M12 Motorway (Sydney)

Western Sydney Airport Motorway

New South Wales
Western Sydney Airport Motorway; New South Wales
General information
Type	Motorway (Proposed)
Length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Opened	In planning phase
Route number(s)	M12
Major junctions
East end	Westlink M7 (M7); Cecil Park, Sydney;
West end	The Northern Road (A9); Luddenham, Sydney;
Location(s)
Major suburbs / towns	Cecil Park, Cecil Hills, Mount Vernon, Kemps Creek, Badgerys Creek, Luddenham
Highway system
	Highways in Australia; National Highway • Freeways in Australia; Highways in New South Wales; ; ;

The Western Sydney Airport Motorway is a planned east-west motorway along the current alignment of Elizabeth Drive between the M7 Westlink Motorway and The Northern Road. The four-lane motorway is planned to be 14 km long and to be built at a cost of $1.25 billion (with both State and Federal funding). It is aimed at providing direct access from the M7 Westlink Motorway to the new Western Sydney Airport situated at Badgerys Creek.^[2]

On 17 June 2014, as part of the State Budget, the NSW Government announced a $5.5 billion road package for Western Sydney. It includes $6 million for planning the Western Sydney Airport Motorway. The Budget is also the first time the name of the motorway was referred to.^[3]

Elizabeth Drive

Elizabeth Drive (current road) is a two lane, single carriageway road linking the Hume Highway at Liverpool, with The Northern Road at Luddenham. It is one of several key thoroughfares in Western Sydney.

References

^ "Badgerys Creek airport: Sydney's bold plan is taking wing". Daily Telegraph. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ "New Motorway – M7 to The Northern Road". Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^ "Budget Paper 4 - Infrastructure Statement" (PDF). NSW Budget 2014-2015. NSW Treasury. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014. (Subscription required.)

Australian roads portal

[1] "Badgerys Creek airport: Sydney's bold plan is taking wing". Daily Telegraph. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[2] "New Motorway – M7 to The Northern Road". Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

[NSWBudget1-3] "Budget Paper 4 - Infrastructure Statement" (PDF). NSW Budget 2014-2015. NSW Treasury. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014. (Subscription required.)

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