WestConnex
Stage 1: Parramatta
to Haberfield
Fact sheet | September 2013
WestConnex – Building for the future
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WestConnex is the largest road transport project in Australia, linking Sydney’s
west and south-west with the city, airport and port in a 33 km continuous
motorway that is completely free of traffic lights. Motorists will no longer
be stuck in endless traffic jams. It will revolutionise the way motorists travel
around, and across, our city.
Stage 1
Connecting communities
Key Features
zz A combination of surface and underground
motorway, giving drivers a hassle-free journey
zz Up to four lanes in each direction
zz Fills the ‘missing link’ in Sydney’s orbital
motorway network
Creating jobs
Easing congestion
zz Saves up to 40 minutes on a journey from
Parramatta to Sydney Airport
zz Allows badly run down sections of Parramatta
Road to be upgraded and renewed, attracting new
residents, shops and businesses
zz WestConnex will create up to 10,000 jobs.
Fact sheet | Stage 1: Parramatta to Haberfield | September 2013
Benefits
Why is it needed?
WestConnex
– Stage
1: Parramatta to City West Link
Stage
1: Parramatta
to Haberfield
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Lights avoided
Time taken
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Time saved
(minutes)
Time saved
(%)
Airport
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Stage 1: Parramatta to Haberfield will be
completed in two sections:
Contact
WestConnex
www.westconnex.com.au
[email protected]
a) M4 widening to four lanes in each direction for 7.5 km between
Church Street, Parramatta and Homebush Bay Drive.
b) M4 East – widening 1 km and new 5 km 2x3 lane road tunnels
linking the M4 at Homebush Bay Drive with Parramatta Road and
City West Link at Haberfield.
Locked Bag 928
North Sydney
NSW 2059
1300 660 248
M4 widening (Church Street
to Homebush Bay Drive)
WestConnex is the largest transport project in
Australia, delivering $20 billion of economic benefits
to the state’s economy.
Stage 1 will begin in 2015 and be completed by 2019
at a cost of $3.5 billion.
Up to 52 sets of traffic lights will be avoided on a
journey from Parramatta to Sydney Airport, while
trucks and cars will be able to avoid the congested
Parramatta Road corridor completely.
During the construction phase alone, WestConnex
is expected to generate up to 10,000 jobs, including
hundreds of apprenticeships for young workers in
western Sydney.
It will include a widened M4 east of Parramatta to
Homebush Bay Drive and an extension of the M4
via a tunnel under the Parramatta Road corridor to
Parramatta Road and City West Link at Haberfield.
The M4 widening will provide four lanes in each
direction between Church Street, Parramatta and
Homebush Bay Drive, Homebush.
By providing an extra lane for motorists using this
section of the motorway, it will help to alleviate
congestion around the James Ruse Drive ramps,
and provide quicker and more reliable journeys for
motorists and freight.
New access points into and out of Parramatta
will also cut down travel times for workers and
businesses using the M4 every day.
Key work includes:
zz A new viaduct (or elevated road) on the
southern side of the M4 between Church Street,
Parramatta and Wentworth Street, Granville
zz A new bridge over Duck River on the southern side
of the M4
Tolling
The NSW Government is providing an upfront
commitment of $1.8 billion in funding for the
$11–$11.5 billion WestConnex while the Australian
Government has committed $1.5 billion over the
next four years starting with $250 million in 2013–14.
As a result, tolling will be required to fund the bulk of
this critical missing link in Sydney’s road network.
While exact tolling details will not be confirmed until
construction starts on the M4 widening from Church
Street to Homebush Bay Drive, it is likely the minimum
toll will be about $1.50 and the maximum about $3.90
(2013 dollars).
Average toll comparison
Transport
route
Average toll
(June 2013)
Length
M2 (Main Plaza)
$4.95*
21 km
Cross City
Tunnel
$4.87
2.1 km
M7
$4.67
40 km but toll
capped at 20 km
M5
$4.40
22 km
Lane Cove
Tunnel
$3.00
3.6 km
WestConnex
M4 widening
$3.00
7.5 km
* M2 toll increased to $6.05 in August 2013.
