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Plans for a continuous motorway between Sydney's western and south-western outskirts, and the Central Coast and the Hunter region, are closer to reality.
The New South Wales Government says an unsolicited proposal for a motorway linking the F3 freeway to the M2 motorway has moved to the final stage of its three-step assessment process.
Minister for Roads Duncan Gay says the next step will see negotiations begin with tollroad operator Transurban on a binding contract to build the 8km link, which is expected to cost more than $2.5 billion.
If a deal is struck, Mr Gay says construction of the tunnel could start as soon as the end of next year.
"This would be mostly by tunnel - it is virtually the Sydney bypass," Mr Gay said.
"It could mean that trucks could leave Adelaide, could leave Melbourne and head through to Brisbane without going through our city and in some instances, without going through a traffic light."
The road will be jointly funded by the State and Federal Governments, and will have tolls.
Mr Gay says work is expected to start at the end of next year, and will be complete by late 2018.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, sydney-2000, gosford-2250
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