Western Sydney infrastructure report card
The initial report card for the Australian and NSW governments’ $3.6 billion, 10 year Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan has been released.
It advises significant progress had occurred in delivering the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan in the past three months.
Roads and Maritime have commenced construction on 7.7km of the 57km of Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan roads between January and March 2015 on the Werrington Arterial Road and Bringelly Road upgrade Stage 1 sites.
About 75 intersections will be built or upgraded for the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan projects in the next 10 years. 14 of these intersections are now under construction.
Ten kilometres of the 63km of shared pedestrian and cyclist paths were being built between January and March 2015.
Of the $3.6 billion Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan the Australian Government will fund $2.9 billion by the end of this quarter.
The report said the Australian and NSW governments were delivering road projects to "support an integrated transport solution for the western Sydney region which will capitalise on the economic gains of building an airport for western Sydney."
Western Sydney is expected to undergo unprecedented growth with about one million additional people living in the region by 2031.
The plan upgrades major corridors including Bringelly Road (construction underway) and The Northern Road, and upgrades existing roads between the M4 Motorway and the Great Western Highway to form the Werrington Arterial Road (construction underway).
It will also deliver a new $1.2 billion M12 Motorway providing direct airport access.
