The Warringah Freeway Upgrade will upgrade four-kilometres of the Warringah Freeway, between High Street at North Sydney and Willoughby Road at Naremburn providing a link between the future Beaches Link and Western Harbour Tunnel. Once complete, the three projects will provide a continuous connection from WestConnex at Rozelle to Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
The Warringah Freeway Upgrade will include:
- upgrades to interchanges at Falcon Street in Cammeray and High Street in North Sydney
- relocation of road and shared user bridges across the Warringah Freeway
- connection of the Warringah Freeway to the portals for the Western Harbour Tunnel mainline tunnels and the Beaches Link tunnels via on- and off-ramps
- new and upgraded pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure
- upgrades and modifications to bus infrastructure, and
- other operational infrastructure, including surface drainage and utility infrastructure, signage, tolling, lighting, CCTV and other traffic management systems.
Many of the funding announcements to date refer collectively to the Warringah Freeway Upgrade, Northern Beaches Tunnel and Western Harbour Tunnel.
Key Dates
| Jun 2020 | EOIs Open |
| 2021 | Expected Contract Award |
| Sep 2021 | Contract Award |
| 2022 | Expected Construction Commencement |
| 2027 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
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The NSW 2021-22 Budget allocated $6.3 billion over the next four years for the Western Harbour Tunnel, Beaches Link and Warringah Freeway Upgrade, including $454 million in FY2021-22. |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Transport for NSW |
| Shortlist: | - CPB Contractors and Downer Joint Venture - a John Holland and Seymour Whyte Joint Venture, and - Warringah Linx – an ACCIONA, Fulton Hogan and Georgiou Joint Venture. |
| Successful Tenderer: | CPB Contractors and Downer Joint Venture |
PROJECT HISTORY
| 2014 | The project was identified in Infrastructure NSW's 2014 State Infrastructure Strategy. |
| 2016 | The 2016-17 NSW Budget allocated funding to commence planning. |
| 2017 | Coffey and AECOM were engaged to conduct geotechnical investigations along the route, including 235 boreholes. |
| 2017 | A Preferred route was announced and the market sounding process commenced. |
| Nov 2017 | A State Significant Infrastructure Application (SSIA) was lodged to identify topics that must be assessed in any future Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). |
| Jul 2018 | In the July 2018 Project update, the NSW Government announced that both the Western Harbour Tunnel and the Beaches Link would be tolled, along with indicating the Tunnel contract would include the Warringah Freeway Upgrade. This contracting approach has since changed (see June 2020 update). |
| Jan 2020 | The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment placed the Environmental Impact Statement for the project on public exhibition on Janaury 29 2020. The exhibition closed on 12 March 2020. |
| Feb 2020 | The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment extended the public exhibition period of the EIS from 12 March to 30 March 2020. |
| Jun 2020 | TfNSW issued an invitation for Pre-Registrations of Interest for the delivery of the Waringah Freeway Upgrade, closing on 24 July 2020. |
| Oct 2020 | The NSW Government announced the shortlist for the main works contract. |
| Nov 2020 | The 2020-21 NSW Budget allocated $356 million to the Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway Upgrade for FY2020-21. The funding will be provided towards planning and preconstruction activities. |
| Jan 2021 | The NSW Government granted planning approval for the Western Harbour Tunnel and Warringah Freeway upgrade projects. |
| Feb 2021 | The NSW Government opened a Request for Tender (RFT) for the services of an independent Auditor to assess project compliance and performance, closing on 3 March 2021. |
| May 2021 | Infrastructure Australia added the project to the Infrastructure Priority List as a Priority Project. |
| Jun 2021 | The NSW 2021-22 Budget allocated $286 million to the project for FY2021-22. |
| Sep 2021 | The NSW Government announced the main works contract was awarded to a Joint Venture of CPB Contractors and Downer EDI Works. |
| Sep 2021 | The NSW Government confirmed that the construction schedule for the project has moved from commencing in 2021 and reaching completion in 2025 to a 2022 commencement and 2027 completion. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2021)
Sector
Road
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
New South Wales |
Resources
Infrastructure agency resources
NSW Infrastructure PipelineNSW State Infrastructure Strategy 2018 - 2038
IA Infrastructure Priority List
