Same as swiss tunnels , cross tunnels and the lightning feature has been in their tunnels for ages. No new features but great they finally start making tunnels in Australia that will make the roads better.
With all been said now by engineer's in video. It's clearly that the Northconnex tunnels are ready to be open. News report's are saying it could be sooner or in 2 weeks time. So what's the hold up now ? With the amount of heavy vehicles & light vehicles on Pennant Hills Road now. I do believe the NSW GOVERNMENT is making the wrong decision by not opening the 3 lane in the tunnels. This will make traffic flow better to the M1.Which is already a 3 lane freeway. This would also give the heavy vehicles a better run through the tunnels connecting the M1.With out breaking all the time with slow vehicles. And THANK YOU to all Women & Men that made SYDNEY new GATEWAY a reality. It's your footprint.🇦🇺
@@matbarber So there are five lanes merging northbound - three from Pennant Hills Rd, and two from Pacific hwy. So you suggest that all of them do not deserve a separate lane - not coming from the tunnel?
When is the opening date? I must admit these tour videos are wearing thin when opening is '2-3 weeks away' for months at a time (original opening date was October 2019 i believe).
Who else finds it strange that there’s no direct entrance into NorthConnex from M2 Westbound (coming from city)? You have to get off M2 Westbound at Pennant Hills rd exit and turn right to then enter NorthConnex. During PM peak hour wouldn’t that Pennant Hills Rd exit from M1 get completely chocka-block??
Hi Raven, NorthConnex was designed as connection to Western Sydney and beyond from the Central and North Coast. Although there is no direct connection to/from the city at opening, the NorthConnex has been future proofed if a direct connection was ever required. Nik
@@jezeremyhubert because Pennant Hills Road Has a lot of traffic and traffic lights. We all know that once you have been driving at a faster speed for a while you tend to drive a little faster at lower speeds. Like after you get of freeway you feel like 60km is like driving 40km. People are gonna accidentally drive a little faster than 80km when they are not looking at speedo.
It'll be interesting to see whether this is going to be better for the residents near the Pacific Highway ... or a LOT worse. Trucks using their compression brakes at night have been lots of fun during recent years ...
There will be fewer cars on the Pacific Highway because Pennant Hills Road will flow better. As for trucks heading towards the city, I doubt there are many who are already paying $24 to enter the M2 east at Beecroft who would baulk at paying $48 to keep going the same way, now without the extra fuel and wear-and-tear toll of stopping and starting because of traffic lights and heavy traffic.
@@NewMusicWeekly Alternatively - the Pacific Highway is both free of charge and, unlike on the Pennant Hills Road, trucks are allowed - thus the really noisy traffic may increase especially at night. Cars are a lesser issue really.
If the taxpayers of NSW have given the government Leach $3Billion for this tunnell why do we now have to kick in with another $8 every time we want to go to and then again when we return home from work. Maybe we'd be better off on the dole and not pay all these damn tolls.
Fairly typical PR type video where it looks like they have covered every contingency. What they haven't provided for is future expansion when more than two lanes are required. True they have said 'possible to expand to three lanes in the future'. But what they haven't said, to get three lanes will be at the expense of the breakdown lane. No foresight on this build, should have been three lanes plus a breakdown lane now. Glad Bradfield had the vision to build the Sydney Harbour bridge for the future. A today tunnel, not for tomorrow.
Tunnels don't normally have breakdown lanes. WestConnex has small shoulders to permit drivers making errors to correct before they lose paint off their cars but that's about it. It is noteworthy that tunnels in Sydney are getting bigger. NorthConnex can be expanded to three lanes each way, with the smaller shoulders. The M8's two-lane section can as well though part of the M8 is four lanes each way. The M4-M5 link will be four lanes each way. There's no point in making NorthConnex three lanes each way whilst the M1 (F3) is only three lanes each way. When someone who knows how to build surface roads comes along and make it a minimum of five lanes each way between Wahroongah and Gosford then the extra tunnel lanes will have a purpose.
