M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report Project Summary November 2016

M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report Project summary November 2016 Executive summary On behalf of the Australian and NSW governments, Roads and Maritime Services is planning the M12 Motorway as part of the $3.6 billion Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan. The M12 Motorway will provide direct access to the planned western Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek and connect to Sydney’s motorway network. In February and March 2016, Roads and Maritime Based on this assessment, the connection to displayed two 300 metre wide corridors that formed The Northern Road at the western end of the route eight shortlisted route options for the M12 Motorway. was moved further to the north. Six of the previous eight During the display period, four information sessions shortlisted route options were then discarded, leaving were held and more than 120 written submissions the modified orange and yellow options as the preferred were received. The community feedback indicated a options. However more investigations were required preference for the orange corridor option because it to determine the preferred option for the eastern seemed to impact the least number of properties, and section of the corridors between Mamre Road and was expected to have less impact on Elizabeth Drive M7 Motorway (Zone A). during construction. Additional meetings and a second value management During the display, Roads and Maritime carried out workshop were then held and as a result, changes a Transport Study with other Australian and NSW were recommended for the southern corridor in Zone government agencies to identify the most suitable A. This was to reduce impacts on connectivity within location for the M12 Motorway connection with The the Western Sydney Parklands, and to ensure impacts Northern Road and other future transport projects on the parklands recreational facilities are minimised. (Zone C). As a result, refinements were made to the These corridors were then assessed against the same western end of the eight shortlisted route options criteria used in the first value management workshop. including adding two revised options. These refinements Based on a detailed assessment of the corridor options, further reduce potential impacts on the community feedback from the community and the outcomes from and property owners. workshops and meetings with stakeholders, Roads and The modified route options were then assessed at a Maritime has selected the modified orange option as the value management workshop by the M12 Motorway preferred corridor for the M12 Motorway. project team, Australian and NSW government agencies and local councils. The modified orange option is the At the workshop, the modified shortlisted route preferred corridor route for the options were assessed against the same criteria used M12 Motorway. to assess the original long list of possible route options. This assessment criteria included project delivery, The modified orange corridor runs south of Elizabeth land use impact, community impact, environment Drive between the M7 Motorway and Mamre Road and heritage impact, connectivity, and ease of use (Zone A) and runs as far north of Elizabeth Drive as of the motorway. possible within the study area between Mamre Road and The Northern Road (Zones B and C). This report presents a detailed summary of the development of the preferred corridor for the new M12 Motorway. Please visit www.rms.nsw.gov.au/m12motorway for the detailed M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report. M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report 1 Contents Background 4 Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan 4 Why the M12 Motorway is needed 6 Benefits and features of the M12 Motorway 6 Options development 8 Stage 1: Identify existing study area constraints 8 Stage 2: Identify and assess long list of route options 11 Stage 3: Identify and assess shortlisted route options 14 Stage 4: Identify the preferred route 21 What happens next? 28 Future opportunities for community feedback 28 The detailed Preferred Route Corridor Report 29 M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan The Northern Road and Erskine Park Road Bungarribee Road • Intersection upgrade studies $1.1 million – complete and Flushcombe Road Penrith • Erskine Park Road intersection upgrades $29.1 million traffic lights scoping • The Northern Road intersections upgrade $6.7 million study $526,000 St Marys Mt Druitt M2 Glenbrook Ross Street/ M4 M7 Blacktown Great Western Glenmore Werrington Highway Park Eastern Arterial Road Parramatta intersection d a $70 million Creek o Smithfield upgrade R Construction WESTERN SYDNEY n Road Upgrade $5 million r EMPLOYMENT e started 2015 In planning h AREA $16.4 million t Wetherill r o Street N Prairiewood e M12 Motorway Upgrade h T Preferred Corridor $8.2 million – complete Luddenham Faireld Cumberland Chullora Elizabeth Drive Highway T Diversion of h intersection e Planned western upgrades The Northern Road N o Sydney airport at r $5.8 million t h Badgerys Creek M7 – complete Greendale e r n Liverpool Ro WESTERN SYDNEY a d PRIORITY GROWTH AREA Bankstown The Northern Road Bringelly Road and Bringelly Road Interchange M5 Leppington East Hills Bringelly SOUTH WEST PRIORITY LAND Bringelly Road Upgrade The Northern Road Upgrade $1.6 billion RELEASE AREA $509 million Stage 1 construction started 2016 Oran Construction started 2015 Park Argyle Street/Camden Valley Way M31 • Corridor upgrade and studies Raby Road from Eschol Park Drive to Stranraer Drive $2.3 million – complete Camden Valley Way Minto • Stage 2 – Macarthur Road Intersection scoping study $655,000 $4.3 million • Grahams Hill Road and Richardson Road Narellan Road LEGEND Intersection $4 million Sutherland Narellan Local Roads Package ($200 million CampbelltownAustralian Government funded) Porrende Street Upgrade Major road projects scoping study $120,000 Eagle Vale Drive Upgrade $17.5 million Existing The Northern Road Camden M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report 3 Background On behalf of the Australian and NSW governments, Roads and Maritime Services proposes to build a new motorway (the M12 Motorway) to connect the M7 Motorway, near Cecil Hills, to The Northern Road, near Luddenham. The new M12 Motorway, proposed as part of the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan (WSIP), would provide direct access to the planned western Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek and connect to Sydney’s motorway network. It would also improve the movement of freight in and through western Sydney. Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan The WSIP is made up of five main projects, including new roads and the significant upgrade of other roads. During the next 20 years, the population of Sydney is Some of these projects are spilt into multiple stages for forecast to grow by around 1.6 million people, with delivery, and are currently in various stages from early more than 900,000 additional people expected to development to construction. live in western Sydney. To help meet this demand and cater for this expected growth, the Australian and • M12 Motorway between the M7 Motorway, Cecil Hills NSW governments are investing in the Western Sydney and The Northern Road, Luddeham Infrastructure Plan (WSIP) – a 10-year, $3.6 billion road • The Northern Road Upgrade between The Old investment program for western Sydney. Northern Road, Narellan and Jamison Road, South Penrith • Bringelly Road Upgrade between The Northern Road, Bringelly and Camden Valley Way, Leppington • Werrington Arterial Road • Additional local road upgrades near the planned western Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek, to be funded by the Australian Government and managed by local councils. Did you know? Early industries in the Liverpool area included a tanning pit and brickfields on Orange Grove Road, as well as a steam mill and a windmill along Brickmaker’s Creek. One of the value management workshops with Australian and NSW government agencies 4 M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report The Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan will: • Deliver major road infrastructure upgrades to Western Sydney Infrastructure support an integrated transport solution for the Plan objectives western Sydney region. Road upgrades will improve connections within western Sydney and benefit the Objectives of the WSIP include: region’s growing population, by reducing travel times. • Development and demand – Support the • Support and capitalise on the economic benefits planned western Sydney airport, land use of developing the planned western Sydney airport change and residential growth; balancing at Badgerys Creek. The planned airport will be functional, social, environmental and value transformational for western Sydney and a catalyst for money considerations for investment, growth and job creation for decades • Connectivity to airport – Provide a resilient to come. It will need to be supported by a quality connection for freight and people to the surface transport network to ensure the efficient planned western Sydney airport movement of people and freight. • Integrated network – Provide road • Improve road transport capacity ahead of future improvements to support and integrate with traffic from more than 300,000 people moving into the broader transport network the South West Priority Land Release Area (SWPLRA) • Customer focus – Provide meaningful and around 57,000 jobs in the WSPGA when engagement with customers and fully developed. stakeholders across the WSIP program. One of the community information sessions in February and March 2016 M12 Motorway Preferred Corridor Route Report

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