Pacific Highway, Wyong, planning study, revised preferred option

Following community consultation in 2008, Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) has considered comments received and undertaken additional studies to revise the option for the future upgrade of the Pacific Highway through Wyong. Finalising the preferred option completes investigations to inform future planning and development of the Wyong town centre.

Background

The Pacific Highway through Wyong is currently a single lane in each direction. In 2006 we displayed western, eastern and central corridor options. The majority of respondents agreed that the eastern or western corridors had unacceptable impacts and should not be further examined.

The RTA concluded the preferred corridor is the central corridor, through the township of Wyong. In 2008 we displayed an Options Study Report showing a number of options for the central corridor including widening the existing carriageway, a tunnel, a land bridge, an alignment using Howarth Street, and a split level carriageway.

This study concluded that widening the existing carriageway provided the most benefits and had the least overall impacts for the community. The study report presented a preferred option layout for the section of the highway through Wyong from Johnson Road, Tuggerah to North Road, Wyong.

Community feedback was then sought on the displayed preferred option. Following the display of the preferred option in 2008, it has been further refined to address issues arising from Roads and Maritime Services reviews as well as community and other stakeholder feedback.

What has changed since the last display in 2008?

The community input in 2008 called for better traffic access to and from the eastern side of the rail line. This required a significant redesign. Traffic lights would allow for all turn movements at the intersection of Rose Street and the Pacific Highway, however this would require the right turn bay previously proposed for Alison Road to be removed.

Accordingly a new right turn bay at Church Street for southbound traffic would be required. The extra width required for the right turn bay would have greater impacts on the Warner shops building and potentially the station masters cottage.

The exit from the commuter car park and transport interchange would become one way out only. The change is necessary due to the revised layout of the preferred option requiring additional width.

Finalising the preferred option completes RMS investigations and will inform future planning and development of the Wyong town centre.

For more information

For more information or to register your contact details with us so that we can send you future project updates please:

• Phone the project team on (02) 4379 7001 (during business hours)
• Email: central_coast_office@rta.nsw.gov.au 
• Visit: Roads and Maritime Services Central Coast Office
  Upper Level, The Pavilion, 29-37George Street Woy Woy
• Write to:
  RMS Wyong planning study
  PO Box 766 Woy Woy NSW 2256