city of sydney westconnex update july 2016

City of SydneyWestConnexupdate27 July 2016

Melanie FyfeSenior Project Manager

Stage 3 -

M4-M5 Link

Stage 2 -

New M5

Stage 1 -

M4 East

and

widening

Cost $16.8bnParramatta

Sydney

Olympic

Park

Concord

Haberfield Rozelle

CBD

Camperdown

St Peters

Sydney

Airport

Port Botany

Beverley Hills

Stage 1a: M4 Widening

$497m cost

In construction – opens early 2017

Concord

Haberfield

This shows

the M4

widening at

James

Ruse Drive,

Parramatta

Parramatta

Stage 1b: M4 East

$3.8b cost

In construction – opens 2019

Tolls reintroduced

Haberfield

Parramatta

Concord

Stage 2: New M5St Peters

Airport & Port

$4.3b cost

In construction – opens 2019

Beverley Hills

Green Square

AlexandriaNewtown

St Peters

Rosebery

Beaconsfield

St Peters

Interchange

Sydney Park

Ventilation Stacks

(for Stage 3)Ventilation Stacks

(for Stage 2)

To Euston & Campbell Roads

St Peters Interchange will

deliver 38,700 extra vehicles

per day

Princes Hwy

To Gardeners Road

New M5 tunnels

Ashmore

Where will the traffic go?

To the Eastern suburbs

To the CBD

To the CBD

and Green

Square

To Mascot

To Newtown

To the Eastern suburbs

Alexandria

Green Square

Where will the traffic go?EUSTON RD

Traffic now: 7,610

vehicles per day

WestConnex:

60,290

Extra: 52,680

O’RIORDAN ST

Traffic now:

38,360 vehicles

per day

WestConnex:

41,900

Extra: 3,540

BOTANY RD

Traffic now:

28,330 vehicles

per day

WestConnex:

36,800

Extra: 8,470

Euston Rd

Mature

paperbarks

cut down

Road widening from 2 to 6 lanes

Sydney Park

Euston Rd

That’s 8x more traffic than today

Traffic now = 7,610 vehicles per day

With WestConnex = 60,290 vehicles

Euston Road

traffic flows into

Ashmore &

Green Square

towards CBD &

Eastern SuburbsWestConnex

widening

finishes

here

The traffic goes…?

Alexandria

Green Square

Ashmore

Redfern

Surry Hills

Rosebery

Moore Park

Baseline

screenline total

= 73,590

2021

Maddox St/Euston Rd

At 37,000 extra vehicles per day,

that’s over 2.5x more traffic

Traffic now = 23,000 vehicles per day

With WestConnex = 60,000

Euston Road near

Fountain Street

Campbell Rd

Traffic now = 11,500 vehicles per day

With WestConnex = ???

Volumes not known, but six lanes in design

Campbell Rd

Trees cut down

~100 properties demolished

Road widening from 2 to 6 lanes

New bridge over Alexandra Canal

Sydney Park

Stage 3: M4-M5 Link $7.25b cost

In planning – due to open 2023

Environmental Impact

Statement – early 2017

St Peters

Camperdown

Rozelle

HaberfieldCBD

Rozelle Interchange

An extra 50,500 vehicles per

day onto streets

Ventilation

stacks?

Victoria Rd

The Crescent

Anzac Bridge

An extra 56,450 vehicles per day on the bridge

with WestConnex

Current traffic = 142,710

vehicles per day

Camperdown portals

?

An extra 38,300 vehicles per

day from the portals

Portals facing CBD only

Arundel Street

Broadway and Parramatta Road (east end)

Place-making

transformation

is occurring

here right now

Traffic now = about 38,000 vehicles per

day

With WestConnex = about

76,000

That is almost double the

current traffic at Broadway

Western Harbour

Tunnel & Beaches Link

Sydney

Gateway to

Airport & Port

Southern

Extension

Future connections

Cost?

Opens 2023

Iron Cove

connection?

City of Sydney policies and programs

• Sustainable Sydney 2030• Connecting our City• Liveable Green Network• Car Share• Cycling Strategy and Action Plan• Green Streets• Urban Forest Strategy• Social Sustainability Strategy• 100 Resilient Cities (member)

NSW Government policies and

programs

• City Centre Access Strategy

• Sydney’s Walking Future

• Sydney’s Cycling Future

• Sydney’s Bus Future

• Sydney’s Rail Future

• Travel Choices

• Active Transport Program

WestConnex ImpactExisting policies & programs to improve liveability