MAJOR events over this long weekend will see a number of changes in place for traffic management at Falls Creek, Mt Beauty and Bright.
The Peaks Challenge Falls Creek cycling event will this Sunday is expected to bring 2000 riders through the region, prompting these changes:
• Bogong High Plains Road (Falls Creek to Mount Beauty) will be closed from 5:30am to 9am;
• Tawonga Gap Road (Tawonga to Germantown) will be closed from 6:30am to 10:30am;
• Great Alpine Road (Harrietville to Hotham Heights) will be closed from 8am to 1:30pm; and
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• Bogong High Plains Road (Turnoff to Falls Creek) will be closed from 12pm to 8:30pm.
These changes have been coordinated with Alpine Shire Council, VicRoads and Victoria Police.
Meanwhile, the Brighter Days Festival at Bright’s Pioneer Park this Friday to Sunday will also see changed traffic conditions.
On, Friday, from 3pm to 11pm, Coronation Ave (between Mystic Lane & Hawthorn Lane) will be closed (detour via Churchill Avenue), as will Cobden St at Hawthorn Lane and Pioneer Lane (access via Cobden St).
On Saturday and Sunday, from 8am to 11pm, Coronation Ave (between Mystic Lane & Hawthorn Lane) will be closed (detour via Churchill Avenue), Cobden St at Hawthorn Lane is closed; and Pioneer Lane is closed (access via Cobden St).
Only local traffic and authorised vehicles will be permitted in closed roads.