@@vintageradio3404 Breakdown lanes should be made a 'standard lane' width for safety such as changing tyres etc. Sub standard width breakdown lanes have resulted in the deaths of a few people trying to change tyres due to substandard width breakdown lanes. Saving money is obviously more important than safety.
@@380130 As mentioned, the breakdown lane is temporary and tunnel management will slow approaching traffic when there is a car in that lane. There are permanent breakdown alcoves in all of Sydney's tunnels except the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and these are equipped with automated warning systems for approaching drivers and emergency telephones.
@@wertherquartett The great example was the road tunnel at Epping on the M2. Built originally as two lanes each direction, then they realise it needed to be expanded to three lanes and this resulted in months of 40kmh road restrictions during construction. Same again on the F3/M1 being expanded to three lanes north of Hornsby
@@vintageradio3404 If they expand it to 3 lanes in each direction, not only will the emergency lane need to be used but the existing lanes will probably end up being slightly narrower, thus making driving through the tunnel a riskier affair. I don't think they'll ever realistically increase the the number of lanes in the tunnel. As you can clearly see it's a 2-lane tunnel with an emergency lane that is barely half the width of a traffic lane plus a little bit of extra laneway on the inside shoulder.
Also down to The M4 & West Connex @ Concord❗️😇 Wahroonga M1 Junctions direct tunnelling (Via The Bays Precinct) to M4 Concord Rd & Rozelle Bay (Iron Cove Bridge) Interchanges & Western Harbour Tunnel with access thru on & off ramps provided to & from Lane Cove Rd / Macquarie Uni / Park / Shopping Center on & off ramps from said Tunnel
@Muckin 4on because there is no other direct route Wahroonga to Concord / Strathfield / Homebush to connect into the M4 (& effectively the M5 East Tunnels) - this would take traffic off an already over congested Pacific Highway between Wahroonga/Pymble/Chatswood & The Bradfield Highway... tunnelling Wahroonga -> Lane Cove / Macquarie Park / Uni Interchange - > Concorde M4 & M5 Interchange also offer the advantage to build A Sydney Metro System along side the road tunnel project connecting The Inner Northern Suburbs like Top Ryde located between The SYD Trains Nthn & Nth Shore Lines that are currently served by buses, integrating into SYD West Metro @ &/or thru The Bays Precinct Area could also be incorporated into such a design, getting more value for money... You might want Sun, Sky, Fresh Air & Trees: Effectively an entire new ‘above ground motorway’ but to achieve a direct alignment Wahroonga - > Lane Cove / Macquarie Park / Uni / Shopping Centre -> Top Ryde -> The Bays Precinct Area -> Concorde M4 Interchange: a tunnel is the only option, thereby helping ease connection on Pacific Highway / Lane Cove Road / Concorde Road / Homebush Bay Road, & speeding up commutes from Newcastle & The Central Coast to SYD CBD, A high speed rail alignment Hornsby -> Gosford to speed up rail commuting is only achievable by boring two twin rail tunnels Hornsby - > Gosford to replace much of the above ground alignment thru the Cowan -> Brooklyn -> Wondabyne (Brisbane Waterway) -> Woy Woy -> Gosford area...
@Muckin 4on The F3 was originally supposed to terminate at the Figtree, Tarban Creek, Gladesville Bridge interchange which is why that interchange is constructed to freeway standard. Nifty Nev decided it was all too expensive to built an urban freeway network however so his government flogged off all the freeway corridors to developers. This is why the current government has to keep building motorways and railways underground - far fewer properties need resuming to build them and thus not as politically damaging. Others have suggested an M1 bypass of the Pacific Highway to the Warringah Freeway. I'd support that too. As if this point in time I use the M2 and NorthConnex to reach the M1. It is a longer trip but bypasses the Pacific Highway's serial of school zones and the fact that the northbound route is mostly reduced to two lanes.
