The New M5 Project Overview Westconnex Stage 2: the New M5 Project Overview Contents

The New M5 Project Overview Westconnex Stage 2: the New M5 Project Overview Contents

WestConnex The New M5 Project Overview WestConnex Stage 2: The New M5 Project Overview Contents Ministerial introductions ������������������������������������������������������������������ 2 1 WestConnex overview 1�1 The Transport challenge .............................................................................4 1�2 Planning context �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������5 1�3 WestConnex scope ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������6 1�4 Key benefits ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7 2 The New M5 2�1 Project need ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������9 2�2 Scope Overview ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������10 2�3 Main tunnels.......................................................................................12 2�4 St Peters Interchange ������������������������������������������������������������������������������14 2�5 King Georges Road Interchange ���������������������������������������������������������������������16 2�6 Sydney Gateway ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 3 Key issues 3�1 Traffic and transport �������������������������������������������������������������������������������18 3�2 Environment ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������19 3�3 Air quality ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20 4 Timetable 4�1 Summary ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������21 4�2 Proposed construction staging ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 22 5 Funding and tolling 5�1 Funding and tolling ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������24 6 WestConnex M5 and the community 6�1 King Georges Road Environmental Impact Statement................................................... 25 6�2 WestConnex M5 ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25 WestConnex Stage 2: The New M5 Project Overview | 1 Ministerial introductions Assistant Minister for Infrastructure & Regional Development Hon Jamie Briggs MP The Australian Government The fleets of trucks that transport goods from Port Botany is partnering with the to the large distribution centres in western Sydney will also NSW Government to build be able to do so quicker, more reliably and at a lower cost� WestConnex, the largest Inevitably this will flow through to a higher standard single transport infrastructure of living for us all as freight in NSW is worth more than program in the nation’s history� $58 billion a year� WestConnex will help open More than doubling the capacity on the M5 corridor east up the city’s clogged transport of King Georges Road will help bring Sydney’s western and freight arteries, creating suburbs closer to the CBD, port and airport precincts� productivity and investment dividends for generations It will also bring the east closer to Sydney’s proposed to come� second international airport at Badgerys Creek� It is an important part of a wider package of national This is why we are investing $3�6 billion in partnership infrastructure work worth more than $125 billion that with NSW Government to ensure the roads surrounding the Australian Government is helping bring to reality� the new airport are integrated into the broader Sydney network� We are contributing $50 billion to this infrastructure pipeline over the next six years to boost national These are exciting times to be involved in infrastructure productivity and provide a lasting legacy for Australia� in Sydney, as the Australian and NSW Governments work together to unlock the city’s great economic potential� This is our Economic Action Strategy at work which is expected to increase the size of Australia’s economy by These infrastructure projects are vital to the city’s future 1 per cent� It’s about employing people, improving national and Australia’s economic prosperity� productivity and building the infrastructure that will help Hon Jamie Briggs MP drive the Australian economy over the years ahead� Australian Assistant Minister for Infrastructure While the Australian Government is injecting $1�5 and Regional Development billion directly into WestConnex, we are also using a concessional loan of up to $2 billion to bring forward the M5 section of WestConnex by more than 12 months� By bringing forward the opening date of the New M5 to 2019, more than 100,000 commuters a day will benefit from greater reliability and quicker trips morning and night� Sydney’s population to rise by $58b freight and logistics 1.5m worth to NSW economy each year over the next 20 years 2 | WestConnex Stage 2: The New M5 Project Overview NSW Minister for Roads & Freight Hon Duncan Gay MLC It’s exciting to imagine There is no option for our great economy but to fix the M4 Sydney’s population will and M5 and realise an even greater potential for these grow by 1�5 million people corridors by linking them to provide connections to the overthe next 20 years� That CBD, airport and port� forecast also poses unique The project is being delivered in three stages: and pressing challenges for our city’s public transport and • WestConnex M4 – Parramatta to Haberfield motorway systems� • WestConnex M5 – Beverly Hills to St Peters; and The NSW Government is • WestConnex M4–M5 Link – linking the M4 and M5 from investing more than $60 billion Haberfield to St Peters� dollars in infrastructure over The NSW Government is contributing $1�8 billion to the next fours year to help the $11–11�5 billion (2012) capital cost of the entire transform the way we move through Sydney and meet the WestConnex program, while the Australian Government challenges that come with growth� will fund $1�5 billion and provide a concessional loan of up This includes building the $8�5 billion North-West Rail Link to $2 billion to NSW� From day one we have been clear and other multi-billion public transport projects such as the that building WestConnex would also require tolls� South-West Rail Link, and CBD and South East Light Rail� The New M5 will duplicate the M5 East tunnels which are It also means building WestConnex, the largest transport arguably Sydney’s worst and we will ensure the design infrastructure project in the state’s history, which is being is higher, wider and flatter than those built by previous constructed over 10 years� governments� WestConnex is about building for the future� It is a 33km WestConnex will save motorists 40 minutes on a typical motorway, with about 14 km on the surface and up to journey from Parramatta to Sydney Airport� It will bypass 19km of tunnels� It will generate more than $20 billion in 52 sets of traffic lights� This means more time at home and economic benefits to the NSW economy and create about doing business, rather than sitting in traffic� 10,000 jobs including hundreds of apprenticeships� This a game changing project for Sydney and for the About three-quarters of all transport journeys in Sydney NSW economy� are taken by car and that will only grow in time� Hon Duncan Gay MLC More than 12 million trips are taken every day by cars NSW Minister for Roads & Freight and trucks, compared to about 750,000 by rail and 1�1 million by bus� Currently, congestion costs the NSW economy an estimated $5�1 billion each year or nearly $1,100 for every person living in Sydney� By 2020, the cost of congestion is expected to rise to $8�8 billion as Sydney’s population grows and travel demand increases� Western Almost Sydney , 10000 3rd biggest jobs created economy in Australia WestConnex Stage 2: The New M5 Project Overview | 3 Section 1. WestConnex overview 1�1 The Transport challenge However, the rail network will only meet a relatively small Sydney’s population will increase by part of the forecast demand� Sydney’s road network 1�5 million over the next 20 years� accounts for 93% of passenger journeys and 86% of freight movement� Our motorway system is also being Much of this growth is likely to occur in Western Sydney, expanded to increase capacity and improve reliability� which has already grown to become the third largest economy In 2011, there were 12�1 million car and truck trips per day in Australia� across Sydney� By 2031, this is forecast to increase to This poses unique and pressing challenges for how our 15�8 million trips per day� We need to invest in the capacity city’s public transport and motorway systems will cope with of our strategic road network to meet this demand� this extra demand� Vehicle use in Sydney is closely correlated to population Currently, congestion costs the NSW economy an growth� Over the decade to 2012, the population grew by estimated $5�1 billion each year or nearly $1,100 for every 11�6% while vehicle distance travelled grew by 11�1%� It is person living in Sydney� By 2020, the cost of congestion the forecast growth in population that will increase traffic is expected to rise to $8�8 billion as Sydney’s population levels in the future� grows and travel demand increases� To meet the growing demand for transport, the NSW Sydney’s population to rise by Government is investing billions of dollars in the largest urban transport and infrastructure programs in our history� This includes building multi-billion dollar public transport 1.5m projects such as the North West

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