WestConnex tolling principles
Principle
Rationale
1. Minimum
and
maximum
tolling
zz A minimum toll will apply to
mitigate underpricing of short
distance/high value trips
zz Tolling on the 33 km WestConnex
will be capped after motorists
have travelled about 16 km, to
ensure equity for people travelling
longer distances each day
zz This is consistent with the M7
2. Distance
based
zz Distance-based approach
already operates on the M7
zz Longer trips provide
greater benefits
3. Cars pay
less than
heavy
trucks
zz Cars will pay one third of the
heavy truck toll, reflecting the
greater wear and tear trucks
have on the motorway
zz This is consistent with the
M2 and M5
zz Widening of the motorway in the existing corridor
between Silverwater Road and Homebush Bay
Drive, Homebush
zz A new access ramp for southbound Homebush
Bay Drive motorists wanting to access the M4
westbound, to help alleviate congestion and remove
the need for a right hand turn at traffic lights
zz A new eastbound access to Westmead and
Parramatta from the M4 (near Coleman Street)
zz A new westbound access from Parramatta
at Church Street to the M4
zz A new eastbound access to the M4 from
Sydney Olympic Park at Hill Road.
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biggest
transport project
economic
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to
M4 East (Homebush Bay Drive to Parramatta Road and City West Link)
EASING CONGESTION
Currently the M4 finishes at North Strathfield,
and directs all traffic onto Parramatta Road,
with its multiple stops for traffic lights every few
hundred metres.
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The M4 East (Homebush Bay Drive to Parramatta
Road and City West Link) will take about four years to
complete, with major work due to start in 2015.
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This leads to traffic congestion and unreliable
travel times.
WestConnex will extend the M4 to Parramatta
Road and City West Link at Haberfield by providing
a tunnel with three lanes in each direction under
Parramatta Road.
It will help remove through traffic from Parramatta
Road, including heavy vehicles, and ease congestion
for local travel.
The M4 East tunnel will start about 800m west of
Concord Road. The current M4 connections to
Concord Road and Parramatta Road will be retained.
Key works include:
By taking thousands of trucks and cars a day off Better and
Parramatta Road and putting them in tunnels,
WestConnex will enable Parramatta Road to be
revitalised with new retail shopping, cafes, residential
Parramatta to Sydney Airport for people, bu
buildings and commercial operations.
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Urban revitalisation occurred in Sydney’s inner-city
suburbs of Redfern and Surry Hills after the Eastern
Up to
Distributor was constructed, returning streets to local
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traffic, and allowing a vibrant café culture to emerge.
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Over the next 20 years similar improvements are
expected to occur along the Parramatta Road
corridor, in consultation with local communities
and councils, creating 25,000 jobs and 25,000
new homes and apartments.
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traffic lights
bypassed
10km
zz New 5 km 2x3 lane tunnel from the M4 to
Parramatta Road and City West Link, Haberfield
Trees will be planted, powerpoles removed and
green space created to make it a more attractive
place to live, work and socialise.
zz At Concord Road – a new access ramp to the
WestConnex tunnel eastbound
10 km of new bus lanes will be created, almost halving
bustotravel
times
travelAlmost
timeshalving
from Burwood
the CBD.
bus lanes
Burwood - CBD
zz At Concord Road – a new exit ramp from the
WestConnex tunnel westbound
zz An entry to the WestConnex tunnel westbound, from
Parramatta Road east of Wattle Street, Haberfield
and from the City West Link at Haberfield
zz An exit from the WestConnex tunnel eastbound, to
Parramatta Road east of Wattle Street, Haberfield
and to the City West Link at Haberfield
zz Widening the M4 to 4 lanes each way for 1 km
from east of Homebush Bay Drive to 800m west
of Concord Road.
