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City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the project will be a boon to retailers along the struggling Oxford Street strip.

‘It’s a big win’: Long-awaited first stage of Oxford Street cycleway opens

A crucial 1km link in Sydney’s inner-city cycleway network is finally ready to roll. But not everyone is happy.

  • Cindy Yin and Megan Gorrey

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Tow truck driver Brett Jenkins at a workshop in Yennora, Sydney, Tuesday, 15 July 2025. Freeway and infrastructure tolls are screwing small business operator and tradies in western Sydney who are dependent on the roads. p5mett . Photo: Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

‘It’s destroying us’: The Sydney workers who don’t qualify for toll cap relief

While drivers of Class A vehicles – cars and motorcycles – qualify for NSW’s $60 toll cap, small businesses and sole traders can spend hundreds a week.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Emergency services attend to a patient with back injuries after a head-on collision on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Traffic chaos after head-on collision on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Heavy traffic backed up for kilometres from the Sydney Harbour Bridge after a head-on collision closed several lanes during peak hour traffic.

  • Josefine Ganko
The latest funding commitment will clear the way for an upgrade to Mona Vale Road in northern Sydney.

Work to start on road choke point in Sydney’s north after $250m injection

Funding in the state budget to upgrade a key arterial route to Sydney’s northern beaches will help clear the way for construction to begin.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A crane truck has rolled inside the M5 East tunnel in Sydney.

Road closed during peak hour after crane rollover forces closure of M5 tunnel

Authorities say citybound lanes will be closed until Wednesday morning after the tunnel wall suffered significant damage during the crash.

  • Josefine Ganko, Cindy Yin and Riley Walter
After two hours in traffic, anyone who acts on the urge to late merge should be sent to prison.

‘The right lane is faster’, and other thoughts I don’t appreciate in a traffic jam

When early morning road congestion turns a 20-minute drive into two hours of pain, you’re only ever one late merge away from a mental breakdown.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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The tyres of dozens of cars have been shredded after a truck travelling south on the M1 spilt metal debris on the motorway.

Highway reopened after hundreds of cars damaged in scrap metal spill

The debris spilled along the M1 Pacific Motorway just after 5am, sparking traffic chaos and forcing all southbound lanes to be closed.

  • Riley Walter
Small coastal storms forming over Middle Harbour earlier this week.

Long weekend drivers warned as rain drenches state

The Anzac Day long weekend brought rain across much of NSW, and holidaymakers have been warned to be careful as they return home.

  • Anthony Segaert and Nigel Gladstone
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Don’t take the bait!

And don’t leave on amber.

The much-maligned carpark’s days could be numbered.

Every attempt to fix Sydney’s ugliest building has failed. Might this plan just work?

The City of Sydney is considering it. The owner is happy. What is stopping the Goulburn Street car park from being turned into housing?

  • Anthony Segaert

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