Essential reconstruction work is continuing on the Oxley Highway at Mount Seaview, aimed at restoring full access through areas severely impacted by natural disasters.
The scheduled weekly closures at Mount Seaview will end after Thursday, 18 December, with sections of the highway reverting to single-lane, alternating traffic flow during the NSW summer school holidays and into the new year.
The restoration works are jointly funded by the Australian and NSW Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), with the goal of repairing the road and improving its resilience to future severe weather events.
Transport for NSW Executive Director of Regional Road Network Maintenance, Alistair Lunn, acknowledged the scale of the task.
“The Oxley Highway is a crucial commerce and tourism route in the state’s north, connecting the New England region to the coast,” Mr Lunn said.
“The unavoidable delays we have seen due to repeated weather events mean this work is taking longer than we had hoped.
“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.
“I’d like to acknowledge the hard work of our crews and thank the community for its patience as the reconstruction and remediation goes on.
“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.”
Further information on major slip sites and recovery efforts is available on Transport’s website: transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/oxley-highway-flood-recovery.
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