Transport for NSW Planning for a transport connection between the Motorway and Consultation on shortlisted corridor options for the Outer Orbital Stage 2

NOVEMBER 2020 | Version: 1 Supporting a future connection between Western Sydney and the -Shoalhaven region

We would like your feedback on the shortlisted corridor options.

Transport for NSW is identifying a ahead to ensure future transport links are future transport link between the available for people across the Western Hume Motorway and Appin Road, east Parkland City, communities in the Greater of Appin township. Planning for this Macarthur area and regional areas connection is part of the Outer Sydney including the Illawarra and Shoalhaven. Orbital Stage 2 corridor investigation, Securing land for the Outer Sydney which will provide for a future road Orbital Stage 2 corridor is an important connecting new housing development, step in realising the outcomes of Future and employment growth anticipated Transport 2056 to better connect for the area. communities with jobs, services and By 2031, the Western Parkland City amenities, and to help businesses move will be home to over half of Sydney’s freight more efficiently. We need to population. To meet the needs of this plan ahead now. growing community, we are planning Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting

Provide your feedback We are seeking feedback on the short listed corridor options between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road, east of Appin township, by 14 December 2020. You can use the interactive online mapping tool to see the locations of the corridor options, and provide feedback at transport.nsw.gov.au/corridors

2 Cover photo: Looking south-east over the Hume Motorway and Menangle Road, Menangle Park toward Appin Map of the shortlisted corridor options

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Transport for NSW will continue working with other NSW Government agencies, local councils, stakeholders, landowners and community to identify a suitable corridor option.

3 About the Outer Sydney Orbital corridor

The Outer Sydney Orbital corridor will provide for city shaping transport infrastructure that will connect the Greater Sydney region with the Illawarra-Shoalhaven and the Central Coast. This future infrastructure will provide a vital transport link for growing communities and ensure residents, businesses and industries stay connected.

Planning for the Outer Sydney Orbital corridor is being carried out in three stages:

• Stage 1: will provide for transport connections between Richmond Road at Marsden Park in the north and the Hume Motorway in the south.

• Stage 2: will provide for transport connections between the Hume Motorway and the Illawarra-Shoalhaven. The first step in this significant project is to identify a future transport link between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road within the Greater Macarthur Growth Area. Further planning will be undertaken to connect Greater Macarthur to and beyond.

• Stage 3: will provide transport connections between Richmond Road at Marsden Park and the Central Coast.

Note: Stage 1 of the Outer Sydney Orbital corridor was exhibited in 2018 and although some refinements have been made, such as relocating the interchange with the Hume further north to use existing Government owned land, further refinements are being considered before the corridor is confirmed. Stakeholders, landowners and communities will be provided with Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting updates of the corridor investigation process for Stage 1.

4 Planning for Stage 2 of the Outer Sydney Orbital corridor

Planning for the Outer Sydney Orbital continue from the proposed Stage 1 of Stage 2 Corridor will consider the long- the Outer Sydney Orbital corridor which term infrastructure needs to better interchanges along the Hume Motorway connect the Western Parkland City and (M31), to connect with Appin Road, east the Illawarra Shoalhaven region. Planning of Appin township. The future freight rail for Stage 2 corridor is being carried out would continue along via the existing in three key sections: Maldon to Dombarton Rail Line. • Sector 1: Greater Macarthur These corridor options have been Growth Area options – identifying identified following initial technical a connection between the Hume investigations which included a long list Motorway through the Greater of corridor options, and in consultation Macarthur Growth Area to Appin with key Government agencies and Road, east of Appin township other stakeholders. – released for consultation Where possible, the corridor options November 2020 use Government owned land, including • Sector 2: Appin and Picton Road land adjoining the Hume Motorway, and corridors for potential upgrade south of Appin. This sector of the Outer through WaterNSW’s water Sydney Orbital Stage 2 corridor will be catchment area (Metropolitan incorporated into the planning of Greater Special Area) – further planning Macarthur Growth Area, integrating land required use and transport planning. • Sector 3: Illawarra Connections – a Impacts on existing communities and potential new critical habitat, including koala habitat, crossing – further planning required have been avoided wherever possible. Two shortlisted future road corridor Feedback can be provided on the options have been identified for Sector shortlisted corridor options to help 1 connecting the Hume Motorway identify a suitable recommended to Appin Road. Both these options corridor for future transport use.

The Future of Appin Road and Picton Road

Both Appin Road, east of Appin The Stage 2 Outer Sydney Orbital township, and Picton Road, south of corridor investigation has initially focused the Hume Motorway, are expected to on connections through the Greater continue to have important functions Macarthur Growth Area to Appin for inter-regional road traffic. Road as a another study is considering the future upgrading of Picton Road. Picton Road provides the most direct Corridor needs between the Greater connection between Port Kembla and Macarthur Growth Area and Picton Road Western Sydney, while Appin Road will will be considered as the latter progresses. provide an increasingly important role connecting the Greater Macarthur Growth Area and the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region.

