Two-lane arterial Fifteenth Avenue will be turned into a critical transit corridor from Liverpool to the new Western Sydney International Airport under a new joint federal-state cash injection.
The new NSW airport's opening in late 2026 will further accelerate population growth along the road, bringing another 63,000 people by 2041.
The federal government wants Western Sydney to be a gateway to the world, Anthony Albanese says. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)
It takes the federal government's commitment towards Western Sydney infrastructure pipeline projects to almost $18 billion across 10 years.
"My government wants Western Sydney to be a gateway to the rest of the world," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
"We want it to thrive as the engine room for jobs, economic growth and opportunity."
The local council has earmarked the road for its flagship project, a smart transit corridor with high-capacity trackless trams ferrying people from the Liverpool CBD to the new $5.3 billion airport.
The NSW government has pledged to operate a rapid bus connection between the airport and Liverpool's CBD for 2026, with the state and federal governments jointly funding an $11 billion driverless metro line connecting suburbs north of the airport.
The airport is expected to create thousands of jobs and accelerate population growth in the area. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)
Premier Chris Minns said the critical investment on Fifteenth Avenue would connect thousands of jobs at Western Sydney Airport and the Aerotropolis with Liverpool.
More than 22,000 vehicles per day including 1700 trucks travel along the congested two-lane road.
"The Aerotropolis has the opportunity to transform Western Sydney and this road link is critical to delivering the jobs of the future in Australia's fastest-growing region," he said.
The new airport, named after trailblazing aviator Nancy Bird Walton, is expected to open the door to cheaper airfares and late-night flights in and out of Sydney.
It will also take pressure off the nation's busiest airport, Sydney Airport, itself named after a pilot pioneer - Charles Kingsford Smith.
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