A fallen tree branch on the M1 Princes Motorway at Mt Pleasant has closed the northbound lanes.
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The incident happened just before 11am just south of Clive Bissell Drive at the top of Mt Ousley.
The closure begins near the Gipps Road overpass and continues past the Picton Road turn-off and ends at the beginning of the Big Dipper.
Initially just one northbound lane was closed, before emergency crews opted to close all lanes while the tree branch is being moved.
There is a second branch 30 metres over the road that also needs to be removed.
An arborist has been called to remove it.
Northbound motorists should exit onto Memorial Drive at Gwynneville, then continue to the Princes Hwy and Bulli Pass, then rejoin the M1 Princes Motorway.
This route is not suitable for B-doubles, which are being parked.
Northbound traffic on Memorial Drive is heavy due to the detour through to the Towradgi Road intersection and also at the intersection with the Princes Highway at Bulli.
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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.
