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Remote pilot Daniel Scandar flies a drone at Mount White on the Central Coast from a transport centre at Auburn in Sydney on Tuesday.

Pilots put eyes in skies over Sydney motorways from 50 kilometres away

Within 90 seconds of being notified of a crash, transport officials will now be able to have a drone in the air to guide emergency efforts.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Ownership of the Sydney Harbour Bridge - and toll collection - will shift to the new agency NSW Motorways.

Plans for shake-up of Sydney’s motorway tolls step up a gear

Forecasts also show the state government expects a $103 million boost in toll revenue from two new motorway projects in their first year of operation.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Western Harbour Tunnel.

Beneath Sydney, a mini-city is being dug for machines bigger than an aircraft fuselage

Giant caverns – each large enough to house the body of an A380 – will house the boring machines that will carve the road tunnel between Waverton and Birchgrove.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Silicosis.

There was a plan to stop Sydney tunnel workers from being killed. It was ignored for five years

A major construction company and SafeWork discussed strategies to protect tunnel workers from deadly airborne hazards five years ago. Cost was the primary barrier.

  • Max Maddison

Tunnel breakthrough connects Sydney’s $7 billion harbour crossing to north

Excavation equipment has now churned through about a million tonnes of rock deep below the north shore, completing two-thirds of the entire project.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The analysis is dated September 2023 and is among internal documents released under freedom of information laws.

Revealed: The $95 billion shock hidden in Sydney toll road proposal

A confidential Treasury analysis reveals the staggering cost of a major change to toll roads that had been recommended by a review.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Only southbound journeys on the Sydney Harbour Bridge are tolled at present.

Nine-fold increase in Harbour Bridge truck tolls tested last year during review

The opposition says it is concerned the government is using modelling that it was told was inadequate.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A study published last year by Curtin University estimated more than 275,000 workers nationally, including tunnellers, miners, construction workers and stonemasons, are exposed to high levels of crystalline silica.

Why Sydney tunnel workers remain at severe risk from toxic dust

As a respiratory physician, I am very concerned about the health risks facing tunnel workers who may be inhaling deadly silica dust.

  • Deborah Yates
A building teeters on the edge of the sinkhole in Rockdale in Sydney’s south.

M6 motorway opening target date revealed, and it’s much later than you think

Fixing areas around sinkholes will leave a busy arterial road reduced to one lane in either direction for 18 months.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The smart speed signs will be turned on on Monday.

Smart tech to the rescue for one of Sydney’s most congested motorways

A new $179 million system aimed at improving traffic flows and reducing delays from breakdowns and crashes will be switched on early on Monday.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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