Cross City Tunnel

Project Name:

Cross City Tunnel

Client Agency:

Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA)

Project Description:

The project involves:

  • The financing, design, construction, operation and maintenance of two east–west tollroad tunnels under the Sydney CBD and Darlinghurst/Woolloomooloo, between Darling Harbour and Rushcutters Bay, and associated tunnelled links to Sir John Young Crescent, the Cahill Expressway and the Eastern Distributor, and

  • The financing, design and construction of associated improvements to surface roads, including new bus and bicycle lanes, intersection improvements, ‘traffic calming’ measures, wider footpaths and other improvements to pedestrian facilities, to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by reduced traffic congestion.

The project has been funded, designed and built by the private sector.

For further information on the project, refer to the RTA website.

Private Sector Partners:

CrossCity Motorway consortium, comprising the following:

  • Bilfinger Berger AG,
  • Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Limited, and
  • Deutsche Bank AG

Project Details

Contract value:
$680 million (Estimated Capital Cost at the time of the contract award)

Contract duration:
19-Dec-2002 to 18-Dec-2035

Operation began:      
28-Aug-2005 (two months ahead of schedule)

Project Variations:

Jan-2005 
The amendments took effect according to which the principal CrossCity Motorway consortium parties undertook to fund up to $35 million of changes to the project’s works directed by RTA, in return for specified increases in the maximum permissible tolls on tunnel users.

Sep-2007 
The tunnel was sold by the CrossCity Motorway consortium for approximately $700m to a consortium led by ABN Amro (later taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland) and Leighton Contractors.

Related Documents:

Contract Summary PDf Document 5.8 MB

Cross City Tunnel Post Implementation Review PDf Document 524 kb

Auditor General's Report

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