Richmond Road - North West Growth Area

Transport for NSW is currently developing a strategic design for the upgrade of Richmond Road from four lanes to six lanes between the M7 Motorway and Bells Creek. The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) has provided funding for the next stage.

The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment has provided funding to undertake strategic, concept and detail design as well as the environmental assessment. Transport for NSW is commencing work on the strategic design.

The NSW Government is planning the upgrade of Richmond Road north of Elara Boulevard for about 1.5km to provide access to Marsden Park and Marsden Park North Precincts. For more information on this project please view the information on this page.

Transport for NSW sought feedback in November and December 2020 on the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for the Richmond Road north of Elara Boulevard upgrade.

To ensure the health and safety of the community and our staff we replaced face to face community information sessions with online information sessions on the NSW Roads Facebook page where you can watch the recording of this session or view the video on this page.

Thank you to all those who made a submission on the REF we will prepare a report and publish online.

Transport for NSW will continue to provide the community with updates as the project progresses.

If you have any questions, please contact the project team on 1300 367 561 or email nwga@transport.nsw.gov.au.

Transport for NSW will be carrying out field investigation work which includes locating utilities, digging test pits and potholing to help plan for the future road design of this upgrade.

Our work will be carried out between Monday 13 January and Tuesday 30 June.

Please view our notification letter (PDF, 781kb) for more information

Transport for NSW completed the four lane upgrade of Richmond Road between M7 Motorway and Garfield Road West in 2016. The next stage of work on Richmond Road north of Elara Boulevard for about 1.5km, is currently being planned to meet the current and projected traffic volumes.

Richmond Road provides an important north-south link through an area of north-west Sydney which is set to undergo significant land-use and transport changes, including rapid population and employment growth over the next 20 years and beyond.

Transport for NSW is proposing to continue the Richmond Road upgrade from north Elara Boulevarde of for about 1.5km. The upgrade would provide safer and improved access to fast growing residential developments in the Marsden Park precinct and future commercial and residential developments in Marsden Park North precinct.

The benefits of the Richmond Road upgrade would include:

• signalised intersections providing safer conditions for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians
• an improved connection between the Marsden Park and Blacktown
• enhanced facilities for active transport
• better drainage.

For Richmond Road four lane upgrade north of Elara:

• Widening 900 metres of Richmond Road from two lanes to four lanes (two lanes in each direction)
• wide central median for future widening of the road to six lanes, if needed
• new traffic lights 800 metres north west of Elara Boulevard.
• provide bus bays and bus priority lanes at the main intersection.

Transport for NSW is continuing planning and field investigation work to prepare the strategic design for the six lane upgrade of Richmond Road between M7 to Townson Road.

• November 2020 project update
  Have your say - Review of Environmental Factors.
• July 2019 project update
  Richmond Road Upgrade Project – Between Elara Boulevard and Heritage Road, Marsden Park.

• Review of Environmental Factors - Main Report
• REF Appendix C - Utilities
• REF Appendix E - Biodiversity
• REF Appendix F - Noise and vibration
• REF Appendix G - Contamination
• REF Appendix H - LVIA
• REF Appendix I - Aboriginal Heritage
• REF Appendix I2 - Aboriginal Heritage
• REF Appendix J - Non-Aboriginal Heritage
• REF Appendix J2 - Non-Aboriginal Heritage
• REF Appendix K1.1 Flooding
• REF Appendix K1.2 Flooding
• REF Appendix K2 - Flooding
• REF Appendix K3 - Flooding
• REF Appendix L - Traffic
• REF Appendix L 2- Traffic