Government adds cycle and walking path alongside light rail extension
Work on the light rail extension to Dulwich Hill will begin by December and should be completed within two years, with the state government using more of the disused freight rail corridor for urban passenger transport.
The $500 million project will connect the light rail terminus at Lilyfield with the heavy rail network in Dulwich Hill, which is on the Bankstown line.
From Lilyfield, the stations will be Leichhardt North, Hawthorne, Marion, Taverners Hill, Lewisham West, Waratah Mills, Arlington and Dulwich Grove, with an interchange at Dulwich Hill.
The government has included a ”greenway” – a cycle and walkway, with an extended bush regeneration project – which will run along the nearby stormwater channel from Iron Cove to Marion Street, Leichhardt, then beside the tracks for much of the remaining distance to Dulwich Hill, and on to the Cooks River.
”People will be able to walk or cycle from the Cooks River to Iron Cove.” the Premier, Kristina Keneally, said. . ”The cycle and walking path will run 80 per cent along that sought by the community.” Read more »
Connecting the City Centre with Barangaroo
Sydney’s First Greenway in Light Rail Extension
Premier Kristina Keneally today announced the new light rail corridor between Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill will host Sydney’s first “GreenWay” – an environmentally sustainable, integrated transport corridor.
“The new GreenWay is a first for Sydney – it will ensure the corridor has a ‘mixed use’ for families, commuters, cyclists, walkers and joggers,” Ms Keneally said.
Ms Keneally today joined Transport Minister John Robertson, Member for Balmain, Verity Firth and Member for Marrickville, Carmel Tebbutt to launch the scope of work for the light rail extension – including the location and names of nine stops along the new 5.6km light rail extension from Lilyfield and Dulwich Hill.
This is another milestone in roll out of Sydney’s $500 million light rail expansion and is part of the NSW Government’s fully funded $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport Plan. Under the Metropolitan Transport Plan, there is almost 10 kilometres of new light rail track, bringing the total distance to 16.9 kilometres – stretching from Circular Quay to Dulwich Hill.
“People will be able to walk or cycle from the Cooks River to Iron Cove, through Canterbury, Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt Council areas,” Ms Keneally said. Read more »
Light Rail Begins
One month after announcing the State’s transport vision, the NSW Government has begun work on Sydney’s $500 million light rail expansion.
The pre-construction tender – which examines the costs, demand, technical issues, integration with other public transport, and economic factors – was yesterday awarded to global transport services company – GHD.
This pre construction study will advise us on when construction will start.
The light rail is part of the fully funded $50.2 billion Metropolitan Transport vision and includes up to 20 new stations and almost 10 kilometres of new track.
It more than doubles the distance of the existing light rail in Sydney – making the route from Dulwich Hill to Circular Quay.
Earlier this month, the State Government issued critical infrastructure declarations to start implementation of some of the projects in the transport vision, including the light rail extensions.
“We always said work would begin immediately on our Transport Vision – and it will go to ‘market’ as soon as possible – and that is what we have done,” Ms Keneally said. Read more »