Legacy Way Tunnel still closed after power outage, drivers told to ‘seek alternative route’​on February 5, 2025 at 5:57 am

An unexpected power failure was behind the tunnel closure that brought traffic to a standstill in Brisbane on Wednesday morning.

The Legacy Way Tunnel, which connects Toowong in the west to the Inner City Bypass at Kelvin Grove, was shut in both directions for emergency roadworks about 6am.

It caused traffic chaos in the city’s west as motorists sought alternative routes on their morning commute.

Traffic reporter Olympia Kwitowski from radio station 4BC said there were “really heavy delays” on the Western Freeway heading inbound from the Jindalee Bridge and past Mount Coot-tha as a result of the closure.

“It’s also causing delays on that side on Moggill Road and that’s really heavy inbound, so delays are through Kenmore from that,” she said about 8am.

Loading

“Travelling the other way … there are inbound delays from the Breakfast Creek tunnel in Albion.”

Traffic congestion started to ease some hours later, but the tunnel remained closed about 10am.

“Early this morning an incident occurred in one of the Legacy Way substations, which has impacted the power supply to the tunnel,” Transurban said in a statement.