Townson Road upgrade between Richmond Road & Jersey Road - stage 1 : review of environmental factors : main report and appendices A to B

Transport for NSW proposes to widen and upgrade about 1.6 kilometres of Townson Road, between Richmond Road and Durham Road/Jersey Road. Key features of the proposal include: • Widening and upgrading about 1.6 kilometres of Townson Road, between Richmond Road and Durham Road/Jersey Road, to provide: – Two 3.5 metre wide traffic lanes in each direction – A new section of Townson Road about 250 metres long, to the east of the existing alignment, between Meadow Road and Durham Road/Jersey Road to maintain eastwest connectivity • Providing a wide central median along the length of the upgrade narrowing at intersections to accommodate for turning lanes • Constructing two bridges, each about 36 metres long, to reduce flooding afflux with one bridge over Bells Creek and another bridge about 50 metres east of Bells Creek • Providing a new southbound slip lane at Richmond Road intersection from Townson Road • Providing two new signalised intersections allowing all turning movements to and from Townson Road/Victory Road/’A planned new road’, and formalised pedestrian crossings at each leg of the signalised intersection • Constructing stubs for Victory Road north and the planned new road to the north and south of the Townson Road intersection, with a 3.5 metre wide traffic lane in each direction • Providing a 3.0 metre wide shared path for pedestrians and cyclists on the southern side of Townson Road along the length of the proposal and a pedestrian crossing across the new southbound slip lane from Townson Road to Richmond Road • Providing a 1.2 metre wide footpath on the northern side of Townson Road along the length of the proposal. The proposal is to be delivered in phases – interim and ultimate. The delivery of the proposal would initially provide an interim phase with a single carriageway, one lane in each direction, on the southern side of the road corridor incorporating earthworks to allow future full road construction. Construction of the interim phase is anticipated to start in early 2022, opening to traffic in 2023. It is anticipated that the interim phase would be operational for a period of up to five years before the ultimate four lane dual carriageway is completed.