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Northbound lanes of Albion Park Rail bypass open to traffic

Albion Park Rail Bypass construction image from June 2021.
Albion Park Rail Bypass construction image from June 2021. Image courtesy of Transport for NSW.

The $630 million Albion Park Rail Bypass has reached a new milestone, with the northbound lanes between Yallah and Oak Flats opened to traffic from Saturday.

Connecting Sydney to Bomaderry in NSW, the new route will be 9.8 kilometres long and it will feature 13 bridges. Other features include connections to the Princes Motorway at Dapto and Oak Flats, a new interchange at the Illawarra Highway and Tongarra road and other safety and environmental initiatives.

Opening the two northbound lanes allows motorists to start benefitting from the new motorway while the project heads to completion by late 2021.

Road users travelling to Albion Park Rail will now need to exit at the Oak Flats interchange and a temporary left turn will be provided for road users exiting at Tongarra Road until both ramps are complete.

Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said more road users from across the region would now be able to experience the new motorway for the first time.

“With the opening of northbound lanes, we are now one step closer to delivering faster, safer journeys between Sydney and Bomaderry,” Mr Toole said.

“Those locals who braved the elements to attend the community event in June have seen first hand what a game changer this bypass will be.

“Sixteen intersections will be bypassed when the motorway is fully open, delivering a time saving of up to 30 percent, and returning local streets to local communities with 65 percent of traffic expected to use the bypass instead.”

Mr Toole said there will be additional traffic changes between now and the end of the year, including new traffic lights at Tongarra Road, and Transport for NSW would be monitoring closely how traffic flows.

“Traffic flow has improved as a result of adjustments to the timing of the lights at the Oak Flats interchange during peak times, but this will be an ongoing process as more changes occur and we thank the community for their patience,” Mr Toole said.

Other traffic changes up to the end of 2021 including the opening of northbound and southbound ramps and the activation of new traffic lights at Tongarra Road.

Contractor Fulton Hogan was chosen to build the multi-million dollar bypass after a competitive tender process that shortlisted three companies, which includes CPB Contractors and a joint venture between BMD Constructions and John Holland.

To learn more about traffic changes, watch the video prepared by Transport for NSW.


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