{"id":7994,"date":"2026-05-09T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/7994\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:45:21","slug":"central-sydney-m1-traffic-crashes-delays-updates-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/7994\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Sydney, M1 traffic: Crashes, delays, updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest traffic alerts and road works for the Central Sydney region:<\/p>\n<p>Traffic incidents since midnight: 6<\/p>\n<p>Roadworks to avoid: 12<\/p>\n<p>New roadworks this week: 4<\/p>\n<p>Roadworks projects to be completed in the next 30 days:<\/p>\n<p>0<\/p>\n<p>Traffic incidents by suburb (most recently updated items are listed first):<\/p>\n<p>Zetland<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Southern Cross Drive near Link Road<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 5.31pm, May 9. Last updated at 6.01pm, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Expect delays. <\/p>\n<p>Stanmore<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Stanmore Road near Enmore Road<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 12.40pm, May 9. Last updated at 12.59pm, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Expect delays. <\/p>\n<p>Pyrmont<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Fig Street near Harris Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 12.07pm, May 9. Last updated at 12.52pm, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Use an alternative route. Allow extra travel time. LanesOne ofThree (lane 1) southbound is closed on Harris St. Expect intermittent closures during vehicle recovery. <\/p>\n<p>Surry Hills<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Cleveland Street near Walker Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 11.08am, May 9. Last updated at 11.10am, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Exercise caution. Reduce your speed. <\/p>\n<p>Eastlakes<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Southern Cross Drive off-ramp near Wentworth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 8.37am, May 9. Last updated at 10.06am, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Exercise caution. <\/p>\n<p>Mascot<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: General Holmes Drive near Mill Pond Road<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 7.39am, May 9. Last updated at 7.53am, May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduce your speed. Prepare to merge. <\/p>\n<p>Surry Hills<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Chalmers Street near Cleveland Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 4.28pm, May 6. Last updated at 4.30pm, May 6.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Plan your journey. Check signage. Special event clearways will be in place at the following locations to facilitate Sydney Trains trackwork replacement bus operations: Chalmers St, western side, between Cleveland St and Devonshire St, and Chalmers St, eastern side, between Cleveland St and Rutland St. Clearways are strict no-parking zones for all vehicle types and apply even to local residents and TfNSW Mobility Scheme Permit holders. Check signs carefully, as vehicles left in a clearway will be towed and a fee applies. If your vehicle is towed, you can search your vehicle registration at the Find My Car \u00a0website to find its new location, or alternatively call 132 701 to speak to an operator. <\/p>\n<p>Sydney<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Sydney Harbour Bridge near <\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 9.20pm, July 18. Last updated at 12.20pm, February 5.<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Check signage. Changes to traffic conditions will be in place on the Sydney Harbour Bridge at various times while the bridge and other infrastructure are being upgraded and maintained.\u00a0These changes include a combination of lane closures and speed reductions. At least one lane will be maintained in each direction during work hours. Access to Cahill Exp over Circular Quay southbound may not be available at times. Motorists can detour via the city using Grosvenor St, Bridge St, and Macquarie St for access to the Eastern Suburbs and airport. <\/p>\n<p>Roadworks by suburb (most recently updated items are listed first):<\/p>\n<p>Botany<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Botany Road near Hale Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 10.50am, May 7. Last updated at 10.52am, May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 8<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Follow directions on site. Traffic lights in the area may be blacked out or flashing, and portable traffic lights will allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. <\/p>\n<p>Sydney<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: King Street near Kent Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 6.52pm, May 5. Last updated at 6.54pm, May 5.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, May 18<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Check signage. Reduce your speed. <\/p>\n<p>Camperdown<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Parramatta Road near Western Avenue<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 1.49am, May 5. Last updated at 1.50am, May 5.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 1<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Check signage. Alternating (stop\/slow) traffic conditions using portable traffic control devices will be in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. No roadwork will occur on Wed 13 May , Thu 14 May , or Wed 27 May <\/p>\n<p>Alexandria<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Botany Road near Allen Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 1.39am, May 5. Last updated at 1.40am, May 5.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 1<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Follow directions on site. Traffic lights at the intersection of Botany Rd and Mandible St will be flashing, and alternating (stop\/slow) traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. <\/p>\n<p>Sydney<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Western Distributor near Harbour Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 12.25am, April 18. Last updated at 9.42pm, May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 5.30am, May 21<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Check signage. Northbound will be fully closed for roadwork between 11:00pm and 4:30am and will be operating at reduced lane capacity from 9:00pm on the following dates: Wed, 29 Apr Sun,Three May Tue,Five May Sun, 10 May Sun, 17 May Mon, 18 May Tue, 19 May Wed, 20 May <\/p>\n<p>Pyrmont<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Western Distributor near Pyrmont Bridge Road<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 3.08am, May 2. Last updated at 3.09am, May 2.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 17<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Plan your journey. Use diversions. Anzac Bridge will be reduced toOne lane eastbound with a 40km speed reduction. <\/p>\n<p>Darlington<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Cleveland Street near Wiley Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 10.49pm, April 15. Last updated at 6am, May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6.15am, May 13<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Follow directions on site. Contraflow traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in both directions. There will be no work Mon 11 May. <\/p>\n<p>Mascot<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Botany Road near King Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 11.56am, February 27. Last updated at 6am, May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 2<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Exercise caution. The traffic lights will be flashing, and portable traffic lights will allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. No work will take place on Wednesday the 27th of May. <\/p>\n<p>Botany<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Botany Road near Kingston Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 11.04am, March 20. Last updated at 1.28am, May 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6.15am, May 29<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Exercise caution. Traffic lights at the intersection of Botany Rd and Hale St will be flashing, and alternating (stop\/slow) traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. <\/p>\n<p>Marrickville<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Sydenham Road near Neville Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 10.31pm, April 24. Last updated at 10.31pm, April 24.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 12<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduced speed limit. Prepare to merge. Alternating (stop\/slow) traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. Traffic lights in the area may be blacked out or flashing yellow. <\/p>\n<p>Waterloo<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Lachlan Street near Sam Sing Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 10.18pm, April 23. Last updated at 10.18pm, April 23.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 7<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Allow extra travel time. Exercise caution. Alternating (stop\/slow) traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in one direction at a time. There will be no roadwork on Fri 15 May, Fri 22 May and Sat 30 May. <\/p>\n<p>Ultimo<\/p>\n<p>Notavailable(NotAvailable)<\/p>\n<p>Affected street: Harris Street near Mary Ann Street<\/p>\n<p>Alert created at 2.04pm, November 6. Last updated at 6.28pm, March 27.<\/p>\n<p>Ends: 6am, June 13<\/p>\n<p>Advice: Reduce your speed. Exercise caution. Contraflow traffic conditions will be in place to allow motorists to pass in both directions. <\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s hyperlocal stories are available <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/newslocal\/central-sydney\/hyperlocal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The previous Central Sydney traffic article can be viewed <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/newslocal\/central-sydney\/hyperlocal\/central-sydney-traffic-crashes-delays-updates\/news-story\/a857044dd80886bb62e6472c71e8670f\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"a857044dd80886bb62e6472c71e8670f\" data-tgev-label=\"newslocal\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest traffic alerts and road works for the Central Sydney region: Traffic incidents since midnight: 6 Roadworks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9066,917,1098,3343,3342,247,1324,3341],"class_list":["post-7994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-09may26","tag-central","tag-nsw-government","tag-nsw_hyperlocal_traffic","tag-redfern-news","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-news","tag-waterloo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}