Yet more detailed feasibility studies will start this month on two multi-billion infrastructure projects that are supposed to unclog some of Sydney's key roads and modernise a significant part of its passenger rail network.
The Commonwealth and NSW governments have agreed the terms of the studies into the proposed Western Metro (Green Line) and upgrade of the M5 East, spending $45 million on more studies into Sydney’s road and rail system. The M5 extension to the city is notably absent, and so is the North-West Metro.
All up, the Rudd Labor Government will provide $25 million to kick-start and accelerate the studies. The Iemma Labor Government is supposed to manage the process and put in a further $20 million.
Western Metro (Green Line)
Two possible options for West Metro (Green Line)
The Green Line would be independent of the existing CityRail network, with transfer opportunities at key points. The feasibility study will identify the best route options and develop a business case using estimates of patronage, revenue and cost.
On a typical weekday, almost a quarter of a million people travel by train between Parramatta and the CBD - and this is likely to rise significantly with predictions that the population of Greater Western Sydney will grow by another 500,000 over the next 25 years.
The feasibility study's $30 million price tag will be paid by both the Commonwealth ($20 million) and NSW ($10 million) governments.
M5 East Transport Corridor
Upgrading of the M5 East corridor has the potential to support the thousands of additional trucks that will be heading to and from an expanded Port Botany as well as the rapidly growing suburbs of Sydney's south west.
Currently 96,000 vehicles a day use the M5 East and this is likely to grow not least because the number of containers moving through the port is expected to more than double to 3.6 million in less than two decades, according to the government release. However, it is estimated that less than 10% of these vehicles are trucks.
The M5 East Transport Corridor study will be funded with $5 million from the Commonwealth Government and $10 million from the NSW Government.
The governments expect both studies to be finalised by the middle of next year.
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