Sydney’s nightmare commute: City faces another day of traffic chaos due to burst water main

Sydney commuters have faced more traffic chaos with a burst water main shutting down a key route on Friday morning.

The Spit Bridge has become the site of Sydney’s latest traffic havoc this morning after a week of chaos on major roads.

Construction workers sliced open the arterial road to repair a water main – closing all but one lane in both directions until around 9am on Friday morning.

Cars piled up for 2.5km back to the suburb of Manly Vale and motorists were advised to consider alternate routes along Warringah Rd.

Traffic was extremely heavy in both directions of Spit Rd due to the burst water main. Image: Supplied

All lanes have reopened.

Traffic remains heavy in both directions and buses in the area are delayed by up to one hour.

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It has been a nightmare week for motorists travelling into the city.

Harbour Bridge traffic came to a standstill for over an hour on Monday after a stolen car burst into flames following a high-speed collision.

A car burst into flames when it crashed with another vehicle just before 7am on Monday. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was closed to traffic in both directions. Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Then, two protesters from Fireproof Australia set up camp at the Western Distributor entrance banking traffic back to the Lane Cove Tunnel.

Spit Road has been reopened to traffic, though delays continued into the work day.

Wild weather and flooding rains have caused significant delays with multiple roads across the city closed due to fallen trees, powerlines and rising floodwaters.

Roads remain closed in the suburbs of Windsor, McGraths Hill, Cattai, Maraylya, Schofields, Riverston, Galston, Douglas Park, East Kurrajong, Shanes Park and the Royal National Park.

Fireproof Australia Protesters blocking the Western Distributor between the Harbour Bridge and ANZAC Bridge. Image: Supplied/Facebook

Roads damaged by floodwaters are causing motorists even more grief with potholes cropping across the city.

The NRMA reported a 300 per cent increase in insurance claims linked to rain-damaged roads this week.

“Not just potholes but where there has been heavy flooding we’re going to be dealing with major work that needs to be done in the coming weeks once the rain stops,” NRMAs Peter Khoury told 2GB on Thursday.

Flat tyres, burst tyres, damaged wheels and damaged suspension and steering are among the main complaints.

Originally published as Sydney’s nightmare commute: City faces another day of traffic chaos due to burst water main