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Facilitating future
development through
infrastructure growth
To date, the Council has undertaken
several ambitious projects to the ben-
efit of its community and Rudi talked to
us about a few examples, starting with
the Knox Road Bridge Duplication, a
project that was constructed by exter-
nal contractors but managed entirely
by the Council. They also managed the
construction of the bridge approach-
es, traffic signals at the intersection,
and every other required treatment.
The duplication was the last in a series
of related projects which are poised to
have considerable benefits to the local
economies of Blacktown and Western
Sydney. More specifically, it was part
of a major reconstruction of almost 11
km of regional road between Sunny-
holt Road and the Great Western High-
way to address major traffic growth in
the City. The $30 million project was
a major undertaking but its impact on
the local communities will also be sub-
stantial.
Under its asset management system,
the Council maintains a lot of different
streams within several improvement
programs. As such, it’s team is able to
forecast projects that require asset re-
newal in order to ensure that the as-
sets operate satisfactorily to the end
of their useful lives. The Council pro-
vides intervention measures to infra-
structure projects in the region. Rudi
mentioned the fact that projects get
listed and prioritized based on very
specific factors. This allows the Coun-
cil to better understand what needs to
be accomplished within each commu-
nity, particularly due to the close rela-
tionships that they maintain with local
residents.
Yet another example can be seen in