Mount Ousley Interchange concept animation | January 18, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury - video Dailymotion

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The NSW government is planning for a new interchange on the M1 Princes Motorway at the base of Mount Ousley to improve safety ease congestion and provide better and more reliable trips for people, business and freight.

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00:00 [Music plays]

00:20 The New South Wales Government is planning for a new interchange

00:23 on the M1 Princess Motorway at the base of Mount Ousley

00:27 to improve safety, ease congestion and provide better

00:31 and more reliable trips for people, business and freight.

00:35 [Music plays]

00:39 The interchange would replace the existing Mount Ousley Road intersection

00:43 and improve access to Wollongong and the University of Wollongong.

00:47 Key features for the interchange would include

00:50 the separation of light and heavy vehicles at the base of Mount Ousley,

00:55 a new bridge over the motorway,

00:58 a new northern access to the University of Wollongong,

01:02 a new service road connecting Mount Ousley Road to University Avenue.

01:07 [Music plays]

01:13 The proposed interchange would provide heavy vehicle bypass lanes

01:17 to provide a safer and more efficient access to Mount Ousley Road.

01:23 Travelling south from Sydney, heavy vehicles would need to exit

01:27 onto the heavy vehicle bypass.

01:29 From here, heavy vehicles would either travel under Mount Ousley Road

01:33 to continue south on the motorway

01:35 or exit onto Mount Ousley Road for access to Wollongong.

01:39 Two new safety ramps would also be provided at this location.

01:44 Light vehicles travelling south would either continue on the motorway as normal

01:49 or use a separate light vehicle exit onto Mount Ousley Road.

01:54 [Music plays]

02:02 As light vehicles exit the motorway, motorists would either travel

02:06 on a new service road for access to University Avenue

02:09 or continue on the off-ramp to access the interchange.

02:13 From a new eastern roundabout, motorists could

02:17 enter onto the service road for access to University Avenue

02:21 and the motorway towards Nowra,

02:23 travel over the new bridge to access the motorway towards Sydney

02:27 or the University of Wollongong,

02:29 or access Mount Ousley Road toward the northern suburbs of Wollongong.

02:33 [Music plays]

02:41 The project would provide pedestrian and cyclist connections

02:44 over Mount Ousley Road and the motorway to connect suburbs to the north

02:48 with the University of Wollongong, Curerville and Wollongong TAFE.

02:53 [Music plays]

02:58 The heavy vehicle bypass would re-enter the motorway after the interchange

03:02 where light and heavy travel speeds are similar and traffic volumes are reduced.

03:07 This allows for a safe emerging environment.

03:11 [Music plays]

03:15 A larger commuter car park would be relocated south of the motorway

03:19 to provide safer and easier access for commuters.

03:23 A new western roundabout connects the interchange to the motorway

03:27 and the University of Wollongong.

03:30 From this roundabout, motorists could

03:33 travel over the new bridge to access the eastern roundabout,

03:37 access the commuter car park,

03:39 use the on-ramp to travel on the motorway towards Sydney

03:43 or access the University of Wollongong.

03:46 [Music plays]

03:52 For more information on the project,

03:55 please visit the project website or call 1800 792 918.

04:01 [Music plays]

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Mount Ousley Interchange concept animation | January 18, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury

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