M6 Stage 1

5 December 2023

The future pedestrian bridge over President Avenue is taking shape. Columns are now visible on the southern and northern side of President Avenue between West Botany Street and O’Neill Street. The bridge will allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross President Avenue safely and easily once completed. Once the pathways are constructed, we will provide renewed natural landscapes, green spaces, and recreational facilities for the community to enjoy.

Visit our latest notification to learn about the upcoming construction activities.

13 November 2023

Utility and road upgrades are continuing on the Princes Highway during November. Due to the complexity of this work, the safest and quickest way to complete these activities is by working continuously from Friday evening until Monday morning. Our final weekend of work on the Princes Highway this year will commence from 8pm, Friday 17 November until 5am, Monday 20 November. 

To learn about this weekend of work, visit our latest notifications.

30 October 2023

Roadwork and utilities relocation activities are continuing along President Avenue, Princes Highway and West Botany Street to upgrade the road network.

We have recently completed four weekends of work on the Princes Highway to reconstruct the road pavement and are preparing for the next weekend of work on President Avenue in mid-November. We are progressing with the removal and upgrades to existing electrical poles along President Avenue as well as an important scope of stormwater drainage upgrades required in the area. Construction of the future tunnel portal located in Bicentennial Park is ongoing and the next concrete pour to help create the tunnel roof is scheduled to take place in early November.

Read an overview of November 2023 activities.

10 October 2023

An underground transformation is happening at our tunnelling sites and a significant milestone was recently achieved with tunnelling excavation reaching 50%.

Tunnelling commenced at Arncliffe in January 2022 and then at West Botany Street, Rockdale in October 2022. The two sites have progressed more than 5,150 metres, made up of main line tunnel, temporary tunnel and cross passage excavation, which are used to connect the north and the south bound tunnel.

The Bicentennial Park tunnelling team are also making excellent progress with shaft excavation and will commence tunnel excavation in December 2023.

For an overview of our progress to date, please visit our latest notifications or see the tunnel progress map.  

29 September 2023

Shaft excavation commenced at Bicentennial Park West early in September, bringing this site one step closer to the commencement of tunnelling.

The binocular shafts are approximately 28 metres deep and will provide direct access to help construct the M6 tunnel ramps.

Early in October we will complete the construction of the acoustic shed, which sits on top of the tunnel shaft to mitigate noise from our tunnelling activities.

Learn about the upcoming construction activities for October 2023.

29 September 2023

Our Arncliffe site is making significant progress. Currently, we are not only excavating the tunnels roof and floor, but also installing pipes and pits for services like drainage within specific tunnel sections.

As we move into October, the tunnelling team are about to hit a significant milestone – waterproofing. This work helps to prevent water infiltration inside the tunnel.

Learn about the upcoming construction activities for October 2023.

11 September 2023

Our latest Community Update outlines some key highlights for the project. Read about our work to connect communities, how our work is progressing, ways to engage with us and more.

11 July 2023

Two new but temporary traffic signals have been installed on West Botany Street. between French Street and Bay Street, Rockdale. The temporary signals are now operational.

7 July 2023

Powering the new M6 Stage 1 tunnels involves the installation of a seven-kilometre underground permanent power supply. This will connect the Canterbury substation located in Hansen Avenue, Earlwood to the new Motorway Operations Complex at West Botany Street, Rockdale.

The construction activities for the permanent power supply include surveying the route to identify and access existing underground utility services, assessing current road surfaces and street structures, trenching, laying cable conduits, excavating pits (joint bays) to join the conduits, and backfilling the trenches and pits. As at mid-July over 30% of the permanent power supply cable conduits have been installed.

Work on the permanent power supply started in May 2023 and will continue progressively along the identified route until the end of 2024. When installation is complete, roads will be permanently reinstated.

For more information, read our Permanent Power Supply fact sheet, and latest works notifications.

8 May 2023

The M6 Stage 1 demonstrates how industry partnership can build capacity in Aboriginal businesses, supporting the  development of employment, skills  and commercial sustainability. In this video we hear about the alliance between the Wumara Group and Veris to provide surveying services on the M6 Stage 1 project.

View our video to learn more.