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Capital commuters to experience worsened traffic with multiple projects to serve growing population
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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2 days ago
Traffic in the capital’s centre is about to get worse. $150 million works to strengthen Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, catering for the city's growing population, is ramping up. And that's on top of multiple other projects already underway in the area.
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It's one of Canberra's most important pieces of infrastructure, but from Thursday afternoon
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half of Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will close for the next two years.
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We do acknowledge that this is disruptive, but as I said it is essential work, so we
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appreciate the patience and support.
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Work will be completed in two stages, first the northbound side of the bridge, followed
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by the southbound side.
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Each side of the bridge will be closed for about 12 months.
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On the side that remains open, there will be two lanes for general vehicle traffic, with
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one lane running in each direction.
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There will also be a second northbound lane for buses and emergency services.
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Look to avoid peak times if they can, look to alternate routes if they can, and look to
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alternate forms of transport if they can.
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The works are on top of multiple other projects already underway in the centre of Canberra,
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including the extension of light rail to Commonwealth Park.
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With everything being closed off, I always have to keep going around and around.
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I'm really bad with directions too.
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It affects my commute a little bit, not a huge amount.
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I don't know, the traffic at the moment, they were working on it last year right, it was pretty brutal.
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I've actually just made the change to catching the bus to Civic.
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Catch the R7, in in 15 minutes, no parking fees, all fine.
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The city's bus network will be affected by the work, with new timetables to be released
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soon.
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I'm getting up earlier, don't be running late, you know, you don't have the time to run late
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like that, especially seeing that traffic is going to be pretty hectic.
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Words of advice for capital commuters.
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Let's go.
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