$1bn funding to upgrade vital Western Sydney transport corridor

The Australian and New South Wales Governments are jointly investing $1 billion to better connect Western Sydney to the world. 

The two governments are each contributing $500 million towards the Liverpool to Airport Transit Corridor. 

This significant funding will upgrade Fifteenth Avenue to create a critical transit corridor from Liverpool to the new Western Sydney International Airport. 

“My Government wants Western Sydney to be a gateway to the rest of the world. 

“We want it to thrive as the engine room for jobs, economic growth and opportunity. 

“This half a billion dollars’ worth of new funding from the Australian Government is part of our commitment to delivering more resilient infrastructure for all Australians,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. 

“We’re connecting Sydney to Western Sydney, and Western Sydney to the world, by investing in infrastructure that will boost jobs, unlock housing, and shape the way we live. 

“From Liverpool to Parramatta, Bankstown to Cabramatta, we’re not just building roads, we’re building Australia’s future,” Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King said. 

Planning is now progressing on the Liverpool to Airport Transit Corridor, a project that will ultimately connect Liverpool to the new Bradfield City Centre as well as new Metro and the Western Sydney Airport. 

The corridor is expected to be 8.1 kilometres in length and is comprised of: 

• 5.9 kilometres along Fifteenth Avenue (between Devonshire Road and Cowpasture Road) 

• 2.2 kilometres along Hoxton Park Road (between Cowpasture Road and Banks Road) 

Project map (source: Transport for NSW)

Not only will this project enable multi-modal travel with fast and easy public transport along the route, but it will also help unlock jobs and housing in key growth areas as well as provide better access to education and opportunities for the growing west. 

“This critical investment is a game changer for Western Sydney that will connect thousands of jobs at Western Sydney Airport and the Aerotropolis with Liverpool. 

“We promised to deliver Fifteenth Avenue and I’m very proud that together with the Albanese Federal Government – we are deliverin this project. 

“The Aerotropolis has the opportunity to transform Western Sydney and this road link is critical to delivering the jobs of the future in Australia’s fastest growing region. 

“Without this critical road we couldn’t deliver the growth and jobs the Aerotropolis has the potential to deliver,” Premier Chris Minns said. 

“The jobs and investment being brought by Western Sydney Airport will be squandered if Fifteenth Avenue remains a two-lane road from a time gone by. 

“With substantial investment in the road infrastructure of Western Sydney we are building a highway to economic opportunity,” NSW Minister for Roads John Graham said. 

More than 22,000 vehicles travel along the congested two-lane Fifteenth Avenue each day, with about eight per cent of those being trucks. Liverpool City Council predicts a significant increase in housing in the areas around Fifteenth Avenue – an estimated 63,000 more people living there by 2041. 

Western Sydney is the State’s fastest growing region and this massive funding is part of both governments’ ongoing investment in the future of Western Sydney. This project also builds on existing major investments in the region, including the $10.4 billion Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, $2 billion M12 Motorway, $1 billion Mamre Road Stage 2 Upgrade and $800 million Elizabeth Drive – Priority Sections Upgrade. 

“Together with the Commonwealth Government, the Minns Labor Government is committed to building better communities in Western Sydney and connecting our local community. 

“We are ensuring necessary investments to improve access to the new airport, which is a key part of Western Sydney’s economic future,” NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car said. 

“I have been advocating for an upgrade of Fifteenth Avenue for more than 15 years from the time that Austral Housing developments were approved by Liverpool Council and the NSW Government. 

“Now with the opening of the Western Sydney Airport less than two years away, it has taken a Federal and State Labor Government working together to deliver the much-needed upgrade,” Member for Werriwa Anne Stanley said. 

Source: Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government; NSW Government – Media Releases; Transport for NSW; Infrastructure Magazine; Roads & infrastructure Australia