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Beaches Link

The NSW Government’s vision for Sydney is one of an integrated road and public transport network that gives you the freedom to choose how and when you get around, no matter where you live and work.

One area of focus in Greater Sydney is to complete the missing links in the motorway network to support the growth of our communities, places and economy, and enable people to move safely and reliably around our city and beyond. Together we are creating a well-connected and liveable place.

We understand traffic along Military Road, across the Spit Bridge and along Warringah Road can be challenging, especially in peak hour. Beaches Link and the Gore Hill Freeway Connection will change the way you travel to and from Sydney’s Northern Beaches. When completed, this project will reduce travel times, enabling you to get to your destination faster, by improving capacity and reliability on critical transport routes on both sides of Middle Harbour.

This project will offer new direct connections from the Northern Beaches to Warringah Freeway and North Sydney, key centres across inner-west, south and south-west of Sydney (via the Western Harbour Tunnel and WestConnex network) and St Leonards and Macquarie Park, (via the Gore Hill Freeway Connection) linking people with more jobs, education and services.

You will experience more efficient public transport routes with the opportunity for new express bus services to key centres, including St Leonards, Macquarie Park, North Sydney and Sydney CBD, and direct access to North Sydney for interchange with the new Sydney Metro and Sydney Trains. Those who rely on existing surface roads will also experience faster and more reliable bus trips on Military Road and Warringah Road.

We understand open space is important to the community, which is why we will be returning the sites we use temporarily as new areas for the community to enjoy. For example, we will work with the community to develop the layout of the new and improved open space and recreation facilities at Balgowlah. The project will also deliver improvements to walking and cycling facilities in the form of new and upgraded shared paths, including a new shared user path along the Wakehurst Parkway.

Key features

Following two extensive rounds of consultation in 2017 and 2018, we have refined our design to incorporate feedback and suggestions from stakeholders and the community. This refined reference design is the design we have presented in the EIS.

Our project will:

take pressure off the Spit/Military Road and Warringah Road corridors, providing faster and more reliable journeys to, from and around the Northern Beaches and North Shore
improve public transport journey times, reliability and connectivity by providing a new underground bypass route for express bus services between the Northern Beaches and strategic centres across Sydney, including North Sydney, the Sydney CBD, St Leonards and Macquarie Park
enable local businesses to have better and more efficient access to Greater Sydney, making it easier to move goods and provide services, as well as bringing employees and businesses closer together
improve journey efficiency by allowing commuters and freight to reach their destination faster, safer and more reliably
improve the ability of the Northern Beaches and North Shore transport network to cope with traffic incidents
improve amenity and safety in local centres by reducing congestion, through traffic and ‘rat runs’ in local streets.

Surface road connections will integrate with the arterial road network to provide efficient access at:

Gore Hill Freeway to allow road users from areas including Artarmon, Macquarie Park and beyond to access the new Beaches Link tunnel
Warringah Freeway to allow road users from the Sydney CBD, North Sydney, and the lower north shore to access the new Beaches Link tunnel
Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation to provide connectivity to areas including Manly, Balgowlah, Seaforth and Brookvale
Wakehurst Parkway at Killarney Heights to provide safe and easy access from areas including Frenchs Forest, Belrose, Terrey Hills, and Mona Vale
Beaches Link will also include underground connections to and from the Western Harbour Tunnel. These underground connections will create opportunities to deliver new levels of connectivity for the Northern Beaches region, providing direct motorway access to the Inner West, south, and southwest via the wider motorway network.

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