road/project area · 2 meetings
Fifteenth Avenue
Mentions
- Alternative six-lane transit boulevard proposal and planned upgrade corridor
- Localities affected by the Fifteenth Avenue Upgrade Project and proposed road design.
- The corridor's future design, construction impacts and delivery timetable remain subject to further advocacy and government decisions.
- Residents may still influence the transport project through the formal Council response process.
- The acquisition supports a major transport project and may affect Council land and nearby infrastructure.
- Land acquisition may affect Council assets, road delivery and nearby residents or property owners.
Decisions
Alternative Fifteenth Avenue proposal advanced
Council rejected the current June 2026 TfNSW Fifteenth Avenue design, requested a redesign to reduce community impacts and construction costs, sought an additional $239 million in government funding, and approved a $50,000 General Fund communications campaign.
The corridor's future design, construction impacts and delivery timetable remain subject to further advocacy and government decisions.
Fifteenth Avenue design and formal response process
The Governance Committee noted the Transport for NSW Fifteenth Avenue design and Council staff’s alternative work, and identified a future opportunity to endorse a formal response to the project’s Review of Environmental Factors.
Residents may still influence the transport project through the formal Council response process.
Compulsory acquisition for Fifteenth Avenue project
The committee considered the compulsory acquisition of Council land parcels by Transport for NSW for Section 1 of the Fifteenth Avenue Upgrade Project.
The acquisition supports a major transport project and may affect Council land and nearby infrastructure.
Topics
Land acquisition for Fifteenth Avenue upgrade
The committee considered compulsory acquisition of Council land parcels by Transport for NSW for Section 1 of the Fifteenth Avenue Upgrade Project at West Hoxton.
Land acquisition may affect Council assets, road delivery and nearby residents or property owners.
Fifteenth Avenue transport design
Transport for NSW briefed Council on a four-lane arterial road with a future unfunded side-running Transitway; Council’s original plan was a six-lane Transit Boulevard.
The final transport configuration will affect congestion, public transport and future growth along Fifteenth Avenue.