WestConnex
Sydney’s toll road shake-up is coming. The scene is set for a showdown
The NSW government will push ahead with an overhaul of the city’s patchwork of toll roads, putting it on a collision course with motorway giant Transurban.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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When the motorway link from Sydney Airport to WestConnex will open
When the $2.6 billion Sydney Gateway is opened, it will have capacity for 100,000 vehicles a day.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
There’s good news for commuters on Parramatta Road – as long as you’re in the right vehicle
Government figures show travel times for city-bound motorists on a stretch of Parramatta Road in the peak have fallen since the final part of WestConnex opened.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Secret warnings were given about Rozelle traffic chaos three years ago. They were ignored
Internal documents show the previous Coalition government was warned of the need for measures including a motorway widening to avoid delays and rat running.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Why you’ll be waiting a bit longer for this new Sydney motorway
Sinkholes that opened up at one of the project’s sites three months ago are forcing contractors to look at redesigning a tunnel for the M6 in the city’s south.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
The map that shows the winners and losers from Sydney’s road toll shake-up
Toll road giant Transurban has released internal modelling that is contested by the man leading a sweeping review of Sydney’s motorway network.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
Big business has one big problem with Sydney’s tolling shake-up
The big end of town is highly critical of one aspect of an independent review into the city’s patchwork of tolled motorways.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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State Parliament
Rozelle Interchange 2.0: Former RTA boss warns more traffic chaos is coming
A repeat of the Rozelle Interchange-type fiasco is looming on the Warringah Freeway, north of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a parliamentary hearing has been told.
- by Michael McGowan
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Roads
Ghosted: the unanswered letter that sparked a fight over Rozelle Parklands
The troubled park, on top of the equally troubled interchange, has reopened – but new fencing, and a new fight, have emerged.
- by Anthony Segaert
Rozelle interchange ‘hotspots’ were known 16 months before opening
Senior managers from toll road operator Transurban have told an inquiry that the analysis was shared with the previous Coalition government.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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‘Squid game’ for school drop-off and Balmain abandoned: Fury over Rozelle chaos
Surveyed residents give Transport for NSW a one-out-of-10 rating for its response to the traffic problems created by the opening of the interchange.
- by Matt O'Sullivan