MANY roads, parks and recreation areas remain closed after the recent heavy downpours that hit the ACT.

ACT’s sporting grounds also remain closed. However Smiths Road is now open to light traffic, restoring access to the Smiths Road community. The ACT Government advises people driving city bound on the Barton Highway, between Gold Creek Road and Gundaroo Drive, to drive with caution.

People are urged to respect the closures that have been sign-posted. A full list of the roads, crossing, bridges, parks and recreation areas that are closed is below.

For up-to-date information on closures please call Canberra Connect on 13 22 81. To report potholes go to the ACT Government’s Fix My Street service at canberraconnect.act.gov.au or 13 22 81.

[box]Closed roads include: Mountain Creek Road at Uriarra; Cotter Road is closed at Casuarina Sands (local residents will still have access); Tidbinbilla Road is closed at the intersection of Booroomba Road through to Paddys River Road; Corin Road at the intersection with Paddys River Road; Paddys River Road (local residents will still have access); Naas Road, closed one kilometre south of Tharwa (this includes the Naas Road bridge over the Gudgenby River which has been damaged); Boboyan Road; Apollo Road; Bendora Dam Road; Orroral Valley Road; Brindabella Road at the start of the dirt section to the NSW border; Mount Franklin Road; Molonglo Gorge Road; All roads within the Namadgi National Park.

Closed crossings and bridges: Cotter Bridge (local residents will still have access); Naas Road bridge on Naas Road; Uriarra Crossing; Swamp Creek Crossing; Coppins Crossing; Point Hut Crossing; Oaks Estate Crossing; Sunshine Crossing; Angle Crossing; Smiths Road Bridge; Paddys River Road crossing at Congwarra, about 200 metres past Discovery Drive.

Closed park and recreation areas: Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve; Googong Foreshores; Pine Island; Point Hut Crossing; Kambah Pool; Uriarra Crossing East and West; walking tracks and recreation areas below the Cotter Dam; the National Arboretum; Molonglo Gorge; Woods Reserve; and all forest areas.[/box]