The $280 million upgrade to the Prospect Highway in New South Wales is now complete, with the highway that connects Western Sydney motorists with the M4 Motorway, the Great Western Highway, Old Windsor Road and the M2 Motorway now open.
For the 35,000 vehicles and 5000 trucks a day that use the route, the highway had become a notorious bottleneck, as the area’s traffic volume overtook the capacity of the road. The 3.6-kilometre upgrade provides six lanes between St Martins Crescent and Blacktown Road and four lanes between Blacktown Road and Reservoir Road.
This has resulted in significant travel time savings with previous average travel time of 20 minutes along this section of Prospect Highway now reduced to five minutes.
The upgrade also includes two new bridges over the M4 and the Great Western Highway, a new road link between the Great Highway and Prospect Highway, multiple upgraded and signalised intersections, as well as a new pedestrian underpass.
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Federal Member for Greenway Michelle Rowland said the opening of the upgraded highway will deliver benefits to the community for years to come.
“Prospect Highway is a crucial connector for our community and is used by tens of thousands of motorists each and every day to access both the M2 and the M4,” Rowland said.
“Upgrading Prospect Highway was vital for motorists in this area but also a great improvement in safety for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists through the road and shared path improvements it delivers.”
Western Sydney is New South Wales’s fastest growing region, with the upgraded Prospect Highway to support jobs and provide greater access to opportunities in the area’s growing west.