5 Supporting the Greater Macarthur and Wilton Growth Areas

Significant growth is anticipated dwellings and 15,000 jobs, when fully across Greater Macarthur and Wilton developed. A new town centre is also Growth Areas for housing development planned for Wilton which will extend and industries, which will generate across 50,000m² of floor space that significant employment opportunities will be used for commercial and social across the region. Approximately infrastructure for the new community. 39,000 new dwellings and 20,000 jobs The Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2 are planned across Greater Macarthur corridor will help support this anticipated south of Campbelltown, while the growth and ensure communities can get Wilton Growth Area is expected to to where they need to go. accommodate around 15,000 new

Wilton 2040 – Structure Plan Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting

6 Transport for NSW is currently planning other projects to support the future Transport network in the Greater Macarthur Growth Area, including Link Road Corridor Study; Spring Farm Parkway Stages 1 and 2; Appin Road upgrade and Appin Road safety improvements. More information is available on our interactive portal at rms.nsw.gov.au/projects/appin-road-improvements

Greater Macarthur 2040 Interim Plan – Structure Plan for Land Release Areas

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DATE: 09.11.2018 7 GREATER MACARTHUR JOB NO: ND2244 DWG NO: 000 PROPOSED STRUCTURE PLAN 1:50,000 @ REV: 5 About the shortlisted corridor options between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road: Blue option

The blue option extends from the Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 1 corridor at the Hume Motorway, crossing the Nepean River, it then curves south following the bush line at West Appin, before passing south of Appin township and connecting with Appin Road.

Key features:

• Avoids Appin township • Largely avoids native vegetation apart from minor impacts near the Nepean River • Could serve as an opportunity to protect Elladale Creek koala habitat from human access • Crosses Nepean River gorge, Elladale Creek, Upper Canal (State heritage) and Windmill Hill Group (State heritage)

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The yellow option extends from the Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 1 corridor at the Hume Motorway, crosses the Nepean River, then approximately, follows Macquariedale Road. It passes south of Appin and connects to Appin Road, east of the township.

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• Avoids Appin township • Reflects the exhibited indicative east-west link in Greater Macarthur 2040 • Largely avoids native vegetation apart from minor impacts near a future bridge crossing of the Nepean River • Could serve as an opportunity to protect Ousedale Creek koala habitat from human access • Crosses State Heritage including the Upper Canal and Windmill Hill Group near Wilton Road. Greater Macarthur Growth Area

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Identifying corridor options

The short listed corridor options have been identified following preliminary investigations which includes: • Existing land uses • Biodiversity and conservation • Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal heritage • Existing landscape and geography including contamination • Existing bodies of water including floodplains • Potential noise and vibration • Transport planning needs, and • Socio-economic impacts of transport routes.

Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting These investigations have provided an understanding of the area along with the constraints that helped define the locations of the corridor options. Information about the investigation process is provided in the Options Report. Stakeholders, landowners and community are encouraged to participate in the consultation process, and provide feedback on the shortlisted corridor options between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road.

10 What is the benefit to identifying a corridor of land between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road?

Transport for NSW is working with other A future road corridor for the NSW Government agencies and local Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2 will: councils to respond to the housing and • Support urban development employment growth anticipated across across the Wilton, , including the Greater Macarthur Growth Areas and Macarthur Growth Area. the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region As part of this process we are • Facilitate great places, and investigating how future transport provide certainty for investment infrastructure can support growing across the region communities and businesses by providing connections to the Western Sydney • Provide communities with transport Airport, the Aerotropolis and surrounding connections between the Western employment lands. Identifying a corridor Parkland City and the Illawarra- will ensure that land is available to deliver Shoalhaven over the longer term the transport infrastructure in the future, • Provide access to jobs and other when it is needed. Most importantly, employment opportunities across identifying the location of a future road the Aerotropolis and surrounding corridor will enable good transport industrial lands connections integrating with land that • Provide access to the Western will be developed for new housing and Sydney Airport industries that will generate more jobs in the region. • Support different transport needs including public transport, walking and cycling options • Enable freight to move efficiently and safely.

Emerald Hills, Greater Macarthur Growth Area Emerald Hills, Greater Macarthur Growth Area Credit: Josh Tredinnick/DPIE Credit: Josh Tredinnick/DPIE

11 Images of the Illawarra Escarpment and coastline

Western Sydney and Illawarra‑Shoalhaven Links

There are currently two main roads The preferred maximum grade for between Western Sydney and the heavy vehicles is 6%. Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Picton Road, In the longer term, the Outer Sydney which primarily connects with Mount Orbital Stage 2 corridor investigation Ousley Road, and Appin Road, for will consider identifying an additional connections with . Both routes transport link across the Illawarra are not ideal for heavy vehicles with Escarpment. This investigation will the maximum grade on Mount Ousley need to consider the difficulties of the Road at 10.9 percent and the maximum Escarpment which rises sharply in the grade on Bulli Pass being 14.6 percent. Wollongong area approximately 400m The grade refers to sections of a road above sea level, as well as the historic that rise or fall through hilly areas. A flat mine workings and the environmental road has a gradient of 0%, and a steep sensitivity of the Escarpment. road has a higher gradient number. Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting

12 13 Looking south-east over the Hume Motorway and Menangle Road, Menangle Park toward Appin

Why do we need land now for future transport links?

