Work powering ahead on the $2.6B Sydney Gateway

The first four of 17 concrete headstocks have been installed at Mascot as part of the New South Wales Government’s $2.6 billion Sydney Gateway project.

The headstocks will support an 800-metre flyover road, connecting motorists to Sydney Airport with a toll-free connection to the International and Domestic Terminals.

Sydney Gateway will be a new above ground, toll-free route connecting St Peters interchange on the WestConnex to Sydney Airport, through Port Botany and beyond.

It will provide a new route for around 10,000 trucks a day. This will divert trucks from local streets in Mascot by providing an alternative route, reduce travel times and congestion, and return local streets to the community.

Minister for Infrastructure, Cities and Active Transport Rob Stokes said the 17 headstocks weighing more than 90 tonnes each would be installed to support the flyover road.

“Sydney Gateway is great news for local residents also, giving them an additional three kilometres of new pedestrian and cycle paths along the Alexandra Canal,” Stokes said.

Minister for Metropolitan Roads Natalie Ward said Sydney Gateway will have the capacity to carry 100,000 vehicles daily and slash travel times to and from the airport when it opens to traffic at the end of 2024.

“One of the key features of Sydney Gateway is the landmark Australian steel arch bridge connecting to the International Terminal, that will be wider than the Sydney Harbour Bridge,” Ward said.

“This project will help slash travel times from Parramatta to Sydney Airport by up to 40 minutes in the morning peak, bypassing 26 sets of traffic lights.”

Arcadis and AECOM are completing the design work for the Sydney Gateway project, alongside the construction Joint Venture comprising John Holland and Seymour Whyte.

The Sydney Gateway is expected to support more than 4000 construction and manufacturing jobs during the life of the project.

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