By Karlene Brummer
It was an afternoon of chaos for commuters on the Old Northern Road on Friday 21st March, as Police launched a massive operation in relation to an alleged suspect involved in the death of a man in Glenorie in mid-March.
The section between Cattai Ridge & Mid Dural Roads was closed to ALL traffic, with commuters travelling south being forced to divert down CRR and make a huge loop via Maraylya, Kenthurst and Dural just be able to get home to Galston and surrounding suburbs.
Like hundreds of other drivers, I was caught up in this nightmare – adding another 1.5 hours to my trip home to Arcadia (coming from Glenorie) and saw two accidents in Cattai Ridge Road just to add to the melee.
Once reaching New Line Road, the traffic was bumper to bumper all the way to the Galston Road turnoff and I actually saw the police cars from the roadblock driving south at around 5pm so I assumed that the road had now been reopened.
Many children were stuck at school as parents were unable to collect them due to the road closures, and buses were cancelled creating complete havoc for the community.
