Great Western Highway upgrade at Bullaburra East NSW

Green infastructure - road

As urban and landscape design lead Darren provided detailed design and documentation for the upgrade of the Great Western Highway at Bullaburra East.

The Bullaburra project marked the completion of the Great Western Highway upgrade to a four lane road between Emu Plains and Katoomba. Bullaburra is one of the smaller community settlements to be found along the spine of the Great Western Highway as it winds its way along the ridgelines of the Blue Mountains. The design responded with sensitivity to the particular characteristics and needs of this Blue Mountains village community.

Improvements to the community’s interaction with the highway, including enhancing local road connectivity, expanding safe pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and providing well located local bus stops were of prime importance in this project. The built outcome features a well landscaped corridor which will grow to strengthen the natural landscape qualities of Bullaburra and its location within the Blue Mountains.

An existing railway commuter carpark was relocated to the southern side of the highway and linked into the local road network. The car park was designed with additional spaces and surrounded with substantial tree planting and water quality swales to integrate with the local setting.

Pedestrian connectivity to the station across the highway has been upgraded through the addition of a pedestrian bridge with ramps and stairs, directly linking the community and the new car park safely with the rail station.