There'll be delays to traffic on the back road from Nowra to Goulburn today,  while from next Tuesday  a section of the road will be closed for more than a fortnight.

There's been a major failure in the timber  bridge over the Shoalhaven River at O'Allen Ford.

Engineers says deterioration in supports which sit on the piers, could result in cross girders dropping about 400mm.

Temporary repairs will be carried out today resulting in some delays to traffic, while the road will be closed from next  Tuesday  May 22, until Wednesday June 6.

Detours are available via Stewarts Crossing , if the level of the Shoalhaven River is down, Braidwood or Kangaroo Valley and Moss Vale.

Member for Goulburn Pru Goward says new Education reforms will provide greater autonomy in schools.

Teachers will have a stop work meeting this morning between nine and 11 protesting against State Government plans to give principals more  power.

The Department of Education have instructed schools on the southern tablelands to notify parents if their school would be supervised or not.

Meanwhile Ms. Goward says less money will be spent on bureacrats and more on children.