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City West Link Road is a road in Sydney, Australia. It makes up a section of Metroad 4 between Leichhardt, Haberfield and Five Dock. As such, it provides an alternative route to Parramatta Road into Sydney's CBD from the Inner-West. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ...
Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ...
Leichhardt is a suburb in the Municipality of Leichhardt in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Haberfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Five Dock is one of the 17 suburbs within the Local Government Area of the City of Canada Bay, in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...
Parramatta Road is the major historical east-west artery of metropolitan Sydney, Australia, connecting the City of Sydney with Parramatta. ...
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ...
King Street in Newtown, an inner-city suburb of Sydneys Inner West The Inner West of Sydney is an area which encompasses the inner-city suburbs of Sydney located immediately adjacent to, and west of the central business district. ...
The City West Link, much to the dislike of some local residents, simply involved the upgrade of existing roads and streets to at least four lanes. The process was carried out in four stages:
- Stage One: (December 1991) An underpass beneath Victoria Road was constructed.
- Stage Two: (February 1993) Upgrades from The Crescent at Rozelle to Catherine Street at Lilyfield, using Brennan Street. This section used a temporary one-way system to deliver traffic to Lilyfield Road.
- Stage Three: (May 1995) Dobroyd Parade and Wattle Street reconstruction was completed, providing four lanes between Parramatta Road and Hawthorne Canal.
- Stage Four: (December 2000) Extended the road from Catherine Street to Dobroyd Parade. A new bridge was constructed over Hawthorne Canal. The City West Link then became part of Metroad 4, relieving a congested section of Parramatta Road.
Motorists began complaining early in 2004 that the road had already become congested, less than 4 years after opening. Most of the road is 4 lanes in width, whereas the section of Parramatta Road it replaced was mainly six lanes wide. Another issue with the road is that it ultimately feeds into Parramatta Road anyway. Thus congestion points on Parramatta Road have simply been moved to different areas rather than relieved altogether. Metroad 4 or M4 is one of Sydney, Australias Metroads. ...
In 2005, a major bottleneck at the eastern end was removed. Previously eastbound traffic on the link had to merge from two lanes into one, just before joining Victoria Road west of the Anzac Bridge. There are now two lanes from the west link merging with the three from Victoria Road, to make four lanes over the Anzac Bridge.
The project is in some ways very similar to the South Eastern Arterial link in Melbourne, Australia. That road was built between two freeways, and ultimately had to be rebuilt without traffic signalled at-grade intersections. The only difference between the two is the available space for the Melbourne road allowed the conversion without any land resumption, whereas the City West Link Road is surrounded by properties which are in places only a few feet from the road edge. Like so many other new road projects in Sydney, the available land space and cash resources available lead to either too few traffic lanes, or at-grade intersections. With a little extra time, money and planning, and the need for only two or three bridges over the road, Sydney could have had a new freeway instead of a parking lot. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian State of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ...
In the future, the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority plans to connect the City West Link to the M4 motorway, completely bypassing Parramatta Road. Residents and advocacy groups have voiced fears that this will worsen current congestion problems[1].
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