As a result of flooding in central Australia closing access from the southern states to the Northern Territory along the Stuart Highway and Birdsville Track, Road Trains up to 53.5 metres in length have been granted temporary access on the Barrier Highway from the South Australian border through Broken Hill to Cobar on Kidman Way to Bourke and on the Mitchell Hwy to the Queensland border.
Approval for access under a notice for Type 2 Road Trains has temporary been granted for the 800 kilometre route through NSW and is part of detour these Road Trains will have to travel for a number of weeks until the flood water recedes and the routes are able to be accessed again.
Traffic control will be in place to support the safe movement of these vehicles at Broken Hill the corner of Iodide and Williams streets and Iodide and Argent streets. Changed traffic conditions will be in place at Cobar the corner of Barton Street and Barrier Highway.
Type 2 Road Trains are restricted to travelling at 90 km/hr. All other vehicles are advised to overtake with caution due to the length of the vehicles.
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