Love Earlwood – Meet you at the Plateia Festival road closures and permits

The first event, Love Earlwood – Meet You at the Plateia Festival, will take place on Saturday 20 September 2025, from 11am-4pm on Clarke Street, Earlwood. Proudly funded by the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program and led by Transport for NSW, the festival aims to showcase the unique spirit of the local community.

The event is expected to bring significant benefits to local businesses by attracting more visitors to the area. The event’s traffic impacts are considered manageable, given the potential economic and community advantages it offers.

Road closure notice

The following road closures will be implemented on Saturday 20 September from 5am-11pm to provide a safe pedestrian only area for the event to be held:

• Clarke Street between the entry driveway to the Coles car park and Earlwood Avenue. Access to Coles is maintained.
• Earlwood Avenue between Coney Road and Homer Street. Access for residents in Earlwood Avenue between Coney Road and at Homer Street is maintained.
• Clarke Lane south of Clarke Street. Residents and businesses that access properties from Clarke Lane will be issued a permit to access Clarke Lane from Lewins Lane under traffic control.
• Helvetia Lane/Council Car Park will be closed on Friday 19 September from 6am and reopen on Saturday 20 September 11pm.

Detour routes will be used to divert traffic around the closures on the day of the event as follows:

• Eastbound traffic in Clarke Street will be detoured to turn left into Lewins Street and travel north to turn right into Hamilton Avenue, then travel east to turn right into Collingwood Avenue, then travel south to Homer Street.
• Westbound traffic will be detoured to continue past Earlwood Avenue to turn left into Collingwood Avenue, then travel north to turn left into Hamilton Avenue, then travel west to turn left into Lewins Street, then travel south to turn right into Clarke Street.
• Southbound traffic in Earlwood Avenue will be detoured to turn left into Coney Road then travel east to turn right into Collingwood Avenue and then travel south to Homer Street.