WestConnex is a 33-kilometre (21 mi) predominantly underground motorway scheme in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A joint project of the New South Wales and Federal governments, the motorway scheme created around 26 kilometres (16 mi) of new tunnels between Homebush and Kingsgrove, passing underneath Inner West suburbs including Haberfield and St Peters. The first of the tunnels, the M4 East, opened to traffic in July 2019. The second of the tunnels, the M8 Motorway, opened to traffic a year later in July 2020. The third of the tunnels which extend the M4 and M8 opened to traffic in January 2023. The final component of the scheme, the Rozelle Interchange, opened to traffic in November 2023.
The M4 Western Motorway outside of Parramatta before construction. This section has since been widened as part of the WestConnex scheme.
St Peters Interchange under construction
Protest sign accompanying public demonstration in Hyde Park, Sydney (March 2016)
Green and golden bell frog, cause of criticism as a result of perceived threat to the species
Haberfield, New South Wales
Haberfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Haberfield is located 6.5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Inner West Council.
Aerial photograph of Haberfield
The nave of St Oswald's was built soon after subdivision of the suburb, and the Anglican parish divided from that of St John's Ashfield.
Ramsay Street, Haberfield
Marion station on the Inner West Light Rail
