The Eastern Ring Road will be locatedbetween The Northern Road and Elizabeth Drive. This connection will provide a north-south link, making it amajor arterial road following the closure of Badgerys Creek Road.
This road corridor will focus on heavy vehicles and general traffic to service the Western Sydney International Airport Precinct as well asprovidingconnections via Elizabeth Drive and The Northern Road to Narellan and the Great Western Highway. Access to Elizabeth Drive will alsoprovidelinks to the M7 Motorway and Mamre Road including the Mamre Road Precinct industrial land.
The road corridor design is 60m wide.
Key facts - proposed future corridor use
Corridor
Scope
Function
City shaping
Length of road
7.5km
Lanes
Four – two lanes in each direction with a wide central median and provision for a third lane in each direction
Corridor width
60m
Intersections and type
Three intersections with traffic lights
Public transport infrastructure
Bus infrastructure (4m lane and kerbs)
Active transport infrastructure
Separated walking and bike riding path on both sides
Amenity improvements
Kerb-side tree canopy
Access from driveways
Controlled
Primary movement
Freightvehicles along the corridor
Other movement
General vehicles, buses,and walking and bike riding paths
Interdependencies
Potential constraint on Elizabeth Drive into Martin Road (single lane in each direction), at concept design stage and unfunded
Limited connection to existing walking and bike riding paths
The Eastern Ring Road will be locatedbetween The Northern Road and Elizabeth Drive. This connection will provide a north-south link, making it amajor arterial road following the closure of Badgerys Creek Road.
This road corridor will focus on heavy vehicles and general traffic to service the Western Sydney International Airport Precinct as well asprovidingconnections via Elizabeth Drive and The Northern Road to Narellan and the Great Western Highway. Access to Elizabeth Drive will alsoprovidelinks to the M7 Motorway and Mamre Road including the Mamre Road Precinct industrial land.
The road corridor design is 60m wide.
Key facts - proposed future corridor use
Corridor
Scope
Function
City shaping
Length of road
7.5km
Lanes
Four – two lanes in each direction with a wide central median and provision for a third lane in each direction
Corridor width
60m
Intersections and type
Three intersections with traffic lights
Public transport infrastructure
Bus infrastructure (4m lane and kerbs)
Active transport infrastructure
Separated walking and bike riding path on both sides
Amenity improvements
Kerb-side tree canopy
Access from driveways
Controlled
Primary movement
Freightvehicles along the corridor
Other movement
General vehicles, buses,and walking and bike riding paths
Interdependencies
Potential constraint on Elizabeth Drive into Martin Road (single lane in each direction), at concept design stage and unfunded
Limited connection to existing walking and bike riding paths
Leave us your comments on the proposed use of Eastern Ring Road. Please note that comments will not be published but will form part of our consultation report that will be released in 2024.
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