A $744 million upgrade to Richmond Road will see additional lanes added
The contracts for design and construction for the $744 million upgrade of Richmond Road have been awarded to the Gamuda and DT Infrastructure (DTI) joint venture.
Nearly four kilometres of Richmond Road will undergo a range of improvements including adding additional lanes and shared paths.
Richmond Road already carries some 70,000 cars per day and this is predicted to increase sharply in coming years. However, with this upgrade and the construction of the M7 overpass, Transport for NSW expects to see a 21 per cent improvement in the AM peak and 34 per cent improvement in the PM peak for average travel times after the upgrades are complete.
The centrepiece of the upgrade will be a new flyover bridge from the M7 Motorway Rooty Hill Road North off-ramp to Richmond Road northbound.
Construction is due to commence at the start of 2026.
The program of works includes three projects:
- $520 million M7 Motorway to Townson Road upgrade
- $150 million Elara Boulevard to Heritage Road upgrade
- $74 million Richmond Road Planning project, which will investigate further investment opportunities along the corridor.
The M7 Motorway to Townson Road Upgrade will widen Richmond Road between Colebee and Marsden Park to ease congestion, improve safety and support future housing, development and connectivity of communities across Sydney’s north-west.
Around 2.2 kilometres will be upgraded from four lanes to six lanes, while a new concrete bridge over Bells Creek will include travel lanes as well as a path for pedestrians and cyclists.
This upgrade will widen Richmond Road from two lanes to a four-lane divided road with a wider central median for future expansion of the road to six lanes as required.
A new bus priority signalised intersection, an extended shared path connecting to Marsden Park and improved flood resilient facilities along this bustling corridor are included in the upgrades.
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