46-438: Glenmore Park can refer to: Glenmore Park, New South Wales , suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia North Glenmore Park, Calgary , a neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Glenmore Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
92-504: A cycleway . The report argued that this would allow Parramatta Road to be transformed with medium-density housing , shops and cafes and that the $ 10.04 billion in additional stamp duty and other revenues from this would pay for the $ 7.38 billion price tag of the project. In October 2012 the NSW government announced their commitment to deliver the WestConnex project, involving widening
138-569: A $ 1.50 toll was implemented; as a consequence of the toll, the freeway also changed names to Western Motorway. The concession held by StateWide Roads ended on 15 February 2010, with operation of the motorway returned to the Roads and Traffic Authority and the toll removed. At the time, StateWide Roads was owned by Transurban (50.6%) and Utilities Trust of Australia (21.5%). The motorway is mostly three or four lanes wide in either direction, and carries constant heavy traffic during daylight hours, seven days
184-557: A 2.1 km section of freeway opened to traffic, extending the freeway west from Auburn to James Ruse Drive in Granville . The 1.8 km Granville Viaduct project opened to traffic in April 1986, the elevated section finally connecting the Granville end to the next section at Parramatta and allowing both Granville and Parramatta to be properly bypassed. As part of this project, ramps to and from
230-574: A magnificent agricultural estate which he called Regentville . In 1824, Sir John constructed a lavish mansion on the Regentville estate. Sadly, however, the mansion burned down in the 1860s due to arson. Prior to European settlement, what is now Glenmore Park was home to the Mulgoa people who spoke the Darug language . They lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle governed by traditional laws, which had their origins in
276-586: A week. Built as a four-lane motorway, it was widened to six lanes during 1998 to 2000, but this did little to ease the congestion. Originally planned in the mid-1950s to start in the Sydney central business district , the eastern section was built only as far west as Pyrmont, as part of the North West Expressway (or F3), a freeway that would connect the Sydney and Newcastle central business districts; this section
322-686: Is a suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Glenmore Park is located 54 kilometres (34 mi) west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Glenmore Park is south of Jamisontown and South Penrith with its boundary being the M4 Motorway . The suburbs of Regentville and Mulgoa are located to its west and south, while Orchard Hills runs along its eastern boundary with
368-502: Is located in South Ward of Penrith City Council . In 2024, the following councillors were elected to represent South Ward: Sue Day (IND), Vanessa Pollack (LP), Hollie McLean (ALP), Faithe Skinner (IND), and Kirstie Boerst (ALP). The Liberal Party failed to successfully nominate any candidates for the South Ward of Penrith in 2024, and thus were not on the ballot. Glenmore Park is located in
414-782: Is now part of the Western Distributor . From there it was to have joined with the Western Expressway (the F4), and the Southern Expressway (the F6 ) in Glebe . The western end of Western Freeway was to be routed through the Mitchell's Pass area through to Blaxland , however due to protests and the fact that the historic Lennox Bridge was very close to the intended pathway, it was decided to terminate
460-772: Is the Glenmore Park Netball Club . They play in green, blue. They play in the Penrith District Netball Association. M4 Western Motorway The M4 Motorway is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) series of partially tolled dual carriageway motorways in Sydney designated as route M4. The M4 designation is part of the wider A4 and M4 route designation, the M4 runs parallel and/or below ground to Great Western Highway , Parramatta Road and City West Link , which are part of route A44. The M4 Motorway comprises two connected parts: Western Motorway commences at
506-540: The Blue Mountains . Busways provides three bus services in the area which connect Glenmore Park with Penrith . The 797 bus travels via Mulgoa Road and Floribunda Avenue, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops and then looping around Surveyors Creek Road and The Lakes Drive, while the 799 bus travels via Mulgoa Road and Alison Drive, before arriving at Glenmore Park Shops, followed by a short trip around Shearwater Drive and Ridgetop Drive to St Andrews Drive, before returning
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#1732848353971552-786: The COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales . Glenmore Park has five primary schools, two high schools, and a special needs school. Bethany and Caroline Chisholm are owned and managed by the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. Fernhill School (established in 2017) is a K-12 school for students who have moderate to severe intellectual and physical disabilities. According to the 2021 census , there were 25,021 people in Glenmore Park. The residents are primarily young families living in detached houses. The median age of people in
598-569: The City West Link . Further planned upgrades to the City West Link would mean commuters going west out of the city could get to Parramatta without passing through traffic lights. The government proposed a subsequent $ 7 billion plan for M4 East in July 2002, including three options: All three options would run below or parallel to Parramatta Road and/or City West Link. The short tunnel option
644-612: The Department of Main Roads (having succeeded the MRB in 1932) declared Western Freeway as a motorway (under plan number 6004), on 9 February 1977, and was re-declared to cover each extension until it reached its eastern terminus in Concord; the tollway today still retains this declaration (under Tollway 6004). In 2013 the state government announced the intention to implement a 'Managed Motorway' scheme on
690-473: The Dreamtime . Their homes were bark huts called 'gunyahs'. They hunted kangaroos and emus for meat, and gathered yams , berries and other native plants. Henry Cox , another prominent local landowner, (the son of William Cox ) also built a residence in the area. He called it Glenmore. Built in 1825, Cox's residence has since lent its name to the modern locality. The area's land stayed largely rural until