Making sure we have land available to build future transport links is not a new idea. As far back as the 1940s, governments actively secured land for future infrastructure. They had a vision of what Sydney could become. In the 1950s an area from Hurstville to , then the city fringe, was preserved as a future corridor. Some 40 years later it became the .

More recently, the NSW Government has In June 2020, Transport for NSW identified lands across Western Sydney announced it will use the North to deliver significant infrastructure, in South Rail Line corridor to deliver the future, that will support growing the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney population, new communities, new Airport Line between St Marys and the housing development, and industries that site of the . Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting will generate more jobs. The Western More information about the Sydney Sydney Corridors include: Metro – Western Sydney Airport is available at sydneymetro.info/ • The North South Rail Line for passenger rail connections westernsydneyairportline As Greater Sydney grows, the transport • South West Rail Link Extension network must grow with it to meet the for passenger rail connections needs of communities and industries. • Western Sydney Freight Line Future transport links will connect for freight rail connections including people with places and each other. a new Intermodal Terminal. Effective transport planning ensures More information about the Western communities and businesses are even Sydney Corridors is available at better connected with new employment transport.nsw.gov.au/corridors areas, industries, and cities.

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There is a lot of work to be done before which may be many years or decades any land is acquired for a future transport away. In the meantime landowners can connection. At this stage, we are continue to live on and use their land. consulting with stakeholders, landowners This corridor investigation does not and the community on corridor options change or rezone land. between the Hume Motorway and Appin Road. Feedback will be used to help Following extensive consultation a identify a recommended corridor for recommended corridor will be confirmed future transport use. for future transport infrastructure use. There is no need for Transport for NSW to acquire land until close to the time the transport infrastructure is required,

Credit: Josh Tredinnick/DPIE Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting

16 Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan

The proposed Cumberland Plain The Plan supports 20,500 hectares of Conservation Plan will provide Cumberland Plain Woodland, a critically biodiversity offsets for new housing and endangered ecological community that infrastructure corridors to support the is found only in the . delivery of the Western Parkland City. The Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2 The Plan covers 200,000 hectares of corridor investigation has sought to Western Sydney from Wilton in the south avoid land identified by the Cumberland to Windsor and Kurrajong in the north. Plain Conservation Plan as having The conservation program is designed important conservation values. to offset all impacts on biodiversity by More information about Cumberland protecting at least three times the area Plain Conservation Plan is affected by development. available at planning.nsw.gov.au/ cumberlandplainconservationplan

Protecting koalas on the Cumberland Plain

Koalas require large, connected areas The Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2 of habitat to eat, move and breed. corridor investigation has sought to avoid The Cumberland Plain Conservation land identified by the Cumberland Plain Plan will protect koala habitat by adding Conservation Plan as being important for to existing reserves and establishing koala conservation. The future design of new public reserves and biodiversity transport infrastructure will also consider stewardship sites. The Plan will also ways to reduce impacts on koalas. facilitate koala movement across the More information about Koala Habitat landscape by protecting and restoring Protection is available at planning. east–west connectivity. These east–west nsw.gov.au/Policy-and-Legislation/ connects provide high quality habitat Environment-and-Heritage/Koala- along the Georges and Nepean rivers Habitat-Protection-SEPP and are important for the long term survival of the koala population.

17 Next steps

1 IDENTIFY BROAD STUDY AREA AND OBJECTIVES

2 IDENTIFY KEY LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS

3 DEVELOP CORRIDOR OPTIONS

4 ASSESS CORRIDOR OPTIONS AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS 5 IDENTIFY A SHORT LIST OF OPTIONS

we are up to here 6 CONSULT ON SHORTLISTED OPTIONS

7 REVIEW FEEDBACK AND REFINE Connecting Western Sydney to the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region: Consultation on corridor options: November 2020 options: November on corridor Consultation region: the Illawarra-Shoalhaven to Sydney Western Connecting CORRIDOR OPTIONS

8 IDENTIFY RECOMMENDED CORRIDOR

9 CONSULT ON RECOMMENDED CORRIDOR

10 RECOMMENDED CORRIDOR INCORPORATED INTO GREATER MACARTHUR 2040 PLAN

18 Provide your feedback on the corridor options by 14 December 2020

Stakeholders, landowners and community can provide feedback on the proposed Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2 corridor options identified through our preliminary investigations. Feedback together with further technical investigations will be used to identify a suitable recommended corridor for future transport use.

Have your say

• Visit the website for more information transport.nsw.gov.au/corridors • Use the interactive online map to see the locations of the corridor options and to provide your feedback transport.nsw.gov.au/corridors • Email [email protected] • Write Corridor Investigation Office Transport for NSW PO BOX K659 Haymarket NSW 1240

• Call 1800 837 511

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