The design and construction contract has been awarded for the M6 Stage 1, which will connect President Avenue at Kogarah with the WestConnex M8 at Arncliffe via four kilometre twin tunnels.
\nMinister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said Transport for NSW awarded the $2.52 billion contract to CIMIC Group\u2019s CPB Contractors and UGL, in a joint venture with Ghella, which was one of three finalists for the tender.
\n\u201cThe M6 Stage 1 project will create more than 5,000 jobs, with construction expected to start in early 2022,\u201d Mr Constance said.
\n\u201cWe are returning local roads to the local community, by allowing drivers to bypass up to 23 sets of traffic lights on the Princes Highway and reducing traffic on General Holmes Drive by 10,000 vehicles every day.\u201d
\n\u201cThe M6 Stage 1 is expected to see a 40 per cent reduction in trucks on the Princes Highway north of President Avenue, which will be great news for the local community and local commuters.\u201d
\nMember for Miranda Eleni Petinos said: \u201cWe\u2019ll deliver a new intersection at President Avenue and an upgrade of the busy President Avenue and Princes Highway intersection to improve capacity and network integration.\u201d
\nMember for Oatley Mark Coure said: \u201cWork is already underway on a $28 million investment in local recreational facilities. Around 200 jobs have been created through these upgrades which are creating great local spots for our local communities.\u201d
\nMember for Cronulla Mark Speakman said: \u201cThe NSW Government is continuing to look to the future of the M6, with investigation and planning work well under way on a future Stage 2.\u201d
\nMember for Heathcote Lee Evans said: \u201cThe M6 Stage 1 will expand as Sydney\u2019s south and the Illawarra grow into the future. It will start with two lanes in each direction but will be built for three.\u201d
\nExpected travel time savings (when used with other motorway connections):<\/p>\n
Around five kilometres of shared cycling and pedestrian pathways, connecting Bestic Street at Brighton Le Sands to O\u2019Connell Street at Kogarah (including a new bridge over President Avenue) are also part of the project. The improvements also include a new pedestrian bridge over Muddy Creek, upgrades to West Botany Street Bridge and a relocated car park with increased capacity at West Botany Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The design and construction contract has been awarded for the M6 Stage 1, which will connect President Avenue at Kogarah with the WestConnex M8 at Arncliffe via four kilometre twin tunnels. Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said Transport for NSW awarded the $2.52 billion contract to CIMIC Group\u2019s CPB Contractors and UGL, in … Continue reading “MAJOR CONTRACT AWARDED FOR M6 STAGE 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe M6 Stage 1 is expected to open to traffic in 2025.
\nBackground:<\/strong>
\nPreviously known as the F6 Extension, there\u2019s been a reservation for this motorway corridor since 1951. When first planned, land was reserved for an above-ground motorway. The new M6 Stage 1 will be mainly underground along its four kilometre route.
\nConsultation on this design of the project has been happening since 2017, and after the M6 Stage 1 was formally announced in 2018, the Environmental Impact Statement was placed on exhibition between November and December that year. Planning approval was secured in December 2019.
\nRequests for tenders to build the motorway were made in May 2020 with work starting on the community recreational facilities in August 2020.
\nCommunity facilities:<\/strong>
\nThe NSW Government has invested $28 million into open space around the future M6 Stage 1 motorway for the local community.
\nAt Brighton Memorial Playing Fields, the improvements include:<\/p>\n\n