ramp to the Warringah Freeway
Network change: Continuous full closure
Advice for motorists: Use Brook Street on ramp.
Date: 10pm Thursday 26 December to 5am Sunday 26 January:
Location: Mount Street southbound on ramp to Cahill Expressway (eastern
Network change: Continuous full closure
Advice for motorists: Use Brook Street on ramp.
Date: Thursday 26 December to Tuesday 31 December, 10pm to 5am
Date: Wednesday 1 January to Sun 26 January, 10pm to 5am
Location: Falcon Street southbound on ramp
Network change: Full closure at night
Advice for motorists: Use Ernest Street southbound (eastern) on ramp.
Location: Falcon Street northbound on ramp
Network change: Full closure at night
Advice for motorists: Use Pacific Highway to travel northbound.
Date: 10pm Thursday 26 December to 5am Tuesday 31 December
Date: 8pm Wednesday 1 January to 5am Sunday 26 January
Location: Arthur Street northbound off ramp from the Bradfield Highway between the Pacific Highway and High Street
Network change: Continuous full closure
Advice for motorists: Use detour via Pacific Highway, Berry Street, Walker Street and Pacific Highway eastbound for access to Arthur Street.
Date: 7pm Thursday 26 December to 5am Tuesday 31 December 8pm Wednesday 1 January to 5am Sunday 26 January
Location: Reversible carriageway and Ernest Street on/off ramp
Network change: Continuous full closure
Advice for motorists: Use northbound off ramps at Falcon Street (eastern) and Miller Street. Use southbound on ramp on eastern side of the Ernest Street bridge.
Date: Friday 27 December and Saturday 28 December, 10pm to 5am
Location: Berry Street northbound ramp
Network change: Continuous full closure
Advice for motorists: Use Pacific Highway to travel northbound.
Date: 11:59pm Friday 10 January to 6am Saturday 11 January (11:59pm Saturday 11 January to 6am Sunday 12 January - as contingency)
Location: Warringah Freeway southbound between Gore Hill Freeway, Artarmon and Mount Street, North Sydney
Network change: Full southbound closure, including Sydney Harbour Tunnel southbound
Advise for motorists: Use Pacific Highway and Sydney Harbour Bridge to travel southbound. View the detour map here.
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For more information, you can contact the project team on 1800 931 189 or email whtbl@transport.nsw.gov.au. Our 1800 number will be available 24/7 throughout the holiday period.
For further information on our work or traffic changes, please visit livetraffic.com.
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FAQs
We will continually update this section as more questions arise.
Carrying out the construction work program over the holiday period will reduce the project duration and overall number of noisy night shifts, resulting in less disruption overall disruption. These works will reduce the number of standard night shifts and weekend closures in 2025.
1. Freeway lanes between Merrenburn Avenue and West Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing drainage, pavement and concrete barriers.
2. Northbound inner lanes between Ernest Street and Falcon Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing drainage and pavement.
3. Falcon Street southbound on ramp
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing pavement, barriers and signage gantries.
4. Warringah Freeway northbound inner lanes between Berry Street and Falcon Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing underground cables and new road pavement.
5. Warringah Freeway southbound lanes between Ridge Street and Rose Avenue
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing new drainage, road pavement and landscaping.
6. Ridge Street shared user bridge
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Demolishing and removing the existing Ridge Street shared user bridge
7. Warringah Freeway between Mount Street and Ridge Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing new drainage, road pavement and landscaping.
8. Alfred Street off ramp
Day work will take place, we will be:
Building new retaining walls, excavating, steel fixing, concreting.
9. Mount Street bridge
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing underground cables and new pavement.
10. Warringah Freeway southbound lanes between Mount Street and High Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing new drainage and road pavement.
11. Mount Street underpass
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Demolishing existing retaining walls, installing structures, piling, concreting
12. High Street and High Street bridge
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing bridge structures, steel fixing, concreting, new road pavement.
13. Pacific Highway exit ramp between Lavender Street and High Street
Day and night work will take place, we will be:
Installing underground cables (ITS) and new pavement.
Day and night shifts of work will take place consecutively from 8pm Tuesday 26 December 2023 to 4.30am Sunday 14 January 2024 to take advantage of lower traffic volumes. Most of our night work will take place on the freeway lanes, away from residential properties. Although the work will be noisy at times, it’s not expected to reach the highly intrusive levels that have previously been experienced by the community during some night work events, such as the demolition of the Falcon Street southbound on ramp.
From Monday 15 January to 1am Friday 26 January 2024 we will continue working on the same construction activities but will return to standard work hours of up to three nights per week, with only two consecutive nights per week and no more than 10 nights per month when predicted noise levels exceed the noise management levels. Night work will typically take place between 8pm and 5am, with high-noise activities completed before midnight, where possible.
No construction work is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 25 December 2024.
No night work is scheduled on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday 31 December 2024.
The majority of lane closures will be removed on this night, with most traffic lanes reinstated for New Year’s Eve by 6am on Tuesday 31 December 2024.
Road users are expected to experience up to 15 minutes additional travel time.
Motorists are advised to please keep to speed limits, follow the direction of signage and allow extra time when travelling on the Warringah Freeway during the holiday period. Consider public transport alternatives including the train, Metro or ferry where possible. To help plan your journey, visit livetraffic.com.