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NSW Australia. The Victoria Pass closure at Mt Victoria, is causing a big unnecessary long detour. A trip from Orange NSW to Sydney is routed to Goulburn then along Hume Highway to Sydney. This ignores the route via Lithgow to Bell then the detour via Chifley Road to Mt. Victoria or to Bell and along the Bells Line of Road to Richmond and Sydney. There are two fast chargers at Lithgow ( NRMA and EVIE) if needed. The drop from !000m to sea level at Sydney, adds charge to an EV. However, if I add a “stop” at Bell to the above plan, ABRP immediately plans the route vial Bell to Richmond and Sydney. Can you adjust the program to offer this shorter bypass ( routinely used by traffic in both directions) during the 12 month closure of the great western Highway ?

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ABRP version number (found at bottom of settings menu)
Posted by ABRP User #581239 ·
Status: Completed4 comments

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  • ABRP User #3125984

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    Sep 10

    Interestingly, ABRP knows how to get to Clarence NSW, which is about 20 km from Lithgow.

    https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=2-6aa22f77-a5ae297dbcc4e4edfee613e4

  • Mahde - ABRP

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    Sep 2

    Hello @ABRP User #581239,

    The route being ignored via Lithgow to Bell is due to an edit made in Openstreetmap that reflects to ABRP. This made the road interpreted as unusable and therefore no route were able to be made past it.

    We have reverted the changes so that it will be available again but this change will be visible next week as updates are made weekly via Openstreetmap.

    • Menno Houtman

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      Sep 13

      This problem still remains open. ABRP is unable to find the direct route from Richmond to Lithgow. Zooming in on the map, I can see a gap in Chifley Road near Bell. I suspect this gap is causing the problem.