RECONSTRUCTION work is continuing on the Oxley Highway at Mount Seaview to restore full access through areas affected by natural disasters.
The weekly planned closure at Mount Seaview will be lifted after Thursday 18 December, with parts of the highway returning to single lane, alternating flow traffic arrangements during the NSW summer school holidays and into the new year.
The Australian and NSW Governments are funding this work through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Transport for NSW Executive Director Regional Road Network Maintenance Alistair Lunn said it has been a challenging project.
“The unavoidable delays we have seen due to repeated weather events mean this work is taking longer than we had hoped,” he said.
“The road travels through steep and rugged terrain which has been subjected to repeated deluges over recent years, making the challenge to restore it even greater.
“We’ve made significant progress at numerous sites along the highway, despite those extreme weather impacts in March and May 2025 and ongoing wet weather from June to August, when more than 100 new landslips were recorded around Mount Seaview.
“That exacerbated earlier damage and delayed work at other slip sites.
“Despite those difficulties, restoration work has now been completed at two slip sites between Stockyard Creek Road and Knodingbul Road.
“In addition, drainage and earthworks at another slip are expected to be completed by Christmas with the road there expected to reopen to two lanes by Easter 2026.
“Design work has started for additional slope failures at the Stopping Bay and Pooks Lookout sites.”
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