Source: Mental Health Australia
Travellers on Victoria Pass have had an early Christmas present with all lanes of traffic to reopen for the first time in three years.
The westbound slow lane at Victoria Pass, west of Mount Victoria, has been closed since July 2022 after two slopes were significantly damaged during extreme weather that was later declared a natural disaster.
Repair work started in April 2025 with the aim of finishing before Christmas, however, hard-working crews have smashed that deadline with all lanes of the Great Western Highway at Victoria Pass expected to reopen to traffic in the week of Monday 10 November.
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