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Westconnex

Stage 1 (M4 East)
Stage 1 of the WestConnex project involves the widening of the M4, a connection between Parramatta Road and the City West Link and new connections at Concord Road. A tunnel will run from the end of the current M4 to the City West Link.

Ashfield and Haberfield
A section of Ashfield along Parramatta Road was acquired and demolished for WestConnex. The exit to the M4 tunnel will be near the crossroads of Frederick St/ City West Link and Parramatta Road. A large sections of Haberfield has been acquired to allow the WestConnex to link directly with the City West Link.
Stage 2 (New M5)
Stage 2 of the WestConnex project involves the construction of a tunnel between St Peters and Kingsgrove.

St Peters, Alexandria and Newtown
A traffic interchange is under construction next to Sydney Park. This will feed traffic into Edgeware and Enmore Roads and King Street, Newtown. Campbell Street and Euston Road will be widened.
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Stage 3 (M4-M5 Link)
Stage 3 will involve an underground tunnel from Victoria Rd, east of the Iron Cove Bridge to St Peters.
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Balmain and Rozelle
While Stage 3 of WestConnex is being finalized , recent announcements suggested that the former Balmain Tigers Club on Victoria Rd at Rozelle, will be used as a dive site. Further details have not yet been released.
L. Swanson, Hsieteachers.com 
  • Urbanisation
    • Extended Response - Urbanisation
  • Settlement patterns
  • Migration
    • Causes of internal migration
    • International Migration
    • Australia's cultural diversity
  • Australia’s Urban Future
    • Australia's Population Growth >
      • Graphs and Stats: Population Growth
      • Visual Representations: Population
      • Visual Representations: Population Density
      • Graphs and Stats: Population pyramids
    • Future Growth and Sustainability >
      • What is sustainability?
      • Sydenham to Bankstown
      • Geographical Inquiry - Urban Change in the Inner West
      • Spatial Technologies - GIS
      • Fieldwork: Marrickville
    • Sustainable Urban Places >
      • Light Rail and Metroline
      • GreenWay
      • Fieldwork: Greenway
      • WestConnex
      • Maps: WestConnex
      • Visual Representations: WestConnex infographic
      • Deindustrialisation
      • Visual Representations: Land use change in Marrickville
      • Extended response - Sustainable Urban Places
    • Contributing to a Sustainable Urban Future >
      • Community Contributions to Sustainability
      • Protests and RAGs
      • Fieldwork: WestConnex community percpetions
      • Geographical Inquiry
  • HSIE Teachers Home