Showground Road and Carrington Road, Castle Hill, upgrades completed.

The transformation of a key intersection in Sydney’s north-west has been achieved with the upgraded intersection of Showground Road and Carrington Road in Castle Hill now complete.

Member for Castle Hill Ray Williams MP said the upgrade was part of a $240 million investment by the Australian and NSW Governments to fast-track 11 congestion busting projects across Sydney.

Mr Williams said this upgrade was focused primarily on improving bus performance but had knock-on benefits for all road users.

Busways bus driver Dale Foxley has been driving routes in this area for 21 years and finds the upgrade has made a real improvement to congestion.

“It used to be a bit of a bottleneck there in both directions, but it’s a lot better now with a bus-only lane to turn into the Metro station,” Mr Foxley said.

“It’s a lot quicker now for buses and for passengers to get to Castle Hill, and the improvements to the road will make my job a lot easier as well.”

Key elements of the upgrade include widening the north side of Showground Road to provide two eastbound through lanes and an additional right turn lane into Carrington Road.

A westbound bus lane along Showground Rd has also been installed about 60 metres either side of intersection with De Clambe Drive, along with a dedicated westbound left turn lane on Showground Rd into Carrington Road.

The west side of Carrington Road at the approach to Showground Rd has been widened to three lanes to provide two right turn lanes into Showground Rd eastbound and a left turn lane into Showground Rd westbound.

The intersections of Showground Rd with Carrington Road and De Clambe Drive have been upgraded with new traffic islands and new traffic lights with signalised pedestrian crossings.

For more information, go to nswroads.work/showgroundcarrington.