RENEE MCKEOWNMON 22 JUN 20
Work on the $3 billion NorthConnex tunnel is nearing completion following the first end-to-end drive through along the M1-M2 link in Sydney.
The nine-kilometre twin tunnels join the M1 Pacific Motorway at Wahroonga to Pennant Hills Road-Cumberland Highway and the M2 Hills Highway.
This enables drivers to bypass 40 traffic lights on the Pacific Highway to the CBD or drive from Newcastle to Melbourne without a single set of traffic lights.
[Silverhall Comment – this will significantly reduce the travel time between the Central Coast and major employment hubs from the CBD to employment hubs including Norwest and Eastern Creek. We are forecasting a sizable relocation of employment from the Western Sydney suburbs to the Central Coast naturally increasing the demand for property]
NorthConnex was approved in January 2015, early work started the following month and tunnelling started in April 2016.
The project was constructed by a joint venture between Australian construction company Lendlease and the French infrastructure group Bouygues for Transurban and its partners in Westlink M7.
Deputy prime minister and minister for infrastructure, transport and regional development Michael McCormack said this project created hundreds of jobs throughout its construction.
“Our $100 billion 10-year infrastructure pipeline is delivering projects that make a real difference to everyday lives,” McCormack said.
The project created 8,700 jobs with just 400 workers across 11 sites in the final stages.
It is expected take 5,000 trucks off local streets, easing congestion along Pennant Hills Road, improving air quality and reducing traffic noise.
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