‘Unreasonable and unacceptable’: inquiry condemns traffic chaos created by Sydney’s $3.9bn Rozelle interchange

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‘Unreasonable and unacceptable’: inquiry condemns traffic chaos created by Sydney’s $3.9bn Rozelle interchange
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Committee also finds ‘concerning lack of clarity and transparency’ between government and toll road owner Transurban

An inquiry into Rozelle interchange was held after the ‘spaghetti junction’ plunged the area into commuter chaos for months after opening in 2023.An inquiry into Rozelle interchange was held after the ‘spaghetti junction’ plunged the area into commuter chaos for months after opening in 2023.In its final report, after a months-long inquiry into the Rozelle interchange, a parliamentary committee also found a “concerning lack of clarity and transparency” between the government and Transurban.

The committee’s chair, Greens MP Cate Faehrmann, said the government should learn from the bungled project, for the sake of communities. “The committee believes that the NSW government must reflect on the lessons learnt from the experience of the Rozelle Interchange and take action to prevent similar outcomes from reoccurring in the future.”for NSW to review a number of design elements at the junction and surrounding roads, as well as change the way it models traffic.

A dissenting statement on behalf of the Coalition from the former roads minister Natalie Ward said that while the opening of the interchange was “clearly sub-optimal,” issues had quickly subsided.

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