Tunnelling works scheduled for Sydney's NorthConnex project

Major tunnelling works on the NorthConnex project have been scheduled to begin in April.

Minister for Major Projects, Paul Fletcher, said the southern interchange would provide greater connectivity to the state.

“NorthConnex will create around 8,700 jobs during construction and will inject around $4 billion into New South Wales economy,” Fletcher said.

“The completed NorthConnex project will include twin nine-kilometre tunnels under Pennant Hills Road, which is regarded as one of the most congested roads in the country.”

Once complete, NorthConnex is expected to facilitate more than 100,000 vehicles each day, and remove 5,000 trucks from the corridor.

Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock, said it was great to see so much activity at the southern interchange.

“The southern interchange will be used as a temporary construction compound until project completion with almost 615,000 cubic metres of spoil from tunnelling expected to be removed from the two 30 metre deep tunnel shafts,” Ruddock said.

“This will not only benefit Sydney's commuters and motorists, it will help local and interstate freight operators transport their goods to domestic and international markets quickly.”

The $3 billion NorthConnex project aims to link Western Sydney to the Central Coast.

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