The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to build a better NSW, today opening a high-tech facility that will fabricate the new Western Harbour Tunnel and create around 700 quality manufacturing jobs in Western Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new, purpose-built facility at Emu Plains will precast individual concrete segments and culverts. They will then be put in place by the two largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the Southern Hemisphere as they excavate under Sydney Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The walls, roof and floor of the huge tunnel, which is the size of three Metro tunnels, will be fitted together from thousands of concrete pieces made by skilled local workers and fitted together like a giant precision-cut jigsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 13,000 concrete segments and nearly 1,400 culverts will be custom built in the state-of-the-art facility in Emu Plains, before being transported to the tunnels via the M4 and WestConnex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Emu Plains site is an Australian first. It is expected to operate for up to three years for the project and has the potential to be used by other projects or businesses in future, making it a lasting legacy of the tunnel project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tunnel boring machines are expected to arrive in Sydney later this year, before being assembled deep underground below Birchgrove. They will tunnel 1.5km from Birchgrove to Waverton, under the Sydney Harbour seabed, connecting the northern and southern ends of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minns Labor Government is investing $4.2 billion over four years to deliver Sydney\u2019s first road crossing of the harbour in almost 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 6.5 kilometre tunnel will connect the Warringah Freeway in North Sydney to the WestConnex M4 and M8 at Rozelle Interchange, helping drivers bypass the CBD and making it easier, faster and safer to get around Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Government continues to champion women\u2019s economic opportunities, particularly in historically male dominated industries, of the 700 jobs created at this facility there will be a target of 50 per cent women. Over 7,000 construction jobs will be created through building the Western Harbour Tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to open to traffic in 2028, under the Minns Labor Government this city shaping Project will remain in public hands. This is in direct contrast to the former Liberal National Government who sold off roads which were paid for and owned by the People of New South<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wales, resulting in rising toll prices controlled by a private company and have continued to champion privatisation from opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can find more details on the project here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Premier of NSW Chris Minns said: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a city shaping project which is literally being manufactured piece by piece in Western Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know that Sydney is growing, and we are working hard to address the housing crisis and bring Sydney\u2019s CBD back to life \u2013 the fact is we can\u2019t do any of that if we don\u2019t have the roads we need to get people safely and quickly from A to B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\u2019s announcement is a big milestone in our work to deliver this major project. At the same time this will provide a massive boost for our states manufacturing capability, bringing more jobs and opportunity to Western Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Roads and Regional Transport Jenny Aitchison said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see this facility open for business today and ready to build Sydney\u2019s second harbour tunnel with local talent and world\u2019s best technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are proud of the work to encourage more women into construction through this new facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Western Harbour Tunnel is one of 23 Government pilot projects trialing increased targets of for women in trade and introducing a new target of 7% for non-traditional roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Acting Minister for Western Sydney Courtney Houssos said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDelivering a project of this scale requires specialised manufacturing and state-of-the-art technology. We\u2019re investing in smart, modern manufacturing right here in Emu Plains to lift our capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis project is another example of how our Minns Labor Government is spending our government procurement dollars to create more well-paid, highly skilled jobs right here in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re backing Western Sydney workers by providing them the tools, opportunities and facilities to deliver this critical piece of infrastructure, right at their doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Member for Penrith, Karen McKeown said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEmu Plains has a long and proud history of manufacturing quality infrastructure, and it\u2019s great to see that continue with this new facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c700 quality, manufacturing jobs right here in Western Sydney is a massive win and I\u2019m proud of the Government\u2019s work to promote gender equality in a historically male dominated industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe opening of this factory in Emu Plains proves yet again that we are the engine room of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to build a better NSW, today opening a high-tech facility that will fabricate the new Western Harbour Tunnel and create around 700 quality manufacturing jobs in Western Sydney. The new, purpose-built facility at Emu Plains will precast individual concrete segments and culverts. They will then be put in … Continue reading “New high-tech Western Harbour Tunnel facility brings manufacturing jobs to Sydney\u2019s West”<\/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-33701","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\/33701","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=33701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33702,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33701\/revisions\/33702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}