Why aren't these sort of tunnels designed to take higher speeds? It is just another part of a motorway that has much higher speeds and being a new design, they should be able to meet design requirements for higher speeds by having a great alignment and safety features. Exits could be a lower speed while the main tunnel is at least 90km/hr or more.
@Tee Vee Tollway operators do not run speed cameras. They are run by a third party on behalf of the NSW Government. I believe the company is Redflex, owned by Macquarie Bank. That said, there's likely to be three cameras in each tunnel, if the M5 East is anything to go by. One standard speed camera in a random location and point-to-point cameras at each end to measure the average speed of trucks. This will stop speeding truck drivers evading the speed camera once its location becomes common knowledge.
Hi Michael, the answer is a long one! The tolling structures have been designed with a steel frame, aluminium cladding finish, and accent yellow on the underside of the structure, as a feature to match treatments and interfaces on other NorthConnex elements and building facades around the southern interchange and operational facilities located in West Pennant Hills. *takes breath* The yellow highlight is representative of the colour of Sydney sandstone and the design and colours are all part of the unique Urban Design & Landscape plan for the NorthConnex project.
Because only middle and upper-class Australians deserve a fast commute. Road tolling in Australia is disgraceful but Sydneysiders should be used to it or the alternative of spending hours a day on their morning/evening commute. More rapid transit please, much more than currently planned.
Why is the NSW government holding back the opening of the tunnel? Gladys you need good PR now. Release a safety video about how the merging of traffic will occur smoothly and efficiently at either end of the tunnel entries and exits.
Hi, we're not far off now and as soon as we have a confirmed date, we'll let everyone know. For the merge points, check out our driver education videos available here: www.northconnex.com.au/driver-education
Why are these sharks allowed to charge motorists whatever they like without displaying the cost of their product? In most other countries the cost of toll is displayed before charges are automatically made to the user, because that's the ETHICAL thing to do. Seems Australia missed that lesson.
for car $7.99. Hate this number, why not just $8.00. Is this tunnel is a friut market？ And this price is so high, every toll should be $3 or $4 is reasonable. Where is our tax go to？ Where is the rego fee go to？ Why not charge toll on every road street lane Dr and cres？ Pay for lazy council stuff, these guy work so happy with laughing chating drinking.
NOT taken any traffic of the roads around where I live. Just added to my tax bill. City people get all the goods. Country people get very little and just pay for city infrastructure.
And $7.99 for cars and $23.97 for heavy vehicles, based on 1 October 2020 pricing for the privilege. Coming from the Central Coast? Plan on being slugged more than $3000 a year if you travel to and from work via North Connex.
Cars can still use pennant hills road. The main benefit for car drivers will be that now PH road won't be jammed with big trucks who need to stop/start at all those traffic lights.
They say you can go from Newcastle to Melbourne without a single traffic light....this is false. before you enter the North Connex Tunnel heading southbound, there are a set of lights, that go across all three lanes before the merging lane to the Nth Connex Sthbound...then also where bouts are they saying is the start of the Newcastle to Melbourne without a single light...as there are numerous lights between the M1 and Newcastle itself, so the phrase going form Newcastle to Melbourne, without a single light is a false statement. But I can't wait though for it to open....make my trip easier for when I go Morisset to Sydney
What a joke, only 2 lanes with the provision of 3. It has taken governments over 40 yrs to do this when it was first planned in 1974. It will become another traffic jam but under ground because it is only 2 lanes wide, just as the M5 east. Congratulations state government, you've wasted more money on a pathetic attempt to make yourself look good at a major cost to transport companies who will have to pass on the cost!
