M4_East_Feedback_Report_April14

1. Introduction and background
WestConnex will be a 33 kilometre motorway linking Sydney’s West and south-west with Sydney’s CBD, and
the gateways of Sydney Airport and Port Botany. WestConnex will enable the improved movement of
economic goods, services and people that cannot be moved by any mode of transport other than road.
WestConnex will enable the efficient relocation of much of the traffic currently clogging our roads as food,
consumables and building materials are moved to service Sydney’s population and economic needs.
WestConnex will ease local traffic congestion, reduce pollution and emissions created by stop/start traffic
movements and enable the reconnection of suburbs bisected by existing flows. The most notable
improvements will be along the Parramatta Road corridor where the reduction of east/west movements will
reconnect suburbs like Concord with Strathfield and Five Dock with Croydon.
These changed traffic patterns will encourage the regeneration of local economic activities via urban renewal
and a greater sense of local communities.
WestConnex is a key recommendation of the State Infrastructure Strategy and will be the largest integrated
transport and urban revitalisation project in Australia.
The motorway will be built in three stages over 10 years and will cost between $11-$11.5 billion ($2012). The
NSW Government is investing $1.8 billion in WestConnex, with the Australian Government contributing $1.5
billion.
The Stage 1 M4 East motorway preliminary concept design includes a road tunnel from the M4 to
Parramatta Road and City West Link, Haberfield. The M4 East tunnel will start around 800 metres west of
Concord Road with ramps connecting to Concord Road, M4, Wattle Street and Parramatta Road, east of
Wattle Street. The current M4 connections to Concord Road and Parramatta Road will be retained.
Connections include:
At Concord Road – a new access ramp to the WestConnex tunnel eastbound
At Concord Road – a new exit ramp from the WestConnex tunnel westbound
At M4 Motorway – a new exit ramp from the WestConnex tunnel westbound to Parramatta Road via the
M4 Motorway
An entry to the WestConnex tunnel westbound, from Parramatta Road east of Wattle Street, Haberfield
and from the City West Link at Haberfield
An exit from the Westconnex tunnel eastbound, to Parramatta Road east of Wattle Street, Haberfield
and to the City West Link at Haberfield.
Construction work on the M4 East is due to commence in mid 2016 and is expected to be open to traffic in
early 2019. Figure 1 indicates the timing for the planning and delivery of the M4 East motorway.
6 M4 East Community Feedback Report