Sydney’s newest underground passage is set to supersede the M8 motorway for the title of the longest tunnel in the country, with the New South Wales (NSW) government confirming plans to build the new record-breaking road in the Blue Mountains.
The toll-free mammoth will run 11 kilometres long—two kilometres longer than the previous record—and revolutionise travel from the east to the west, according to Deputy Premier Paul Toole.
“This is a history-making legacy project that will deliver more efficient journeys for locals, tourists, and freight travelling between the Central West and the East Coast,” Toole said.
Last May, the government started investigating plans to create the longest road tunnel in the country—and a year later, on May 15, they locked in the taxpayer-funded $4.5 billion (US$3.16 billion) upgrade.
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