Heard of Induced demand? Adding more Lanes NEVER solved any long term traffic problems, only short term. Because when new infrastructure removes congestion and makes journeys quicker, it begomes more attractive, and this increases traffic. In the end, the traffic is just as bad as before. The only sustainable long term solution: improving and creating more alternatives for driving, especially public transport. This also improves the situation for drivers, because there are less cars on the roads
@@nicolasblume1046 Describe how you would have expanded the Sydney Harbour bridge from say four lanes to the present six lanes (excluding the two eastern lanes) in say 1950?
Equal longest. The M8 tunnels are also 9km long and are four lanes wide for a 3km stretch. The extra lanes which are not in use will be used when the F6 tunnels and the M4-M5 link are completed.
I think that fines for truck going on Pennant hills rd are too hide. It should cost the same for going underground or above. Truckies will have incentive to go by tunnel anyway as it is much faster. But if for any reason they need to go above, they should be able to do this with no problems.
Not going to use the tunnel. LEDs are toxic on the eyes, they're retina burners. LEDs are lights that are bad for the retina & the blue light spectrum is blinding. I will be one who will always use Pennant Hills Road, as I don't want to be dazzled & in severe retina pain from the blue lights but also the regular LED lights. LEDs are a diode, so they pulse like a picture tube rear projection TV.
Same as swiss tunnels , cross tunnels and the lightning feature has been in their tunnels for ages. No new features but great they finally start making tunnels in Australia that will make the roads better.
Just open the damn thing!!!
i agree ..sick of them talking about it..just open the thing
The PR stuff is wearing a bit thin. Still no opening date. They've been stalling for months.
It literally says opening October 31st...
Everyone asking for the date - it is mentioned in the text under the video: 31st Oct.
You're spoiling their fun!
About time. The tunnels were fully bored three or so years ago.
With all been said now by engineer's in video. It's clearly that the Northconnex tunnels are ready to be open. News report's are saying it could be sooner or in 2 weeks time. So what's the hold up now ?
With the amount of heavy vehicles & light vehicles on Pennant Hills Road now. I do believe the NSW GOVERNMENT is making the wrong decision by not opening the 3 lane in the tunnels. This will make traffic flow better to the M1.Which is already a 3 lane freeway.
This would also give the heavy vehicles a better run through the tunnels connecting the M1.With out breaking all the time with slow vehicles.
And THANK YOU to all Women & Men that made SYDNEY new GATEWAY a reality. It's your footprint.🇦🇺
There are other vehicles coming onto M1 - not just from Northconnex - from Pennant Hills Road and Pacific Hwy . How will you suggest to pack them in?
M1 is only two lanes at the northern end of the tunnel, the third lane there being on and off ramps to the pacific highway so that won't be an issue.
@@matbarber So there are five lanes merging northbound - three from Pennant Hills Rd, and two from Pacific hwy. So you suggest that all of them do not deserve a separate lane - not coming from the tunnel?
When is the opening date? I must admit these tour videos are wearing thin when opening is '2-3 weeks away' for months at a time (original opening date was October 2019 i believe).
Hi Rusty, NorthConnex will be opening in the coming weeks. We don't have an opening date as yet, but we'll let you know as soon as we can. Thanks, Lo.
Hi Rusy, just to update you - NorthConnex will open to traffic in the early of hours Saturday 31st October.
Great! Thanks for the update
thank you for detail video
as living too far out Sydney that will not use travelling there no highway or main road are closed area
NSW government do not spend money on NSW outback roads and highways as got one lane main roads in 2020
Who else finds it strange that there’s no direct entrance into NorthConnex from M2 Westbound (coming from city)?
You have to get off M2 Westbound at Pennant Hills rd exit and turn right to then enter NorthConnex.
During PM peak hour wouldn’t that Pennant Hills Rd exit from M1 get completely chocka-block??
Hi Raven, NorthConnex was designed as connection to Western Sydney and beyond from the Central and North Coast. Although there is no direct connection to/from the city at opening, the NorthConnex has been future proofed if a direct connection was ever required. Nik
sydney already had the world record for "city with the most toll roads",
and that was before tolls were reintroduced to m4, and before m8 and this
Dont worry, trucks also get fined for not using the tunnel as well.
