"It is going to take people a few times just to get used to it.
Rachel Clun is a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.After delays and controversy, the WestConnex M4 East tunnels are almost completeMS Berejiklian said the government would keep its 49 per cent stake in WestConnex.
Opening later this year, the new 'St Peters Fences Playground' is transforming Simpson Park. "The NSW Liberals and Nationals have said that there will be no further cost blowouts despite this project being delayed for almost half a year. "We had over 2300 people on the project working directly, and probably another 2000 plus companies supplying components and product to the tunnel," he said.
"The 5.5-kilometre tunnels, which connect Homebush to Haberfield, were undergoing finishing touches when Premier Gladys Berejiklian and the newly appointed Roads and Transport Minister Andrew Constance inspected them on Thursday.“Inner west residents raised concerns along the way, but I think everybody will be pleasantly surprised once the tunnels are open to see the positive impact,” Ms Berejiklian said.The twin M4 East tunnels are three lanes wide travelling in both directions, and they have a height clearance of 5.3 metres to allow trucks to pass safely. June 30, 2020 — 1.41pm.
… By Tom Rabe. The entire WestConnex project is due to be finished in 2023 Known as the M4 East, the twin tunnels will link to the widened M4 and connect Homebush to Haberfield in the inner-west and cost drivers $4.27 per trip.
• Providing more green space than any other urban road project in Australia, up to 18 hectares of open space and around 23-kilometres of new and improved cycleways and walkways- . "Every profession has had a part in this project and they've all gained more skills and they've been part of a very rewarding enterprise. "We are in the final commissioning phase at the moment and we're not going to open until we get all those systems finally signed off. "The only thing that’s really left is the panelling and some of the electricity that needs to be connected, so we’re virtually there," she said.However, the Opposition spokeswoman for transport Jodi McKay said the delay was a sign of project mismanagement. "By 2031, 132,400 vehicles on average each weekday are forecast to use the M4 East, which largely runs in the tunnel between Homebush and Haberfield.The M4 East and the widened M4, which was completed two years ago, will allow motorists to skip about 40 sets of traffic lights between Parramatta and the central city.One of the focuses of the opening to traffic of the first stage of WestConnex will be the extent to which it reduces vehicle volumes on Parramatta Road, especially trucks.The second stage of WestConnex – another M5 East tunnel – will be opened next year, while the third stage comprising tunnels linking the M4 and M5 is due to be completed by 2023.Matt O'Sullivan is City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.Motorists urged to prepare for opening of M4 East next monthThe entrance to the M4 East tunnels at Haberfield in Sydney's inner west. The $16.8 billion WestConnex project is the centrepiece of the Berejiklian Government's $90 billion infrastructure program. "For motorists, this is the taste of the first part of the WestConnex project which is due to be completed in 2023, but a project which is going to lead to an improved quality of life for so many," Mr Constance said.
More than three years after construction began, the M4 East section of the WestConnex project is almost complete and set to be operating by August.Project director Terry Chapman said seeing the tunnels come to completion was like "seeing a child grow up". CITY AND SOUTHWEST METRO.