Download A re-elected Baird Government will invest $300 million to ease

Mike Baird’s long term plan for NSW
A re-elected Baird
Government will invest
$300 million to ease
congestion in southern
Sydney and the Illawarra
to Port Botany, Sydney
Airport and the CBD
The Baird Government is committed
to creating a Gateway to the South.
For too long, the people of southern Sydney have been
forgotten by successive Labor Governments. Labor not only
sold off parts of the F6 corridor, they repeatedly abandoned
A re-elected Baird Government will:
99 Provide $45 million to fix pinch points at key
intersections commencing 2015-16
plans for the F6 extension.
99 Provide $240 million to fix pinch points along key
In contrast, if elected, the Baird Government will invest
99 Provide $15 million will be invested in bus infrastructure
corridors commencing 2016-17
$300 million over 10 years to create a Gateway to the South,
improvements commencing in 2015-16
easing congestion on roads in southern Sydney as part of
Rebuilding NSW. Funding will begin in 2015-16.
Consistent with advice from Infrastructure NSW, the
$300 million in funding will be invested across areas
like Heathcote, Cronulla, Miranda, Oatley, Rockdale, and
Holsworthy.
These targeted investments to address critical pinch
points along the Princes Highway, King Georges Road
and Heathcote Road corridors will occur in tandem with
investigations for the F6 motorway.
This will support the game-changing southern extension for
The Government is currently investigating investment into
a potential F6 motorway through the $11 million Southern
Sydney Access Study. This $300 million Gateway to the
WestConnex, which is currently under development to make
travel from Kogarah, Sutherland, Cronulla and Wollongong
to the CBD quicker and more reliable.
South investment addresses the immediate bottlenecks for
In its first term, the Baird Government has made an historic
southern Sydney, whilst we get the longer term planning
investment in roads in southern Sydney and the Illawarra,
right.
including $769 million to upgrade the Princes Highway.
For more on our plans please go to www.BackBaird.org.au
Authorised and printed by Tony Nutt, 100 William Street, East Sydney NSW 2011.