110km down to 80km, this tunnel is going to snap a lot of people speeding. Lol
Currently from M1 onto Pennant Hills Rd you go from 110, down to 70. How exactly will an increase in speed now catch more people?
@@jezeremyhubert because Pennant Hills Road Has a lot of traffic and traffic lights. We all know that once you have been driving at a faster speed for a while you tend to drive a little faster at lower speeds. Like after you get of freeway you feel like 60km is like driving 40km. People are gonna accidentally drive a little faster than 80km when they are not looking at speedo.
They estimate 8mins to go 9kms, an average speed of 67.5kph
@@cityplanner3063 You havent seen how quickly the trucks travel through the school zone less than 1km from the M1. They don't stick to 70.
Speed should be 100km make the trip go faster too
Hey did the toll used
It'll be interesting to see whether this is going to be better for the residents near the Pacific Highway ... or a LOT worse.
Trucks using their compression brakes at night have been lots of fun during recent years ...
There will be fewer cars on the Pacific Highway because Pennant Hills Road will flow better. As for trucks heading towards the city, I doubt there are many who are already paying $24 to enter the M2 east at Beecroft who would baulk at paying $48 to keep going the same way, now without the extra fuel and wear-and-tear toll of stopping and starting because of traffic lights and heavy traffic.
@@NewMusicWeekly Alternatively - the Pacific Highway is both free of charge and, unlike on the Pennant Hills Road, trucks are allowed - thus the really noisy traffic may increase especially at night. Cars are a lesser issue really.
If the taxpayers of NSW have given the government Leach $3Billion for this tunnell why do we now have to kick in with another $8 every time we want to go to and then again when we return home from work. Maybe we'd be better off on the dole and not pay all these damn tolls.
to pay back the loans and for more immigration which will eventually render it usless
I gave up watching after 3 minutes of adverts and several promises to show us the tunnel, and still didn't get to the tour.
Same, its a peice of shit video. Too much big noteing .. justification.
thats actually so sick
Also is it me or the "incident response" is written in reverse on the trucks?
Yes, because it'll be reading correct when read in your rear vison mirror.
this is all very well, but you did not show us exact entry and exists
Hi Alan, you can see all the entry and exits in our driver education videos here >> ruclips.net/video/3vZr6RsVRI0/видео.html
@@transurbangroup ok thanks
Fairly typical PR type video where it looks like they have covered every contingency. What they haven't provided for is future expansion when more than two lanes are required. True they have said 'possible to expand to three lanes in the future'. But what they haven't said, to get three lanes will be at the expense of the breakdown lane. No foresight on this build, should have been three lanes plus a breakdown lane now. Glad Bradfield had the vision to build the Sydney Harbour bridge for the future. A today tunnel, not for tomorrow.
Tunnels don't normally have breakdown lanes. WestConnex has small shoulders to permit drivers making errors to correct before they lose paint off their cars but that's about it. It is noteworthy that tunnels in Sydney are getting bigger. NorthConnex can be expanded to three lanes each way, with the smaller shoulders. The M8's two-lane section can as well though part of the M8 is four lanes each way. The M4-M5 link will be four lanes each way.
There's no point in making NorthConnex three lanes each way whilst the M1 (F3) is only three lanes each way. When someone who knows how to build surface roads comes along and make it a minimum of five lanes each way between Wahroongah and Gosford then the extra tunnel lanes will have a purpose.
@@vintageradio3404 Breakdown lanes should be made a 'standard lane' width for safety such as changing tyres etc. Sub standard width breakdown lanes have resulted in the deaths of a few people trying to change tyres due to substandard width breakdown lanes. Saving money is obviously more important than safety.
@@380130 As mentioned, the breakdown lane is temporary and tunnel management will slow approaching traffic when there is a car in that lane. There are permanent breakdown alcoves in all of Sydney's tunnels except the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and these are equipped with automated warning systems for approaching drivers and emergency telephones.
