1.5 Transport and roads

Public transport

This Budget invests $522.2 million to improve public transport. This includes:

• $369.9 million to maintain and uplift bus services, including improved connections to trains and metros, and increased school services
• $82.3 million for 75 new buses
• $70.0 million for a 35-metre ferry wharf and upgrading the Wentworth Park Light Rail stop at the new Sydney Fish Market.

Road upgrades

Funding for Western Sydney roads now totals $5.5 billion. This Budget provides $2.4 billion in new and improved roads, in partnership with the Australian Government. This includes additional funding to deliver the following projects, with total project costs of:

• $1.0 billion for the first stage of the Fifteenth Avenue Upgrade between Liverpool and the new airport
• $500.0 million for Mona Vale Road West
• Henry Lawson Drive Upgrade Stage 1B – $220.0 million
• Homebush Bay Drive – $200.0 million
• Western Sydney Heavy Vehicle Rest Area – $80.0 million
• Devonshire Link Road and Bradfield Metro Link Road planning – $25.0 million
• Dapto Ramps planning – $40.0 million
• Bucketts Way and Medowie Road/M1 Intersection Upgrades planning – $12.0 million.

Australian Government funding will allow New South Wales to deliver:

• Terrigal Drive Upgrade – $115.0 million
• Westbound Overpass at the Maitland Roundabout – $100.0 million
• Upgrades to Peak Hill Road, Tooraweenah Road, Central Coast Roads Package, Coreen Avenue and Coombes Drive, Kurrajong Road Intersection at Beech Road and Lyn Parade, a Central Coast Roads package and Lemongrove Road Signals – $52.2 million
• Wagga Wagga Freight Bypass planning – $30.0 million
• Empire Bay Drive Intersection Strategy planning – $15.0 million
• Cessnock Bypass – Northern Alternative Route planning – $5.0 million.

Northwest Sydney

Upgrade plans will be funded for:

• M7-Richmond Road corridor –$49.0 million
• Townson and Burdekin Road – $30.0 million
• Garfield Road West – $27.0 million
• Toongabbie Bridge – $25.0 million (Australian Government funding)
• critical road upgrades to support the Rouse Hill Hospital – $10.0 million
• Francis Road Rail overpass in Rooty Hill – $3.5 million
• the Flushcombe Road/Bungarribee Road intersection in Blacktown – $1.5 million.

Western Sydney Aerotropolis

• $123.6 million for safety and access road upgrades and planning for Devonshire Road. This brings NSW and Australian Government investment in the Aerotropolis to over $25.0 billion.

Road safety

This Budget continues investing in road safety with $731.7 million in 2025-26 jointly with the Australian Government. This will provide thousands of kilometres of line markings, school safety infrastructure and crash barriers.

Toll reform

$58.0 million will establish, operate and manage the NSW Motorways Entity and continue the Toll Reform Program. Since the $60 toll cap began in January 2024, motorists have saved $139.0 million.