Speed limits around the Oak Flats interchange will be dropped as a tactic to reduce the number of crashes.
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The interchange has caused confusion for motorists, with at least one instance of a driver caught travelling the wrong way.
In the five years to September 2017, there were 46 crashes at the interchange; 33 of those saw drivers or passengers injured.
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To address that crash history, Roads and Maritime Services has cut the speed limit on some roads linking into the interchange.
The speed limit will be reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h on the Lake Entrance Road approach to the roundabout for 550 metres.
It will also drop for 250 metres on East West Link and at the on- and off-ramps to the Princes Highway.
The changes to the speed limits come into effect on Monday.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
