It's that time of year ... when thousands of cyclists head from southern Sydney, along Sea Cliff Bridge and into Wollongong all in the name of charity.
It's the annual Illawarra MS Gong Ride on Sunday and that means changed traffic conditions for a slice of the northern suburbs and part of Wollongong's CBD.
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The annual charity event is held over two distances - an 82km course which starts Tempe, or the 54km course from Engadine. Both distances end at Wollongong's Lang Park.
Road and lane closures start from 4am, and, at Lady Wakehurst Drive and Otford Road, will continue through until 4.30pm.
Some sections of Wollongong will be closed between 5am and 4.30pm, others will remain closed until 7pm. See below for all the details.
Special event clearways will be in place along key sections of the course between 4am and 4.30pm.
Motorists should exercise caution as cyclists will be sharing some roads along the course.
Best practice is leaving a 1.5m space between cyclists and vehicles on roads with speed limits over 60kmh, and a 1m distance on roads with speed limits 60kmh and under.
Signs will be in place to direct motorists where detours are in place.
Road and lane closures will be in place around the start lines at Tempe and Engadine in Sydney, along the course through the Royal National Park and around the finish line at Wollongong.
- 4am to 9:30am from Tempe to Sutherland: sections of West Botany St, Holbeach Ave and Bestic St. The speed limit will be reduced to 60/km along Rocky Point Rd/Taren Point Rd from Sans Souci to Taren Point.
- 5am to 10am from Sutherland to Waterfall: Lane closures on the Princes Hwy from Kirrawee to Loftus and the speed limit will be reduced to 60km/h from Kirrawee to Waterfall. Delays are expected travelling southbound on the Princes Hwy during this time.
- 5am to 2:30pm in the Royal National Park: McKell Ave, Lady Wakehurst Dr, Sir Bertram Stevens Dr and Otford Rd. Access to the Royal National Park is via Farnell Ave only. The speed limit will be reduced to 40km/h along Lawrence Hargrave Dr from Stanwell Park to Thirroul from 6am to 3pm.
- 5am to 4.30pm in Wollongong: sections of Bourke St, Cliff Rd and George Hanley Dr will be closed. Sections of Hector St, Marine Dr and Hinton St around the finish area at Lang Park will remain closed until 7pm. The speed limit will be reduced to 40km/h along Squires Way and George Hanley Dr between Fairy Meadow and Wollongong from 7am to 2pm.
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