@@wertherquartett The great example was the road tunnel at Epping on the M2. Built originally as two lanes each direction, then they realise it needed to be expanded to three lanes and this resulted in months of 40kmh road restrictions during construction. Same again on the F3/M1 being expanded to three lanes north of Hornsby
@@vintageradio3404 If they expand it to 3 lanes in each direction, not only will the emergency lane need to be used but the existing lanes will probably end up being slightly narrower, thus making driving through the tunnel a riskier affair. I don't think they'll ever realistically increase the the number of lanes in the tunnel. As you can clearly see it's a 2-lane tunnel with an emergency lane that is barely half the width of a traffic lane plus a little bit of extra laneway on the inside shoulder.
At last! Now for a tunnel system that goes from the Warringah freeway to M1 and North Connex.
Also down to The M4 & West Connex @ Concord❗️😇
Wahroonga M1 Junctions direct tunnelling (Via The Bays Precinct) to M4 Concord Rd & Rozelle Bay (Iron Cove Bridge) Interchanges & Western Harbour Tunnel with access thru on & off ramps provided to & from Lane Cove Rd / Macquarie Uni / Park / Shopping Center on & off ramps from said Tunnel
@Muckin 4on because there is no other direct route Wahroonga to Concord / Strathfield / Homebush to connect into the M4 (& effectively the M5 East Tunnels) - this would take traffic off an already over congested Pacific Highway between Wahroonga/Pymble/Chatswood & The Bradfield Highway... tunnelling Wahroonga -> Lane Cove / Macquarie Park / Uni Interchange - > Concorde M4 & M5 Interchange also offer the advantage to build A Sydney Metro System along side the road tunnel project connecting The Inner Northern Suburbs like Top Ryde located between The SYD Trains Nthn & Nth Shore Lines that are currently served by buses, integrating into SYD West Metro @ &/or thru The Bays Precinct Area could also be incorporated into such a design, getting more value for money...
You might want Sun, Sky, Fresh Air & Trees: Effectively an entire new ‘above ground motorway’ but to achieve a direct alignment Wahroonga - > Lane Cove / Macquarie Park / Uni / Shopping Centre -> Top Ryde -> The Bays Precinct Area -> Concorde M4 Interchange: a tunnel is the only option, thereby helping ease connection on Pacific Highway / Lane Cove Road / Concorde Road / Homebush Bay Road, & speeding up commutes from Newcastle & The Central Coast to SYD CBD, A high speed rail alignment Hornsby -> Gosford to speed up rail commuting is only achievable by boring two twin rail tunnels Hornsby - > Gosford to replace much of the above ground alignment thru the Cowan -> Brooklyn -> Wondabyne (Brisbane Waterway) -> Woy Woy -> Gosford area...
@@Dalts1985 It's all doable, just need money, the will and time. Check out Japanese rail tunnel systems and Norways proposed floating tunnels too.
@@fatbudgiekillen8997 Yeah it’s cool and all but we’re not Japan or Norway are we?
@Muckin 4on The F3 was originally supposed to terminate at the Figtree, Tarban Creek, Gladesville Bridge interchange which is why that interchange is constructed to freeway standard. Nifty Nev decided it was all too expensive to built an urban freeway network however so his government flogged off all the freeway corridors to developers. This is why the current government has to keep building motorways and railways underground - far fewer properties need resuming to build them and thus not as politically damaging.
Others have suggested an M1 bypass of the Pacific Highway to the Warringah Freeway. I'd support that too. As if this point in time I use the M2 and NorthConnex to reach the M1. It is a longer trip but bypasses the Pacific Highway's serial of school zones and the fact that the northbound route is mostly reduced to two lanes.
