Proposed corridor in Western Sydney for motorway and freight rail line
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
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The preferred corridor alignments of the Outer Sydney Orbital have been announced for the following sections:
As of August 2021
[update]
, corridor identification will continue for:
[2]
- Stage 2 Sector 2: Appin Road and Picton Road corridors
- Stage 2 Sector 3: connections in the Illawarra including a potential new
Illawarra escarpment
crossing.
Grade separated interchanges will be provided at:
[6]
History
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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
.
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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.
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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.
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