Outer Sydney Orbital

New South Wales
General information
TypeMotorway  (Proposed)
Opened≈ 2030 (estimated)
Route number(s) (or )
Major junctions
North endGosford
South endWollongong
Highway system

The Outer Sydney Orbital is a proposed corridor for a motorway and freight rail line in Western Sydney.[1][2] The motorway is proposed to be signposted M9 or M10.[3][4] Sydney Outer Orbital motorway will be connecting Gosford – Western Sydney Airport – Wollongong.

Outer Ring road will be connecting through Campbelltown, Penrith and Richmond Road.

Alignment

The preferred corridor alignments of the Outer Sydney Orbital have been announced for the following sections:

As of August 2021, corridor identification will continue for:[2]

Grade separated interchanges will be provided at:[6]

History

As part of economic development of Western Sydney, including the construction of the Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek, The Northern Road was proposed to be upgraded to a grade separated motorway. The proposal, then known as the M9 Outer-Western Sydney Orbital motorway, would link the M31 Hume Motorway at Menangle with the Central Coast via Camden, Penrith and Windsor.[7]

As part of the State Budget 2014–15, the NSW Government announced a $5.5 billion road package for Western Sydney. It includes $4.6 million for planning the M9 Motorway. The preferred corridor for the motorway was expected to be announced later in 2014 before plans are made for reserving land.[8]

The Outer Sydney Orbital was split into a few stages for separate corridor identification:

In June 2018, it was announced that the Stage 1 orbital will consist of a 10 km tunnel between Cobbitty to Cawdor, and the number of properties to be acquired will drop from 1,247 to 825, with the number of homes affected down to 200, to the relief of the community.[9] The orbital was originally planned to cut through the town of Cobbitty. The northern end of the orbital was also truncated from Box Hill to Richmond Road at Marsden Park.[1]

Community consultation for the Stage 2 corridor was undertaken between November 2020 and January 2021.[2] In August 2021, the preferred corridor for Stage 2 from Hume Motorway and Appin Road was confirmed.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 1 corridor investigation". Transport for NSW. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Outer Sydney Orbital Stage 2". Transport for NSW. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "M9 Motorway". Roads Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ "The Northern Road Upgrade". Major Projects. June 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Future Western City Corridors" (PDF). Transport for NSW. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Corridor Preservation – Outer Sydney Orbital – Bells Line of Road - Castlereagh Connection – South West Rail Link Extension" (PDF). Transport for NSW. July 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ Visentin, Lisa (22 June 2018). "Hundreds of homes saved as government backs down on western Sydney corridors". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. ^ Clennel, Andrew (19 June 2014). "M9 Outer-western Sydney Orbital motorway part of big ticket $5.5b roads package unveiled in today's NSW Budget". The Daily Telegraph. News ltd. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Western Sydney transport corridors changed, Cobbitty to get tunnel instead of highway". ABC News. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Preferred Outer Sydney Orbital Stage Two Appin Road connection corridor now confirmed". Transport for NSW. 31 August 2021.

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