Why aren't these sort of tunnels designed to take higher speeds? It is just another part of a motorway that has much higher speeds and being a new design, they should be able to meet design requirements for higher speeds by having a great alignment and safety features. Exits could be a lower speed while the main tunnel is at least 90km/hr or more.
Hi Clayton, the speed limit is 80km/h which is consistent with other road tunnels across Sydney and is set by TfNSW. Nik
Nobody thinks it wasn’t a good idea like all road projects?
How many speed cameras?
For sure will be full of them .
Basically every sign with speed has camera above
Yes
Hi Matthew, the speed cameras are operated and enforced by TfNSW. It's best to contact them directly for further information on this. Nik
@Tee Vee Tollway operators do not run speed cameras. They are run by a third party on behalf of the NSW Government. I believe the company is Redflex, owned by Macquarie Bank.
That said, there's likely to be three cameras in each tunnel, if the M5 East is anything to go by. One standard speed camera in a random location and point-to-point cameras at each end to measure the average speed of trucks. This will stop speeding truck drivers evading the speed camera once its location becomes common knowledge.
Who cares how many. Stick to speed limit, happy days. Silly question, imo.
Why is the E-Toll At 0:04 yellow
Hi Michael, the answer is a long one! The tolling structures have been designed with a steel frame, aluminium cladding finish, and accent yellow on the underside of the structure, as a feature to match treatments and interfaces on other NorthConnex elements and building facades around the southern interchange and operational facilities located in West Pennant Hills. *takes breath* The yellow highlight is representative of the colour of Sydney sandstone and the design and colours are all part of the unique Urban Design & Landscape plan for the NorthConnex project.
@@transurbangroupok thx
@@transurbangroupwhy is there 2 tolls of the entry of northconnex 1:23-1:29
@@InstrumentFan2510 One gantry has the tolling infrastructure, the other safety cameras.
Yet no firm opening date. Why is it so?
Morning Peter, as soon as the date is confirmed, we'll let everyone know. Nik
Hi Peter, NorthConnex will open to traffic in the early of hours Saturday 31st October.
Only one small problem !.
IT SHOULD BE FREE Also how many rear end smashes are there going to be whilst motorists are looking at trees and shit ?.
No different to trees outside??
@@some_randomninja what do you mean its bright lights i don't see real trees with leds
@@Evo9000 Xmas lights.
Just open the tunnel we in the area are sick of waiting
We hear you Thomas, as soon as we have a date confirmed we'll let everyone know. Nik
Quit whining tommo
Because only middle and upper-class Australians deserve a fast commute. Road tolling in Australia is disgraceful but Sydneysiders should be used to it or the alternative of spending hours a day on their morning/evening commute. More rapid transit please, much more than currently planned.
Why is the NSW government holding back the opening of the tunnel? Gladys you need good PR now. Release a safety video about how the merging of traffic will occur smoothly and efficiently at either end of the tunnel entries and exits.
Hi, we're not far off now and as soon as we have a confirmed date, we'll let everyone know. For the merge points, check out our driver education videos available here: www.northconnex.com.au/driver-education
I'm just hoping to get 1 free run through the tunnel.
Turns out no toll free period. Major bummer.
Eaten up by the year long delay.
Come to WA and Perth to see some REAL bad roads...
Why are these sharks allowed to charge motorists whatever they like without displaying the cost of their product?
In most other countries the cost of toll is displayed before charges are automatically made to the user, because that's the ETHICAL thing to do. Seems Australia missed that lesson.
www.northconnex.com.au/plan-your-trip/toll-pricing
This is not a tunnel tour. I want a video of a drive thru.
for car $7.99.
Hate this number, why not just $8.00. Is this tunnel is a friut market？
And this price is so high, every toll should be $3 or $4 is reasonable.
Where is our tax go to？
Where is the rego fee go to？
Why not charge toll on every road street lane Dr and cres？
Pay for lazy council stuff, these guy work so happy with laughing chating drinking.
NOT taken any traffic of the roads around where I live.
