The Northern Road upgradeBetween The Old Northern Road, Narellan and Mersey Road, Bringelly

Community updateOCTOBER 2012

Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is planning for the future upgrade of The Northern Road in conjunction with the development of the South West Growth Centre.

The revised concept design for the widening of The Northern Road from a two lane road to a four lane divided road and a review of environmental factors are on display for community comment until Friday 30 November 2012.

BackgroundThe proposed upgrade of The Northern Road is approximately 15 kilometres long and would form one of the main arterial transport corridors within the South West Growth Centre. As residential and commercial development occurs, the amount of traffic using The Northern Road is expected to increase.

The Camden Valley Way upgrade between Oran Park Drive and Narellan Road was completed in June this year. In the same month, the NSW Government committed to complete the remaining upgrade of Camden Valley Way between Oran Park Drive and Bringelly Road in three stages by the end of 2015.

The NSW Government is also planning to progressively upgrade Bringelly Road from a two lane road to a four and six lane divided road between Camden Valley Way, Leppington and The Northern Road, Bringelly. A review of environmental factors and a revised concept design for the widening of Bringelly Road were displayed for community comment in late 2011.

The Northern Road is expected to be upgraded in stages in conjunction with the development of precincts, to provide road transport capacity for the growing population of Sydney’s south west. A revised concept design and REF for the upgrade is now available to view.

Information on these road projects is available on the RMS website at www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects

Review of environmental factors – have your sayA review of environmental factors for the proposed upgrade of The Northern Road between The Old Northern Road, Narellan and Mersey Road, Bringelly is on display until Friday 30 November 2012.

For display locations and details of community information sessions, see the back page of this community update.

Community involvementRMS recognises the importance of involving the community in developing The Northern Road upgrade.

The access strategy and preliminary concept design for The Northern Road upgrade were displayed to the community in August 2010 and December 2011.

Community comments have been carefully considered by RMS in revising the concept design and preparing the review of environmental factors.

As a result of this consultation further changes have been made to the concept design, and are noted on the maps inside this community update.

Two reports on the issues raised by the community are available to read or download on the RMS website at www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects.

Features of the project• Anupgradefromagenerallytwolanetoafourlane

divided road with a wide central median.

• Thewidecentralmedianwillallowforfuturewideningto six lanes, if required in the future.

• Apostedspeedlimitof 80km/h.

• Thirteensignalisedintersections,fiveof themarenew intersections.

• Duplicationof bridgesoverNarellanCreekandThompsons Creek.

• Athreemetrewideoff-roadshared pedestrian/cyclist path.

• Designatedturninglanes,andbicycleandpedestrian crossing provisions at traffic lights.

• Busprioritycapabilityattrafficlightsandindentedbus bays.

• TemporaryU-turnfacilitiesatselectedfutureprecinctlink roads.

• ExistingpropertiesalongTheNorthernRoadwouldhave left in/left out access, until precinct development takes place.

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The Northern Road: The Old Northern Road, Narellan to Mersey Road, Bringelly

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Benefits• Increasedcapacityforfuturegrowth.

• Improvedsafetyformotoristsby:

- Constructingnewintersectionswithtrafficlightstoaccess precincts.

- Constructingacentralmediantoseparateopposing traffic flows.

- Constructingturninglanesatintersections.

• Improvedsafetyforcyclistsandpedestriansbyprovidinganoff-roadsharedpath.

• Improvedtraveltimeswhenfuturedevelopmentoccurs.

• ProvidesaccesstofutureSouthWestGrowthCentreprecincts along The Northern Road.

• ImprovedaccessandtraveltimesforroadfreightinSydney’s south west.

• Busprioritycapabilityattrafficlights.

• Landscapingconsistentwithothermainroadupgrades such as Camden Valley Way.

Cobbitty Road: T-intersection with traffic lights

Oran Park Link Road 1 (Peter Brock Drive): Four way intersection with traffic lights proposed to be built by developer

Carrington Road: Left in/left out (when land is developed and other access arrangements are in place, this will be closed)

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Four way intersection with traffic lightsMarylands Link Road 2 :

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Marylands Link Road 1 : Four way intersection with traffic lights and a temporary U-turn facility

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The Northern Road upgrade - The Old Northern Road to Mersey Road - concept designOran Park Drive: Left in/left out

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What happens next?All comments received will be considered by RMS in finalising the project design and the review of environmental factors.

Once the design is finalised, RMS will inform the community of the outcome of the review of environmental factors, including any further changes made to the design.

