For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
The weather forecast this week is cloudy with the chance of rain. Our planned works are outlined below. They are subject to weather and any required operational changes.
Dams: Comprehensive dam inspections will be carried out at five dams across Canberra from 27 July 2026 until the end of August 2026, weather permitting. Dam levels will be lowered so engineers can inspect the dams and related infrastructure. Find out more about the dam works.
Bus driver recruitment: Looking for a rewarding role? Transport Canberra is recruiting permanent part-time bus drivers to join our growing team. Applications will open from Monday 10 August 2026 to Sunday 6 September 2026. See bus driver recruitment.
Rail Safety Week runs from Monday 10 August to Sunday 16 August 2026 and encourages all members of the community to think about how they can safely interact with Canberra's light rail network.
William Hovell Drive duplication: Concrete barriers are in place along the 4.5 km work area, along with reduced speed limits and traffic management measures. There is no pedestrian access at the current roundabout on William Hovell Drive, Drake-Brockman Drive and Kingsford Smith Drive. Pedestrian detours are in place to Belconnen Way, Kingsford Smith Drive, Murranji Street and Florina Place. There is no parking and no access to Kama and The Pinnacle nature reserves from William Hovell Drive. The Bicentennial National Trail underpass is closed.
ACT parks and reserves: Mount Majura Nature Reserve: Habitat improvement projects are underway, including revegetation and erosion control works.
Horticultural maintenance: Parks in O’Connor and Turner as well as Campbell shops.
Infrastructure projects:
Garden City Cycleway: Construction works are ongoing for Stage 1D of the Garden City Cycleway on Cooyong Street, Braddon. Lane closures and permanent lane configuration works have been implemented. A full road closure will occur on Torrens Street between Cooyong Street and Elouera Street from Monday 17 August until Monday 31 August 2026. Access will be allowed for local businesses and residents. Electronic traffic displays will be installed on Monday 10 August 2026. All works are planned to be completed by late 2026, weather and site conditions permitting.
School Safety Program, Telopea Park: Major works, including the new raised crossings at Telopea Park, are now completed and operational. Some minor landscaping work will be competed over the coming weeks.
Street sweeping: Braddon, City, Dickson, Kingston Foreshore and shops in Deakin, Griffith, Kingston, Manuka and Narrabundah.
Sportsgrounds: New goal posts are being installed at Narrabundah oval 1 and the seating area at Deakin oval 2 is being improved.
Trees:
Pruning and removals: Forrest, Narrabundah and Yarralumla. Works are also scheduled along Lady Denman Drive on Wednesday 12 August and Thursday 13 August 2026, with some expected traffic disruption after 9 am.
Monash playgrounds at Brain Street, Coode Street, Harkness Street, Nicolle Place and William Hudson Crescent.
Infrastructure projects:
Monaro Highway upgrade: Temporary traffic lights are in place northbound at the intersection of Monaro Highway and Lanyon Drive. During off-peak hours on weekdays, both northbound and southbound carriageways on the Monaro Highway may be reduced to one lane.
Horticultural maintenance: Coombs, Isaacs and Wright open spaces.
Infrastructure projects:
Molonglo River Bridge: Coppins Crossing Road between Holborow Avenue and Hazel Hawke Avenue will be closed from 2 am Wednesday 12 August to 6 pm Friday 14 August 2026, with a weather contingency that may extend the closure until 6 pm Saturday 15 August 2026. The closure is required to install safety rails and throw screen barriers on the northbound bridge directly over Coppins Crossing Road.
Ponds maintenance: Silt and debris removal at the Wyndham Avenue retention ponds in Denman Prospect continues until Sunday 30 August 2026, weather permitting.
Road closures:
From Tuesday 11 August until Wednesday 30 September 2026, Forest Drive will be closed in both directions between Totara Road and Dairy Farmers Hill car park and lookout at the National Arboretum from 6 am to 2 pm, Monday to Friday as required for tree works.
Due to construction on the Molonglo River Bridge project, Coppins Crossing Road will be closed from 2 am Wednesday 12 August to 6 pm Friday 14 August 2026 in both directions between Holborow Avenue and Hazel Hawke Avenue, with a contingency to 6 pm on Saturday 15 August.
Roads and paths:
Litter collection: John Gorton Drive and Long Gully Road
Booroomba Rocks Road: Closed until further notice due to adverse weather conditions. For more information, contact the Namadgi Visitor Centre on 02 6237 5307 or email namadginationalpark@act.gov.au.
Gibraltar Falls: Viewing platform and walking track closed while safety upgrades are completed.
Red Rocks cliff in Bullen Range Nature Reserve: Closed to rock climbers until Thursday 31 December 2026 to support peregrine falcon breeding season.
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve: Minor works are underway at Sheedys picnic area, including the construction of a shelter over the barbecues. Please follow signage. There are barbecues available nearby and at Webbs picnic area.
Arterial roads are litter picked approximately every 4 weeks. Main roads are also regularly inspected within this period to identify and program the removal of larger litter items.
Barbecues are cleaned twice a week between September and April and once a week for the rest of the year.
Graffiti is removed within 15 business days of being reported and within one business day if offensive. To report graffiti please go to Fix My Street.
Lakes and waterways adjacent to town and district parks are checked for litter each week. Urban lakes and ponds are litter picked a minimum of 5 to 6 times a year. Reports of excess litter or illegal dumping are prioritised for removal as soon as possible.
Playgrounds are routinely inspected and maintained as follows:
district playgrounds (e.g. Lake Ginninderra) which are inspected twice per week
central community playgrounds (e.g. Crace) which are inspected every week
local neighbourhood playgrounds (e.g. Duffy) which are inspected every fortnight.
Public land around shopping centres is routinely cleaned as follows:
town centres (e.g. Woden) and group centres (e.g. Dickson) are cleaned daily
local shops (e.g. Fisher) vary in cleaning from daily to 3 times a week.
Public toilets are cleaned at least once daily. Additionally, reactive cleaning and maintenance is undertaken as required.
Trees under 3 years of age in non‑irrigated areas are generally watered monthly from November to April.