Just added to my tax bill.
City people get all the goods.
Country people get very little and just pay for city infrastructure.
And $7.99 for cars and $23.97 for heavy vehicles, based on 1 October 2020 pricing for the privilege. Coming from the Central Coast? Plan on being slugged more than $3000 a year if you travel to and from work via North Connex.
Cars can still use pennant hills road. The main benefit for car drivers will be that now PH road won't be jammed with big trucks who need to stop/start at all those traffic lights.
@@matbarber
If vehicle registered for business use, no rebate.
If you are budget conscious, feel free to use Pennant Hills Road. It will have less traffic.
Businesses claim it as a running expense, if you don't, find a new accountant !
I bet many won’t pay the fare and continue using the same road above
How much did it cost again? How much is it gonna cost the taxpayer and motorists?
They say you can go from Newcastle to Melbourne without a single traffic light....this is false.
before you enter the North Connex Tunnel heading southbound, there are a set of lights, that go across all three lanes before the merging lane to the Nth Connex Sthbound...then also where bouts are they saying is the start of the Newcastle to Melbourne without a single light...as there are numerous lights between the M1 and Newcastle itself, so the phrase going form Newcastle to Melbourne, without a single light is a false statement.
But I can't wait though for it to open....make my trip easier for when I go Morisset to Sydney
What a joke, only 2 lanes with the provision of 3. It has taken governments over 40 yrs to do this when it was first planned in 1974. It will become another traffic jam but under ground because it is only 2 lanes wide, just as the M5 east. Congratulations state government, you've wasted more money on a pathetic attempt to make yourself look good at a major cost to transport companies who will have to pass on the cost!
Heard of Induced demand?
Adding more Lanes NEVER solved any long term traffic problems, only short term. Because when new infrastructure removes congestion and makes journeys quicker, it begomes more attractive, and this increases traffic.
In the end, the traffic is just as bad as before.
The only sustainable long term solution: improving and creating more alternatives for driving, especially public transport.
This also improves the situation for drivers, because there are less cars on the roads
@@nicolasblume1046 " induced demand " = Immigration
@@nicolasblume1046 Describe how you would have expanded the Sydney Harbour bridge from say four lanes to the present six lanes (excluding the two eastern lanes) in say 1950?
Biggest and longest tunnel and u can't give opening date ?
That's ridiculous
Hi Król, as soon as the date is confirmed we'll let everyone know. Nik
Equal longest. The M8 tunnels are also 9km long and are four lanes wide for a 3km stretch. The extra lanes which are not in use will be used when the F6 tunnels and the M4-M5 link are completed.
I think that fines for truck going on Pennant hills rd are too hide. It should cost the same for going underground or above. Truckies will have incentive to go by tunnel anyway as it is much faster. But if for any reason they need to go above, they should be able to do this with no problems.
Now, for the first time, the use of a tollway is compulsory, and you can be fined for driving a registered vehicle on a public road.
Trucks yes. Cars no. Facts.
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Not going to use the tunnel. LEDs are toxic on the eyes, they're retina burners. LEDs are lights that are bad for the retina & the blue light spectrum is blinding. I will be one who will always use Pennant Hills Road, as I don't want to be dazzled & in severe retina pain from the blue lights but also the regular LED lights. LEDs are a diode, so they pulse like a picture tube rear projection TV.
What do you use in your home, candles?
@@380130 Halogen.
@@mrbillhilly343 Don't they have a lot of LED's in TV's? If you don't have one you must read a lot?
Women engineers. Women truck drivers. Women supervisors. Were any men involved in this project?
I think they use the women for the marketing of the video. It was mostly the men who got involved in the project without revealing their faces
The group shot at 4:33 would be more representative.
@Tee Vee Just listen to yourself. Yawn!
@@theblindfoldep and what did you contribute? Your tactics are the very ones used by the left as a quasi counterpoint. Hmmm...