Good Afternoon Fellow Residents, Road Users and Petition Supporters
FIFTEENTH AVE REQUIRES AN UPGRADE URGENTLY
Liverpool Council and Transport for NSW is spending $4.8 million exploring ways to connect the road to the Aerotropolis — the business and industrial developments around the Western Sydney Airport.
Peak hour in Austral is so bad, commuters are driving on the wrong side of the road to avoid it.
One of Australia's fastest-growing suburbs is caught in a development dilemma where the surging construction of homes is swamping local roads.
The problem at Austral, 42 kilometres south-west of Sydney, has become so dire that some drivers are swerving onto the wrong side of the road to avoid bottlenecks, which locals say add 30 minutes to a peak-hour commute.
About 30,000 homes are being built in the suburb, with the finishing touches being put on roughly 100 each week.
Councillor Peter Harle urged developers to stop building homes so crucial road infrastructure could be upgraded.
"It's getting worse every week, so obviously something needs to be done and it needs to be done fairly soon," he said.
"The government needs to step in, so has council the ability to say, 'no, we won't allow any more developments until the feeder roads are built?'"
Liverpool Council and Transport for NSW is spending $4.8 million exploring ways to connect the road to the Aerotropolis — the business and industrial developments around the Western Sydney Airport.
"The corridor planning and design process will consider the current and future transport and traffic requirements including road, active transport and rapid bus services," a Transport for NSW spokesperson said.
The corridor is expected to feature four new lanes, but two of them would be dedicated to trackless trams or autonomous vehicles shuttling people to the new airport.
These upgrades are years away and won't help alleviate the gridlock in the interim.
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I will be providing updates on a regular basis with regard to progress and information of Interest - I am planning to drop the current list of Signatures and comments into the Ministers Office at Parliament House next week.
Yours Sincerely
Michael Andjelkovic JP
Independent Community Campaigner for Liverpool