TO:GENERAL PUBLIC FROM: MAIN ROADS WA PILBARA REGION

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CONTACT: CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTRE 138 138 (ALL HOURS)

PILBARA ROAD CONDITION REPORT Monday, 27th February 2011 @1.15pm ADV #21

VEHICLE CLASS
ROAD / CARS & UTILITIES / 4WD VEHICLES
(Up to 3 tonnes) / TRUCKS
(Vehicles over 3 tonnes gross) / COMMENTS
Great Northern Highway (GNH)
Mt Magnet to Cue / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Open with extreme caution at all floodways.
Cue to Meekatharra / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With Extreme Caution at Floodways. Water over road.
Meekatharra to Newman / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / * With Extreme Caution at Floodways. Water over road.
Newman to Port Hedland (Newman turn-off) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Port Hedland (Newman turn-off) to Marble Bar turn off / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Marble Bar turn off to Pardoo Roadhouse / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Due to localised flooding. Drive with caution.
Pardoo R/House to Sandfire R/House / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
North West Coastal Highway (NWCH)
Pannawonica turn off to Madigan Rd / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Extreme caution advised 20km south of Karratha.
Madigan Road to Karratha Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Karratha Road to Roebourne / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Roebourne to WhimCreek / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution at floodways. Water over road.
Whim Creek to Great Northern Hwy (Newman turn-off) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution at floodways. Water over road.
Marble Bar Road (MBR)
Newman to Jigalong Turn-off / CLOSED / OPEN / OPEN / *Water over road. With extreme caution at floodways.
Jigalong Turn-off to Cloud Break Intersection – Gravel Road / CLOSED / OPEN / OPEN
(Side Track CLOSED) / *Water over road. With extreme caution at floodways. Please note that the Side Track will remain CLOSED.
Cloud Break Intersection to Nullagine / CLOSED / OPEN / OPEN / *Water over road. With extreme caution at floodways
Nullagine to Marble Bar – Gravel Road / CLOSED / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution, water over road.
Marble Bar to Port Hedland
(GNH Marble Bar turn-off) / CLOSED / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution, water over road.
Ripon Hills Road (RHR)
(Marble Bar Road to east of Oakover River floodway intersection Telfer Rd) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution, water over road.
Nanutarra-Munjina Road (NMR)
Paraburdoo-Tom Price Road to Nameless Valley Rd – Gravel Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Drive with extreme caution at floodways. Water over road.
Nameless Valley rd to Bingarn Road – Gravel Road / CLOSED / IMPASS-
ABLE / CLOSED / *Drive with extreme caution at floodways. Water over road.
Bingarn Rd to Fortescue Valley Road to Youngaleena – Gravel Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Water over road. With Caution.
Youngaleena to Auski R/House @Munjina / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN
Paraburdoo-Tom Price Road (PTPR)
Nanutarra-Munjina Road to Paraburdoo / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Paraburdoo to Tom Price / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Karijini Drive
Great Northern Highway to Hamersley Mt Bruce Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Hamersley Mt Bruce Road to Marandoo Access Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Marandoo Access Road to Paraburdoo-Tom Price Road / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Bingarn Road
(Tom Price to Nanutarra-Munjina Road) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Warlu Road
(NWCH to Barowanna Hill) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With extreme caution due to water over road.
Madigan Road
(NWCH to Dampier Road) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Point Samson-Roebourne Road
NWCH/Cleaverville Road to Cape Lambert / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Cape Lambert to Honeymoon Road, Point Samson / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Burrup Road
(Dampier Road to LNG Entrance Road) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Dampier Road
(Karratha Road, Karratha to Parker Point Road, Dampier) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways.
Karratha Road
(NWCH to Dampier Road, Karratha) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *With caution at floodways. Installation of underground cables between Rosemary Rd & Finnerty St are in progress. Please drive with caution and obey Traffic Management.
Wilson Street
(GNH Broome turn-off to Wedge Street, Port Hedland) / OPEN / OPEN / OPEN / *Intersection works at Caltex Service station in progress. Drive with caution & obey traffic management in place.

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APPROVED: A/REGIONAL MANAGER-GERRY ZOETELIEF

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For River Level Updates, please refer to:

PLEASE BE AWARE OF STOCK ON OR NEAR THE ROAD AND DRIVE WITH CARE AS PER ROAD CONDITIONS. ADVISE SOMEONE RESPONSIBLE ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY PLANS BEFORE YOU LEAVE ON YOUR TRIP. DRIVE SLOW THROUGH ROADWORKS TO AVOID VEHICLE DAMAGE.

NEXT REVIEW UPDATED WHEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ROAD CONDITION OCCURS

Definitions

Closed: A road or section of road that is, or is likely to, become unsafe to general traffic or a particular class of traffic or where the road would be damaged by general traffic or a particular class of traffic. A closure is legally enforceable under the Main Roads Act.

Impassable: A section or specific location where it is considered that it is physically not possible to traverse, this status is used when it is possible that the road may become passable in the near future e.g. subsiding water at a floodway.

For current information on all Local Roads in the Pilbara Region, please contact the relevant Shire Office

Town of Port Hedland9158 9300Shire of Roebourne9186 8555

Shire of East Pilbara9175 8000Shire of Ashburton9188 4444

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