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M12 motorway.

New $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s second international airport opening

The ribbon-cutting comes almost eight months before the first passenger flights are due to take off from Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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An interchange for the M7 motorway and the new M12 is nearing completion.

Secret plans for staged shake-up of Sydney motorway tolls revealed

As part of “Project Charlotte”, confidential documents show the state government plans to split a shake-up of pricing for Sydney’s toll roads into two stages.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney tolls

‘Blatantly improper’: Minister under fire over toll reform by electorate

A trove of emails reveals John Graham’s office demanded bureaucrats model the effect of a toll shake-up on Sydney’s motorways across state seats.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The first sinkhole opened above one of the tunnels at Rockdale for the M6 motorway in early March 2024.

Nearly two years after sinkholes opened, fix for halted Sydney motorway remains unresolved

An engineering solution remains bogged down in complex negotiations between the NSW government and contractors building the project in the city’s south.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Transurban issues millions of toll invoices every year with hefty “admin fees” attached.

Melbourne drivers cop $16 toll-road fee that’s been scrapped in Sydney

Transurban will continue to charge Melbourne drivers hundreds of millions of dollars in “admin fees” despite the tolling giant agreeing to abolish the same fee in Sydney.  

  • Patrick Hatch
Louise Karch (right) in her vintage car about to drive through the tunnel.

‘Magic meets industry’: West Gate Tunnel to welcome (and charge) drivers on Sunday morning

From midnight, the long-awaited West Gate Tunnel will open progressively, with all traffic flowing through by 7am on Sunday morning, but a month of free travel on weekends won’t kick off until January. 

  • Nicole Precel
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The West Gate Tunnel will open Sunday.

Troubled until the end, West Gate Tunnel to open Sunday

The West Gate Tunnel is three years behind schedule and billions over budget, but it is finally opening to motorists.

  • Kieran Rooney, Clay Lucas and Patrick Hatch
Tens of thousands of motorists a day will have to pay extra in tolls if the state government decides to impose two-way charging on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel.

Two-way tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel set to start in 2028

In a carrot for motorists, administration charges on toll notices will be scrapped after the state reached a deal with private motorway operators.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Part of the M4 tunnel was closed for hours on Thursday, causing major disruptions for motorists.

Motorists stuck in Sydney’s M4 tunnel for hours after bulges found in roof

The NSW roads minister has lashed out at the private motorway operator for a breakdown in communication that led to chaos in part of the WestConnex motorway.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Daniel Lo Surdo
Could two-way tolls be coming to the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Two-way tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge a step closer as $60 cap made permanent

The government has not finalised how it will pay for the permanent $60 toll cap, but drivers should brace for two-way tolls across the harbour in future.

  • Mostafa Rachwani