• Contractor: Lendlease
• Start date of major construction: mid-2017
• Expected completion date: 2020
• The Northern Road project value (six sections): $1.6 billion
• Bringelly Road project value (two stages): $509 million
• Funding: Australian and NSW governments.

The key benefits of the project are:

• Increased capacity to cater for future population growth in the area
• Improved safety for motorists by:
  • building new intersections with traffic lights to access precincts
  • building a central median to separate opposing traffic flows
  • building turning lanes at intersections
• Improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians through an off-road shared path
• Improved travel times and capacity to accommodate future development needs
• Access to future South West Priority Growth Area along The Northern Road
• Improved access and travel times for road freight in Sydney’s south west.

• Two lanes in each direction with a four metre wide shoulder and wide central median allowing for widening to six lanes, when required
• A grade separated interchange (underpass) at Bringelly Road to the east of Bringelly Village shops and the existing intersection with Bringelly Road/Greendale Road
• A speed limit of 80km/h
• A three metre wide shared pedestrian/cyclist path on the eastern side
• Designated turning lanes and bicycle and pedestrian crossing provisions at traffic lights
• Bus priority lanes at traffic lights and indented bus bays
• Temporary U-turn facilities at some future precinct link roads
• Nine intersections to be upgraded with new traffic lights
• Existing bridge over Thompson Creek replaced for southbound traffic and a new bridge for northbound traffic.

• Two lanes in each direction with a central median, allowing for widening to six lanes, when required
• A speed limit of 80 km/h
• A three metre wide off road shared pedestrian and cyclist path with crossings at traffic lights to improve safety
• Designated turning lanes at traffic lights along with bus priority and indented bus bays on both sides of Bringelly Road
• New three way intersection at Kelvin Park Drive with traffic lights
• New four way intersection at Jersey Road with traffic lights and a temporary U-turn facility
• New bridges over South Creek
• New four way intersection at Masterfield Street and at North Avenue with traffic lights
• Left in/left out intersection at Church Street, Allenby Road and Glen Allen Road.

Roads and Maritime has awarded the construction contract to Lendlease.

Construction started in mid-2017 and is expected be open to traffic in 2020.