Thousands of homes are without power and traffic lights are down in Sydney’s northwest due to an unplanned outage.
According to Ausnet over 48,000 customers have been impacted.
A number of traffic lights are blacked out in Hornsby, Wahroonga and surrounding areas.
Motorists have been warned to slow down in the area
The suburbs impacted in Sydney’s northwest include: Blakehurst, Belmont North, Asquith, Beecroft, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, Dural, Eastwood, Epping, Hornsby, Hornsby Heights, Mount Colah, Normanhurst, North Wahroonga, Pennant Hills, Thornleigh, Turramurra, Wahroonga, Waitara, West Pennant Hills, Westleigh.
The outage was the a result of fallen power lines along Excelsior Rd in Mount Colah, an Ausgrid spokesperson said.
“The exact cause of the fallen lines is being investigated, however our priority at this time is for emergency crews to restore power to our customers as safely and as soon as possible,” they said.
“Restoration is expected to take approximately 2-3 hours.”
Police are directing traffic as a number of traffic lights are down in Hornsby, Wahroonga and surrounding areas. Credit: 7NEWS
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A major power outage has affected 48,000 homes and businesses across Sydney’s North Shore, impacting suburbs from Berowra to Carlingford to Wahroonga. Traffic lights are out of service, one person is stuck in a lift in Asquith, and Westfield Hornsby
A major power outage has affected 48,000 homes and businesses across Sydney’s North Shore, impacting suburbs from Berowra to Carlingford to Wahroonga. Traffic lights are out of service, one person is stuck in a lift in Asquith, and Westfield Hornsby