The 2024-25 NSW Budget will include $10.5 million for Appin Road. The money will be used for an upgraded intersection at St Johns Road.
The Minns Government says this part of “building a stronger connection from Wollongong and the South Coast to Campbelltown and the Western Sydney Airport precinct’’.
The funding for Appin Road (pictured above) was part of a far bigger announcement – more than $1 billion for roads connecting people and communities with the new International Airport and Bradfield City Centre will be included in the NSW Budget.
Three senior ministers converged on Elizabth Drive on Sunday morning to point out that connecting Western Sydney International Airport to communities is a key priority of the Minns Labor Government.
The $1 billion commitment builds on recently announced funding for the same roads by the Australian Government.
The funding includes $400 million for a long-awaited upgrade into a four-lane divided road of Elizabeth Drive, which will take travellers directly to the new airport and connect major arteries of Mamre and Northen Roads.
This takes the total funding for Elizabeth Drive to $800 million in partnership with the Federal Government.
An additional $500 million will allow the next stage of construction to begin on Mamre Road between Erskine Park and Kemps Creek.
Mamre Road, a key freight route and zone for commercial development, will be widened with extra lanes to meet future growth, providing upgraded and new intersections and a new shared path for cyclists and pedestrians.
This budget investment takes total Federal-State funding of Mamre Road to $1 billion.
The 2024-25 NSW Budget provides $115 million for Mulgoa Road to see a separated four-lane dual carriageway between Glenmore Park and Jeanette Street.
This budget continues work on the M12, a critical link which is under construction.
And the government says it’s getting on with planning for the Eastern Ring Road and Badgerys Creek South Road – key future projects for the airport.
The two roads will connect to create the long-term north-south corridor east of the airport. The Eastern Ring Road will perform a major freight function and ultimately create a further connection for bus services into the airport.
Planning and construction will be staged and sequenced to ensure the road network meets growth and travel demand.
