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A 7.2 km tunnel that will connect Balgowlah and Seaforth to the Warringah Freeway at Cammeray and the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon via a tunnel crossing beneath Middle Harbour. The Wakehurst Parkway would be upgraded to two lanes in each direction between the tunnel ramps at Seaforth and Frenchs Forest.
Project stage:
Benefits
- Provides a link between the Northern Beaches and the rest of Sydney
- Bypasses 19 sets of traffic lights from The Spit to Falcon Street
- Opportunity for express bus services and improved connections to Sydney Trains and the new Sydney Metro in North Sydney and the CBD
- Reduce congestion on key arterial routes such as Military Road, Warringah Road and Eastern Valley Way
- Fast, reliable links to key centres such as St Leonards and Macquarie Park
- Less rat running returns local streets to local communities
M12 Motorway (In development)
Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade
A 6.5km tunnel that will connect the Warringah Freeway at North Sydney with the Rozelle Interchange, the M4 and the M5 via a tunnel beneath Sydney Harbour. It will be a much needed third Sydney Harbour crossing and offer a western bypass of the Sydney CBD.
The Warringah Freeway Upgrade would involve renovation of 4km of the freeway to provide connections for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link and significantly the improve the efficiency one of Australia’s busiest and most complex road corridors.
Project stage:
Benefits
- Create a 3rd crossing of Sydney Harbour
- A new western bypass of the CBD
- Take pressure of Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel
- Provides faster and more reliable journeys on roads around Sydney
- Increases resilience of the road network to incidents and breakdowns
- More free flowing, efficient journeys through lane reconfiguration and a continuous southbound bus lane on the Warringah Freeway
Sydney Gateway
Will connect the WestConnex Motorway at St Peters Interchange to Sydney Airport and make freight trips to Port Botany easier, safer and faster. The freight rail line between Port Botany and Mascot will also be duplicated which will reduce the proportion of trucks on local roads.
Project stage:
Benefits
- Cater for forecast passenger and air freight growth
- Improve connectivity to Sydney Airport
- Ease road congestion around Sydney Airport and Port Botany
- Provide direct links to the International and Domestic airport terminals
- Take trucks off local roads
- Shift freight from road to rail
M6 Stage 1
A 4 km tunnel connecting the M8 Motorway at Arncliffe to President Ave in Kogarah. It will be designed with provision for a future extension southm and be underground to minimise disruption to the community and property impacts. M6 will provide more direct access from southern Sydney to the wider Sydney motorway network.
Project stage:
Benefits
- Bypass up to 23 sets of traffic lights on the Princes Highway between St Peters and Kogarah
- Less stop-start, more reliable travel times
- Travel times savings between southern Sydney and the Sydney CBD
- Reduce the number of heavy vehicles on surface roads by over 2,000 per day
- Improve the amenity of the foreshore precinct at Brighton-Le-Sands and the Grand Parade through a reduction in traffic
WestConnex – M4-M5 Link
Will connect the M4 East at Haberfield to the M8 at St Peters via Rozelle. The project includes an interchange at Rozelle with provision for a future connection to the Western Harbour Tunnel. The project also includes an underground tunnel from the Rozelle Interchange to the Iron Cove Bridge.
Project stage:
Benefits of WestConnex
- Better connecting the west to the rest of Sydney
- Up to 52 sets of traffic lights bypassed
- Shifting traffic and heavy vehicles underground
- Over 14kms of new and upgraded cycle and pedestrian paths
WestConnex – M8
Will provide twin underground motorway tunnels, 9 kilometres long, from Kingsgrove to a new St Peters Interchange. This new interchange will provide motorists with connections to Alexandria and Mascot and the future Sydney Gateway to the airport and port.
Project stage:
Benefits of WestConnex
- Better connecting the west to the rest of Sydney
- Up to 52 sets of traffic lights bypassed
- Shifting traffic and heavy vehicles underground
- Over 14kms of new and upgraded cycle and pedestrian paths
WestConnex New M4 tunnels (complete)
Will extend the M4 in twin underground tunnels between Homebush and Haberfield via Concord. It will connect to the Widened M4 in the west and to City West Link and Parramatta Road in at Haberfield in the east.
Project stage:
Benefits of WestConnex
- Better connecting the west to the rest of Sydney
- Up to 52 sets of traffic lights bypassed
- Shifting traffic and heavy vehicles underground
- Over 14kms of new and upgraded cycle and pedestrian paths
WestConnex New M4 widening (complete)
Widening the existing M4 Motorway from Parramatta to Homebush from three to four lanes in each direction.
Project stage:
Benefits of WestConnex
- Better connecting the west to the rest of Sydney
- Up to 52 sets of traffic lights bypassed
- Shifting traffic and heavy vehicles underground
- Over 14kms of new and upgraded cycle and pedestrian paths
NorthConnex (complete)
A 9km twin tunnel linking the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to the Hills M2 Motorway at West Pennant Hills. It includes interchanges to the north and south to accommodate connections at either end of the project. Once complete it will link Sydney's north to the Orbital network and form part of the National Highway route.
Project stage:
Benefits
- Improve the efficient movement of state and national freight
- Up to 15 minutes travel time saving
- Return local streets to local communities
- Up to 5,000 trucks per day off Pennant Hills Road
- Up to 21 traffic lights bypassed
- Better and more reliable trips for people, businesses and freight
- Provide opportunities for improved public transport
- Avoid 40 traffic lights on Pacific Highway to Sydney CBD
- No traffic lights between Newcastle and Melbourne
- Built for 3 lanes marked for 2
- 8,700 jobs for NSW
- Deliver improvements to local air quality
