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WestConnex is a 33km predominantly underground motorway project in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The project is partially completed and other parts still under construction. Being a joint scheme of the New South Wales and government of Australia, the motorway project will include around 26 kilometres of new tunnels from Homebush to Kingsgrove, stretching underneath Inner West suburbs through Haberfield and St Peters. The WestConnex project is split up into three stages:
Stage 1: M4 Widening and M4 East
The work comprised of widening of the old M4 Western Motorway from two or three to four lanes in both direction from Parramatta to Homebush Bay Drive; and the M4 East, new two, three-lane motorway tunnels from Homebush to Haberfield, joining to the City West Link.
Stage 2: St Peters and King Georges Road Interchange, M8 Tunnel
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The St Peters Interchange, developed at the eastern end of the M8, is a viaduct road interchange that joins the WestConnex with local arterial roads like Euston Road and Gardeners Road. It will also link to the proposed Sydney Gateway towards the Aiprport. Recreational areas are provided around the interchange. Furthermore, Campbell Street and Campbell Road in St Peters was to be extended and widened eastwards over Alexandra Canal and connect with Bourke Road in Mascot. A recreation parkland was to be constructed aligned with the Campbell Street. The existing M5 interchange at King Georges Road was to be upgraded and a new M8 Motorway built with a new set of tunnels from the M5 at Beverly Hills to St Peters. The M8, also reffered as the New M5 during the planning and construction, was also designed to offer future connection to the proposed M6 Motorway.
Stage 3: M4–M5 Link, Iron Cove Link and Rozelle Interchange
Stage 3 comprised of constructing M4–M5 link, a modern motorway tunnel linking the M4 East and the M8; the Rozelle Interchange, an interchange underground at the site of Rozelle rail yards directly connecting the Anzac Bridge and Iron Cove Link, a kilometre tunnel between the Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove Bridge bypassing the congested Victoria Road corridor. The Rozelle Interchange and Iron Cove Link construction will be directly controlled by Transport for NSW rather than WestConnex. |