Remove
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a day off Parramatta Road
Enable
Estimated
bus services
and into tunnel
Travel time savings by bus with WestConnex in morning peak
Burwood to CBD
Time (mins)
Time saving (mins)
% saving
Burwood to Leichhardt
Leichhardt
to CBD
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2031
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Fact sheet | Stage 1: Parramatta to Haberfield | September 2013
Stage 1
M4
WIDENING
WE
ARE
HERE
Homebush Bay Drive to
Parramatta Road and City West Link
Church Street to
Homebush Bay Drive
M4
EAST
Oct 2012
WestConnex a key recommendation in the
State Infrastructure Strategy
Oct 2012
Jun 2013
Construction funding confirmed in 2013/14 NSW Budget
Jun 2013
Sep 2013
Lodge planning application
Late 2013
Sep 2013
Industry briefing and sounding to test reference case in market
Late 2013
Oct 2013
Concept design display and community consultation
Late 2013
Nov 2013
Expressions of interest from construction contractors
Early 2014
Late 2014
Late 2014
Early 2015
WE
ARE
HERE
Translating andEarly 2014
Interpreting Service
Display Environmental Impact
Statement
(EIS) and please call the Translating and
If you
need an interpreter,
Late 2014
community consultation
Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask
them to telephone WestConnex on 1300 660 248.
Planning approval decision
Arabic
Early 2015
‫ الــرجــاء االتــصــال بخدمة الرتجمة‬،‫إىل مــرتجــم‬
‫إذا كنتم بحاجة‬
Mid 2015
،131 450 ‫( عىل الرقم‬TIS National)
‫الخطية والشفهية‬
WestConnex ‫والـــطـــلـــب مــنــهــم االتــــصــــال بــوكــالــتــكــم‬
Start of detailed design work
Mid 2015
.1300 660 248 ‫عىل الرقم‬
Award construction contract
Early 2015
Early 2017
Cantonese
Start of major
work
Mid 2016 (TIS
若你需要口譯員
，請致電 131 450 聯絡翻譯和口譯服務署
National)，要求他們致電 1300 660 248 聯絡 WestConnex。
Open to traffic
Mandarin
Early 2019
如果你需要口译员，请致电 131 450 联系翻译和口译服务署
(TIS National)，要求他们致电 1300 660 248 联系 WestConnex。
Translating and
Interpreting Service
If you need an interpreter, please call the Translating and
Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask
them to telephone WestConnex on 1300 660 248.
Arabic
‫ الــرجــاء االتــصــال بخدمة الرتجمة‬،‫إذا كنتم بحاجة إىل مــرتجــم‬
،131 450 ‫( عىل الرقم‬TIS National) ‫الخطية والشفهية‬
WestConnex ‫والـــطـــلـــب مــنــهــم االتــــصــــال بــوكــالــتــكــم‬
.1300 660 248 ‫عىل الرقم‬
Cantonese
若你需要口譯員，請致電 131 450 聯絡翻譯和口譯服務署 (TIS
National)，要求他們致電 1300 660 248 聯絡 WestConnex。
Mandarin
如果你需要口译员，请致电 131 450 联系翻译和口译服务署
(TIS National)，要求他们致电 1300 660 248 联系 WestConnex。
Greek
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στο 131 450 και ζητήστε να τηλεφωνήσουν WestConnex στο
1300 660 248.
Greek
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στο 131 450 και ζητήστε να τηλεφωνήσουν WestConnex στο
1300 660 248.
Italian
Se desiderate l’assistenza di un interprete, prego telefonare
al Servizio Interpreti e Traduttori (TIS National) al 131 450
chiedendo di contattare WestConnex al 1300 660 248
Korean
통역사가 필요하시면 번역통역서비스 (TIS National)에
131 450 으로 연락하여 이들에게 1300 660 248 번으로
WestConnex 에 전화하도록 요청하십시오.
Vietnamese
Nếu cần thông ngôn viên, xin quý vị gọi cho Dịch Vụ Thông
Phiên Dịch (TIS Toàn Quốc) qua số 131 450 và nhờ họ gọi
cho WestConnex qua số 1300 660 248.