Michael Peloquin’s call comes after news of the forthcoming closure of Bulli Pass.

Last month Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) announced the closure of Bulli Pass for two months – from October to December – to allow for the installation of fencing to deal with rock falls.

A further two-month closure is expected in the first half of 2017.

An RMS spokesman said it had looked at a range of other options but decided the two-month closure was the most suitable in terms of safety.

Work would be carried out 24 hours a day during the closure. 

In a letter to Parliamentary Secretary for the Illawarra Gareth Ward and Keira MP Ryan Park, Mr Peloquin wrote of the frustration and problems the closure would cause.

“If you put us on Lawrence Hargrave Drive, that will be bedlam for the residents of the north,” Mr Peloquin said.

“Traffic in Thirroul is already a notorious problem.”

Mr Peloquin wrote that the closure will add 30 minutes to people’s travel times in peak hour.

“Hence commuters will lose an hour of their life each day for 60 days this year and again next year,” Mr Peloquin wrote.

“If you are going to do that, then at least give us the long term benefit of no trucks on the pass.”

Mr Peloquin claimed the vibrations from trucks and other heavy vehicles using Bulli Pass was causing rock falls and also speeding up the cracks on the road.

He said the pass was never designed for the traffic it now carries every day.

“It was never intended to handle the volume of traffic and size of vehicles that it does today,” he wrote.

“As you cannot stop the volume, you need to stop the heavy vehicles.

“Decades ago Mount Ousley was expanded to six lanes, three each way, in order to handle heavy vehicles.

“We now need to get these trucks off the Bulli Pass.”