New Richmond Bridge – Stage 2

Overview

What’s this about?

The Australian and NSW governments have committed $500m to deliver the New Richmond Bridge project. The project is split into 2 stages:

1. Stage 1 – The Driftway from Blacktown Road to Londonderry Road
2. Stage 2 – New Richmond Bridge and Richmond bypass.

Construction on Stage 1 will begin in mid 2025.

The concept design and Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for Stages 2A and 2B is now on public display for feedback.

The REF outlines the project features and assesses the potential environmental impacts expected when the upgrade is built and open. 

Stage 2A – New bridge to ease congestion and improve flood resilience

• Building a new 4 lane bridge over the Hawkesbury River
• Widen Bells Line of Road through North Richmond 
• Build a new bypass between the Kurrajong Road/Old Kurrajong Road intersection and the Castlereagh Road/Inalls Lane /Southee Road intersection
• New connections for pedestrians and bicycle users, including from Richmond and North Richmond.

Stage 2B – Completing the full upgrade

• Intersection upgrade at Grose Vale Road and widening on Bells Line of Road
• Southee Road bypass, including noise mitigations and landscaping
• New traffic light intersection at Londonderry Road and the new Southee Road bypass
• Shoulder widening along The Driftway.

Have your say

Have your say by Friday 21 February 2025.

There are 6 ways to provide feedback.

You can view the REF and related studies under the project documents section on our web page and submit feedback online.