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Belmore Road: Realigned to a four way intersection with traffic lights and a temporary U-turn facility

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Bringelly Road/Greendale Road: Four way intersection with traffic lights.

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Limit of works extended to Dwyer Road intersection

Thames Road: Left in/left out (when land is developed and other access arrangements are in place, this will be closed)

Dart Road/Badgerys Creek Road: Four way intersection with traffic lights

Derwent Road: Four way intersection with traffic lights and a temporary U-turn facility

Mersey Road: Four way intersection with traffic lights

Solway Road: Left in/left out (when land is developed and other access arrangements are in place, this will be closed)

Avon Road: Left in/left out (when land is developed and other access arrangements are in place, this will be closed)

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The Northern Road near future Peter Brock Drive intersection - looking northCOMMUNITY COMMENTS ON PROPOSED ACCESS STRATEGY

COMMUNITY COMMENTS ON CONCEPT DESIGN AND REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

UNDERTAKE CONCEPT DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

PROJECT APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR THE FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN

DETAILED DESIGN IN FUTURE YEARS

COMMUNITY COMMENTS ON PRELIMINARY CONCEPT DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN STAGES IN FUTURE YEARS

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This fold out map shows the revised concept design and proposed access arrangements

along The Northern Road between The Old Northern Road, Narellan and Mersey Road,

Bringelly.

The Northern Road concept design currently proposes 13 signalised intersections along

the route, five of them are new intersections. These intersections will provide access to

future residential and commercial areas of the South West Growth Centre development

precincts. The intersection of The Northern Road and Peter Brock Drive is currently being

constructed by the developer for Oran Park Town and is not part of this project.

A typical cross section of the road corridor is also shown.

Changes to the designThe following major changes have been incorporated into the concept design in response to community feedback and further planning and investigations.

• Shared-pathinfrontof theHarringtonParkestatehas been moved to fit in between the existing rows of trees.

• U-turnand‘kissandride’facilityonGreendaleRoad has been moved to the southern side of the road.

• ThesouthboundsliplanefromTheNorthernRoadto Bringelly Road was removed.

• Theprojecthasbeenextendedbyapproximately100 metres to the north.

The diagram inside this community update shows the revised concept design highlighting the changes madesinceitwasdisplayedinNovember2011.

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For more information:

The Northern Road Project Team, Roads and Maritime Services, PO Box 164, ST LEONARDS NSW 1590 T 1800 257 484 (during business hours) E TheNorthernRoadNSW@GlobalSKM.com or visit www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects

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Community information sessionYour views are invited! RMS will host a community information session on Saturday 17 November 2012 at:

Bringelly Community Centre Greendale Road, Bringelly Between 10am and 2pm.

The RMS project team will be available to answer questions and receive your feedback. A formal presentation will not be given, so please feel free to drop in at any time.

Light refreshments will be available on the day.

To receive a copy of the review of environmental factors:The document can be downloaded at no cost from the RMS website at www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roadprojects.

You can request a CD copy by contacting the project team on 1800 257 484.

To view a copy you can also visit the locations noted above.

Have your sayPlease send written comments by Friday 30 November 2012 to:

The Northern Road Project Team Roads and Maritime Services PO Box 164 ST LEONARDS NSW 1590

Or email comments to: TheNorthernRoadNSW@globalskm.com

© Roads and Martime Services Roads and Maritime Services (“RMS”) is subject to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (or PPIP Act) which requires that we comply with the Information Protection Principles set out in the PPIP Act.

All information in correspondence is collected for the sole purpose of assisting in the assessment of this proposal. The information received, including names and addresses of respondents, may be published in subsequent documents unless a clear indication is given in the correspondence that all or part of that information is not to be published. Otherwise RMS will only disclose your personal information, without your consent, if authorised by the law. Your personal information will be held by RMS at 27 Argyle Street, Parramatta NSW 2150. You have the right to access and correct the information if you believe that it is incorrect.

Display locationsThe review of environmental factors is on display on the RMS website and at the following locations until Friday 30 November 2012.

Narellan Library Civic Place, Cnr Queen and Elyard streets, Narellan Monday to Wednesday 9.30am to 8pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30am to 5pm Saturday from 9am to 3pm

Narellan Motor Registry Shop GI, Narellan Town Centre 326 Camden Valley Way, Narellan Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm Saturday from 8.30am to 12pm

Shopping centre displayRMS will hold a shopping centre display on Thursday 15 November 2012 at:

Narellan Town Centre 326 Camden Valley Way, Narellan Between 2pm and 7pm