The New South Wales government has released its plan to widen seven major road corridors in Sydney’s rapidly growing south-west region.
Under a $65 million joint planning initiative by the federal and NSW governments, seven key road arteries will be widened to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety in the area.
The seven priority corridors comprise roughly 76.5 kilometres of roads that carry more than 100,000 vehicles each day.
The projects include providing a road map of staged delivery for widening key routes, adding new entry and exit points, new intersection and town centre bypasses.
The focus is on busting road congestion and improving safety, with these routes being vital links for freight operators.
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Planning for jointly funded upgrades have been identified for four key corridors, including:
Hume Motorway – Narellan Road to Picton Road: A strategic options plan and access strategy will examine improvements to entry and exit points and traffic flow along this critical freight route, which carries more than 52,000 vehicles daily.
Cowpasture Road – M7 Motorway to Camden Valley Way: Widening from four to six lanes is proposed to support housing development around Bradfield City and the Western Sydney Airport precinct. The corridor currently sees more than 41,000 vehicles each day.
Camden Valley Way – M5 Motorway to Narellan Road: Also set for widening from four to six lanes, this route services suburbs that have grown significantly in recent years, adding over 20,000 residents and 5,000 jobs.
Menangle Road – Tindall Street, Campbelltown to Cummins Road, Menangle Park: Widening is planned to boost capacity along what is seen as an increasingly important local corridor.
Additionally, three more corridors will now be investigated and plans developed as part of the $65 million program:
Campbelltown Road – between the Hume Highway and Brooks Road – proposed to expand from two to four lanes to improve safety and reduce congestion for the 34,000 vehicles using it daily.
Appin town centre bypass – to divert traffic away from the historic village and prepare for future demand.
Jersey Road – from Oran Park to Bradfield – subject to a planning study to support better public transport connections and road access between two of the region’s fastest-growing centres. Oran Park is forecast to create more than 2,500 jobs by 2026.
This consolidated program of planning for South West Sydney roads sits alongside a broader pipeline of committed infrastructure investments across Western Sydney, including more than $2 billion for the toll-free M12 motorway, $1 billion to upgrade Fifteenth Avenue, $380 million to upgrade the M5 westbound and $800 million to upgrade the priority section of Elizabeth Drive upgrade.
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