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As of this morning the work is completely finished, lines painted and 80kph temporary speed restriction signs gone. Interesting to see how long until the M2 announce it with great fanfare that we should be grateful for. I don't much care. It's my commute route again now .

Boognoss wrote:As of this morning the work is completely finished, lines painted and 80kph temporary speed restriction signs gone. Interesting to see how long until the M2 announce it with great fanfare that we should be grateful for. I don't much care. It's my commute route again now .

Great! I drive down the M2 on sat night and there was still an incomplete section of resurfacing over all lanes and the shoulder, plus no lines, so they have been busy the last two nights!

Will have to go give it a test run this week while I am still on holidays, and give the Garmin VIRB a trial.

That's the only section of the M2 without glass. Yet. Give it a couple of days.

The only way for me to have a ride with an over-30 average .

I'll add that the breakdown lane looks far from pretty after Pennant Hills Road - I scouted in the car just now and there is a lot of gravel. Email address or phone call to request a cleanup?

Rode yesterday and lots of glass and debris in breakdown lane. Have used their contact form to ask for it to be swept. Let see what happens.

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Boognoss wrote:That's the only section of the M2 without glass. Yet. Give it a couple of days.

The only way for me to have a ride with an over-30 average .

+1
woot. knocked 10 mins off my commute this AM.

and yeah .. the section after pennant hills rd (eastbound) has lots of debris on the side. really gotta keep your eyes peeled

section between the new lines & macquarie park also needs a good sweep

am50em wrote:Rode yesterday and lots of glass and debris in breakdown lane.

Same, rode yesterday but westbound only.

A workman stopped me this morning as I was about to go through the gate by the underpass at the end of Vimera Rd, onto the eastbound M2. He said that the signs are still up and there's still work to do, which we know, and that it will be a couple of weeks before the signs come down.

shouldnobetter wrote:A workman stopped me this morning as I was about to go through the gate by the underpass at the end of Vimera Rd, onto the eastbound M2. He said that the signs are still up and there's still work to do, which we know, and that it will be a couple of weeks before the signs come down.

What time was that? The main roadway has no more roadwork to be done now and before 7am there's never any workers at the Browns entry point that I've seen. Is it still a locked gate when the workers are not there do you know?

Good to know officially a couple of weeks since the M2 don't respond to email queries anymore in my experience.

Rode there to check it out around 5pm yesterday and the gate onto the M2 was locked. Looked like the last worker had just started up his ute to head home.

ed933 wrote:Rode there to check it out around 5pm yesterday and the gate onto the M2 was locked. Looked like the last worker had just started up his ute to head home.

"Small" detour to the Beecroft Rd on ramp would do the job for you for now .

am50em wrote:Rode yesterday and lots of glass and debris in breakdown lane. Have used their contact form to ask for it to be swept. Let see what happens.

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Received reply just now.

Thank you for your feedback. The motorway carries out sweeping during the first week of the month and additional sweeping as required. We are reviewing this and more regular sweeping will be undertaken in the future.

I will follow up with our contractor regarding your experience and arrange for additional sweeping services.

I received an email back today. They respond to their webform but not the enquiries email address it seems.

Dear Mr Boognoss

Thank you for your enquiry. The eastbound cycle lane between Pennant Hills Road and Delhi Roads will be re-instated for use in March of 2015. The sections between Christie Road and Delhi Roads are still undergoing works and therefore have not been re-instated for use at this time. These works will also be completed in March of 2015.

Kind regards,

Pat Hobday
Traffic Operations Manager
Lane Cove Tunnel-Military Road E Ramp and Hills M2 Motorway

Justice Of The Peace

NSW Operations & Maintenance
5 Sirius Rd,
Lane Cove West. NSW. 2066

I haven't seen evidence of roadwork in the section described so maybe this is night works. At least it's officially coming back next month. I see more cyclists daily on my morning commute on the M2 "forbidden" section.

I continualy find it amazing how much garbage ends up inthe breakdown lane... how does it get there?

I'm seeing quite a few people past the PHR section, and they are FLYING. Must have been you Boog

I smashed it this morning. Rode "with" a mate from Pennant Hills Rd to Delhi Rd, and he had the hammer down. I was 100-300m behind him the whole way. Red zone stuff - first time in ages I've pushed that hard for that distance . Any other day, probably not me if the rider was fast .

The only road work I am aware of is the "third track" project at the rail line just west of the Epping tunnel. But that is going on at defined times, and doesn't otherwise block any part of the motorway nor present a danger to cyclists.

Let's see if they lift the 80 km/h speed limit on the other side of the tunnel. Once they do that, work is over, the legal basis of "no bikes" is finished and we *should* be able to ride.

rogan wrote: Snip/

Let's see if they lift the 80 km/h speed limit on the other side of the tunnel. Once they do that, work is over, the legal basis of "no bikes" is finished and we *should* be able to ride.

No 80 signs as of this week - both mornings the shoulder has been totally clear, no roadwork signage and all line painting done. I'm going with your legal basis (and have been this year) .

At 1300 today the shoulder was closed between the tunnel and tollgates heading east, with lots of workmen, trucks blocking the whole shoulder, and 40kmh limits in place. Certainly not ready for bikes.

SheikYerbouti wrote:At 1300 today the shoulder was closed between the tunnel and tollgates heading east, with lots of workmen, trucks blocking the whole shoulder, and 40kmh limits in place. Certainly not ready for bikes.

Good to know, seems they are still working but outside the morning peak. Still good for the early commuters in my recent experience. Also all clear this evening after 5pm eastbound as I was heading out westbound.

no issues when i rode in eastbound from PHR, this morning at ~8am.
however, going past the construction site, i did see a staff member closing the gate at the bottom of the path. i'm not sure if any cyclists were able to access M2 from there, after that.

All clear on the main roadway at approx 07:00 this morning too. Bit later than my usual timing. Before the workers are there they definitely keep the gate locked on the eastbound side of Browns Waterhole. I've been having a closer look specifically as I ride past.

If Browns Waterhole is the entrance just past the tunnel, it's definitely not ready for use. Very close though!

Is that the entrance for going eastbound if you come down Kissing Point Road from Bobbin head?

Xplora wrote:If Browns Waterhole is the entrance just past the tunnel, it's definitely not ready for use. Very close though!

Is that the entrance for going eastbound if you come down Kissing Point Road from Bobbin head?

Yep, it used to be great, and will save me about 15 minutes on the mornings I do Bobbo then go into work. When it opens.

This is getting me all excited for the commute now!

I guess while the gate is closed you can go down talevera rd a little and ride down the on ramp there

rogan wrote:

Xplora wrote:If Browns Waterhole is the entrance just past the tunnel, it's definitely not ready for use. Very close though!

Is that the entrance for going eastbound if you come down Kissing Point Road from Bobbin head?

Yep, it used to be great, and will save me about 15 minutes on the mornings I do Bobbo then go into work. When it opens.

Once that missing link is added I might do the odd Galston Gorge/Bobbo commute. I could do it now but then would have to do the non-M2 detour route after all that climbing. Maybe that's just an excuse .