Terry Chapman - Sydney Motorway Corporation - Sydney’s WestConnex
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Transcript of Terry Chapman - Sydney Motorway Corporation - Sydney’s WestConnex
Terry Chapman, WestConnex Stage 1
Project Director
WestConnex
Planning context
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WestConnex
indicative alignment
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Delivery Timeline
Stage 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Stage
1
M4 Widening
Bu
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es
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as
e
M4 East
Stage
2
New M5
New M5 King
Georges Road
Interchange
Upgrade
Stage
3
M4-M5 Link
Pre-construction (Environmental assessments, community consultation and planning approval, land acquisition, contract procurement)
Detailed design and construction approval, land acquisition, contract procurement
Route options development
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M4 Widening overview
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M4 Widening update
Pile
foundation
construction,
Duck River
Gantry
cranes in
precast yard
Lime stabilisation of subgrade
Contract awarded to Rizzani Leighton in
December 2014.
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M4 East preferred design
M4 East milestones
Leighton Samsung John Holland announced as
preferred contractor in June 2015.
M4 East EIS
on public
exhibition for
community
comment
September –
November
2015
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Western connection to the
widened M4, Homebush
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Western connection to the
widened M4, Homebush
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Western entry/exit point to
M4 East tunnels, Homebush
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Western entry/exit point to
M4 East tunnels, Homebush
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Concord Interchange
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Concord Interchange
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Construction mid-point at
Cintra Park
St Lukes sporting facilities
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City West Link Interchange,
Haberfield
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City West Link Interchange,
Haberfield
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Parramatta Road
Interchange, Ashfield
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Parramatta Road
Interchange, Ashfield
Tunnel cross-section
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Key construction facts
• Tunnel Length - 5.5km twin tube (3 lanes)
• Tunnel construction sites (shaft and declines) - 4
• Civil construction sites - 4
• Roadheaders - 18
• Drill and blast bench excavation, cross passages
• Total Spoil generate - 1,687,000 (bcm)
• Large cavern spans of 28 M
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Mechanical and electrical
fast facts
• Largest axial fan = 3.6m diameter
• Number of jet fans = approx 190
• Number of tunnel substations = 8
• Predicted annual energy consumption during operation
= approx 30,000 MWh per year
• High voltage Power Supply – 33kV dual redundant, from
Ausgrid Homebush STS
• Lighting – LED / High Pressure Sodium
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Improving air quality
Projected Particulate
Matter 2.5 along
Parramatta Road
without and with the
M4 East tunnels
User Pays Tolling Principles
• Distance based– Consistent with the M7
– Longer trips provide greater benefits
• Tolling capped– Ensuring equity for people travelling longer distances each day;
consistent with the M7
• Cars pay less than heavy vehicles– Cars pay one third of the heavy truck toll
– Consistent with the M2 and M5
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Benefits
• More than 4000 full time direct jobs generated across
the project.
• Average travel time savings of six to eight minutes in
2021 on strategic routes.
• More than 50% reduction of traffic volume on
Parramatta Road by 2021.
• Enable the future provision of rapid public transport
services along Parramatta Road.
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Stage 2 New M5
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What’s happening right now
• Work underway on M4 Widening.
• Work underway on King Georges Road Interchange Upgrade.
• Work underway on St Lukes sporting field.
• Alexandria landfill site clean up.
• M4 East EIS on public exhibition for community comment until
November 2.
• New M5 EIS being prepared.
• Stage 3 Business Case peer reviewed
• Updated WestConnex Business Case to be released soon.
• $1.5 billion debt raising
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Community engagement
More than
500,000
touch points
with the
community,
including:
• 6400+ 1300
info line calls
• 9300+
notifications /
doors knocked
• 31,700+ kiosk
visits
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