Stacey St retains infamous reputation as among the worst NSW congested roads

Anyone who has used Stacey St in Bankstown knows it is one of the most clogged roads in NSW and Australia and now Infrastructure Australia has confirmed it.

Stacy St could be turned into a six-lane road to ease traffic flows. Picture: Matthew Vasilescu

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Bankstown’s Stacey St, also known as the A6, has a reputation for being one of the most heavily congested roads in NSW.

Now, that is reflected in black in white in Infrastructure Australia’s latest report.

It reveals the cost of road congestion for Sydney was $6.6 billion in 2016.

The Sutherland to Ryde corridor, which is a part of A6 and includes Stacey St, is listed as the seventh most congested roads (for vehicle delays) in 2016.

Stacey St is rated among the most congested roads in Sydney. Picture: Matthew Vasilescu

Blaxland federal Labor MP Jason Clare, who has long campaigned for improvements on Stacey St to relieve long-suffering motorists, said an overpass or interchange was needed to improve travel times.

“Infrastructure Australia’s report shows traffic congestion on Stacey St and the M5 is likely to double by 2031,” Mr Clare, who has raised the issue in parliament before, said.

“Stacey Street is a major bottleneck, especially the intersection of the Hume Hwy.

“What is needed here is an overpass or interchange to get traffic flowing.

“Thousands of local people crawl along this road every day, it needs to be fixed.

“One of the biggest lies in the last election was the claim by Scott Morrison and the Liberals that they are ‘busting congestion’.

Blaxland MP Jason Clare says an overpass will help improve traffic.

RMS executive director Sydney John Hardwick. Picture: Adam Yip

“This report proves this is rubbish, it’s time to fix Stacey St once and for all.”

Roads and Maritime Services is planning to create a divided six-lane road for Stacey St and upgrade key intersections along the corridor.

The proposed upgrade would start just north of Rookwood Rd, through the intersection with the Hume Hwy, past Rickard Rd and the railway line before ending at Griffiths Ave.

“The planned project would also improve sections of the Hume Highway on either side of Stacey St, including at Boronia Rd, and provide new shared pathways,” RMS executive director Sydney John Hardwick said.

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Investigation work on this upgrade is due to be completed on Saturday, August 25.

RMS has completed upgrades along Stacey St to improve traffic flow, saying it will mean faster connections to southern Sydney, Sydney CBD and western Sydney.

The A3 and A6 corridors are major arterial roads that service north-south journeys for both freight and general traffic in NSW with Infrastructure Australia

The A3 provides freight access between Sydney and the Chullora and Enfield intermodal terminals in addition to the Sutherland Shire/Illawarra region, Sydney Airport and Port Botany.

The A6 serves as a key road transport link to the Bankstown Strategic Centre, and carries more than 65,000 vehicles a day along Stacey St near Bankstown.