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Transport for NSW Warringah Freeway Upgrade Community notification April 2022 The NSW Government’s vision for Sydney is one of an integrated road and public transport network that gives you the freedom to choose how and when you get around, no matter where you live and work. The Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade is a major transport infrastructure project that will make it easier, faster and safer to get around Sydney. By creating a western bypass of the Sydney CBD, the Western Harbour Tunnel will take pressure off the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, ANZAC Bridge and Western Distributor corridors to improve transport capacity in and around Sydney Harbour. Warringah Freeway Upgrade 1
We have recently
started main
construction work on
the Warringah Freeway
Upgrade.
To allow for the planned construction activities, we need • Utilities investigations, removal and relocation
to relocate some of the existing southbound tolling • Building the foundations for the gantry structure,
equipment and gantries used for the Sydney Harbour including piling, rock bolting (boring holes into the
Bridge and Sydney Harbour Tunnel. These existing rock face using a piling rig)
impacted gantries are located:
• Installing permanent concrete road safety barriers
• north of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel operations • Concreting and installing the gantry and steel posts
centre, covering the southbound carriageways on the using cranes, elevated work platforms, power and
Warringah Freeway hand tools
• on the southbound on-ramps from Mount Street to the • Installing new intelligent transport system (ITS)
Warringah Freeway and Cahill Expressway including tolling equipment
• on the southbound on-ramp from High Street to the • Testing and commissioning tolling equipment
Cahill Expressway
• Finishing works for gantry structure
As a result, we need to install a replacement southbound • Removing the temporary work site, including removing
electronic tolling system as part of this relocation, which temporary barriers, equipment and restoring roads to
will involve: their original condition.
• a new tolling gantry on the Warringah Freeway near Work is scheduled to start in early May 2022, weather
the Sydney Harbour Tunnel southbound portal (north permitting and take around 12 months to complete.
of Mount Street bridge), North Sydney (see map
below); and
When we will be working
• Works on an existing gantry on the Sydney Harbour
Bridge near Milsons Point Station (see map below). Our approved standard construction hours are 7:00am
to 6:00pm Monday to Friday and 8:00am to 6:00pm on
These works will have no impact on tolling arrangements
Saturdays.
for motorists utilising the Sydney Harbour Bridge or
Sydney Harbour Tunnel. For the safety of the public and our workers, and to
minimise impacts to traffic, we will need to carry out
What we will be doing some work at night.
We will notify local residents ahead of any night work
• Setting up temporary work sites, including temporary starting. There will be times when we need to access the
barriers and traffic management site sheds outside of our standard construction hours as
• Using the Ridge Street, North Sydney temporary well to support these activities.
construction site for worker amenities, materials and
storage
Warringah Freeway Upgrade 2Temporary work areas Warringah Freeway Upgrade 3
Why we work outside standard More information on noise
construction hours For more information on noise please visit our online
portal at nswroads.work/wfuportal and view our
There are several reasons why we need to carry out work Managing Construction Noise fact sheet.
outside standard construction hours including: This fact sheet details the typical noise levels from
Safety – for motorists, pedestrians and workers when the type of work we will be carrying out and how
we are building over and next to roads and live traffic to we manage it.
reduce interactions between these groups
Service and utility disruptions – to minimise disruption to
Traffic changes
essential services and utilities for local communities
To manage traffic queuing and safety, there will be
Oversize deliveries – to allow delivery of oversized plant some temporary traffic changes and lane closures that
or structures that police or other authorities determine may affect travel times. Please keep to speed limits and
require special arrangements to transport along follow the direction of traffic controllers and signs. For
public roads work located on the Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour
Bridge or near to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, we aim to
Managing traffic – working next to, over and on existing
coordinate our works with pre-determined closures.
roads means traffic may be stopped, detoured or reduced
to one lane while work is carried out. Where possible we For more information including maps about upcoming
will carry out work during the day, however, there will temporary changes for motorists, cyclists and
be times when we will need to carry out this work at pedestrians, please see our Upcoming works portal
night to minimise delays and journey times for motorists nswroads.work/wfuportal and for the latest traffic
are less affected. updates: Call 132 701 Visit www.livetraffic.com
Download the app Live Traffic NSW.
How will the work affect you Our work activities will require the use of machinery
Our work can be noisy at times but we will do everything that generates noise, light and vibration. To minimise the
we can to reduce its impact. impact of this work on you we will:
Potential impacts can include temporary traffic and • turn off machinery when not in use
access changes, light spill and noise. The noise from • use acoustic blankets to minimise noise, where
our work will range from noticeable to highly intrusive feasible
depending on how close you are to our work areas. For • direct temporary lighting down and away from houses
more information on how we measure noise, please see
• plan activities close to residents during standard
our online portal nswroads.work/wfuportal
construction hours or early evening, where possible
We aim to complete highly intrusive noise activities • fit equipment with devices to minimise noise,
before midnight, where possible. particularly non-tonal reversing beepers
• monitor noise periodically so we can manage any
potential impacts and adjust our work as required.
For more information Making a complaint about our work
For more information about our project, please To make an inquiry or a complaint about the project,
visit call 1800 931 189 or you can call our community information line, which is
email whtbl@transport.nsw.gov.au available 24 hours a day and is attended during the
Customer feedaback project operation hours. Inquiries and complaints may
Transport for NSW, Locked Bag 928 North also be received by the project email and by post.
Sydney NSW 2059
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