736-533: The 1970s, when the first residential sub-divisions commenced. Initially, the locality was known as "Peachtree" but Penrith Council later adopted the more historical-sounding Glenmore Park. Glenmore Parkway is the main road in the suburb. It connects with the Northern Road which in turn provides connection with both Penrith and the M4 Western Motorway . The M4 provides quick connection to greater Sydney and
782-619: The 5.5-kilometre (3 mi) dual-tunnel was funded through a $ 1.8 billion grant from the NSW Government and, from the Australian Government, a $ 1.5 billion grant and concessional loan of up to $ 2 billion, plus user tolling. The M4 East opened to traffic on 13 July 2019 and tolls were levied on both the M4 East Tunnel ($ 4.41 in 2020, comprising a flagfall and a change per distance travelled, subject to indexing) and
828-538: The Inner West. In September 2022 the government announced that the connection would be referred to as extensions of the M4 and M8 when the connection opened. The main tunnels between WestConnex M4 Tunnels at Haberfield and the M8 Tunnels at St Peters opened on 20 January 2023, with the M4 and M8 route markers extended to meet at Leichhardt until Rozelle Interchange opened. The interchange opened on 26 November 2023 and
874-462: The M4 Motorway between Sydney Olympic Park and South Wentworthville . [REDACTED] The first main road west from Sydney was Great Western Highway, shown above in orange. The County of Cumberland planning scheme provided for a modified route west, much of which was later built as M4 Western Motorway. With the opening of the M4 East Tunnel and Rozelle Interchange in 2019 and 2023 respectively,
920-499: The M4 over the coming years to improve traffic flow. Mechanisms to be used include improved Variable Message Signs, Ramp metering signals , dynamic speed and incident management, and an upgrade of the Emergency Telephone System. National Route 32 was allocated to Great Western Highway originally in 1955: as new sections of the freeway opened, National Route 32 was re-routed along these new sections; from 1974, sections of
966-405: The M4 route marker was further extended to Rozelle and Anzac Bridge where the route transitions into A4. In July 2019 the NSW government announced its M4 Smart Motorway Project which involves widening the on and off ramps for the untolled section of the motorway between Lapstone and Mays Hill, including the installation of overhead gantries with variable speed limit displays and traffic signals on
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#17328483539711012-646: The M4 today extends as far east as the Anzac Bridge . The Western Freeway was originally constructed in several stages between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s: the first 5km-long section between Emu Plains and Regentville (including a new single carriageway bridge over the Nepean River, duplicated in 1986) opened in October 1971; the second 14.5 km-long section between Regentville and Eastern Creek opened in December 1972;
1058-553: The Northern Road as its dividing line. Glenmore Park is one of Penrith City's largest and most rapidly developing housing estates. Its development has been carefully planned to cater for the social, economic and recreational needs of its residents. Following the arrival of British settlers, the colonial government granted land in the area to one of New South Wales' leading private citizens, Sir John Jamison (1776–1844), who arrived in Sydney in 1814. Sir John acquired further parcels of land adjoining his original property, thus establishing
1104-560: The basis of the concept design for the M4 East project of the WestConnex. In the month before the 2011 state election the NRMA released a report in which it recommended building a tunnel to connect the end of the M4 at Concord and the start of the City West Link, relieving Parramatta Road of enough traffic to convert it into two lanes for slower-moving local traffic, two lanes of light rail and
1150-627: The colours white, maroon and gold. Their logo is based on an old Brisbane Broncos logo. Glenmore Park's football club is Glenmore Park FC . They play in purple, yellow and white. They are the largest football club in the Nepean district as administered by the Nepean Football Association . Glenmore Park's cricket club is the Glenmore Park Cricket Club . They play in black pants and a silver shirt. Glenmore Park’s Netball club
1196-566: The conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, Metroad 4 was replaced with route M4. The section between Church Street in Parramatta and the eastern end at Concord was widened as part of WestConnex works. Construction commenced in March 2015 and in November 2015, it was announced that toll points would be reinstated on this section from 2017 to cover costs of the WestConnex project. The toll
1242-517: The electorate of Badgerys Creek . Tanya Davies MP ( Lib ) was elected to represent the electorate in 2023. Glenmore Park is located in the electorate of Lindsay . The current member is Melissa McIntosh ( Lib ). She was elected at the 2019 Australian federal election . Glenmore Park's rugby league club is the Glenmore Park Brumbies . They play home games at Ched Towns Reserve (Like all other Glenmore Park-based sports clubs), and play in
1288-537: The existing M4 motorway as well as extending it east with a tunnel from North Strathfield to Taverners Hill. The project also involved duplicating the M5 East tunnel and building a new tunnel linking the M4 and M5 motorways. In June 2015 the tender to design and build the WestConnex M4 Tunnel was awarded to Leighton Contractors , Samsung and John Holland . Located 35 metres (115 ft) beneath Parramatta Road,
1334-535: The four-level Light Horse Interchange , continuing east through Prospect and Merrylands . At the interchange with Church Street and Woodville Road in Parramatta , tolling begins and the motorway splits into three carriageways (one four lanes eastbound, two dual-lane westbound), before merging back into two carriageways just west of the Duck River in Clyde . East of the interchange with Homebush Bay and Centenary Drives ,
1380-449: The highway formerly allocated National Route 32 were allocated State Route 44 instead. Freeway Routes were introduced in 1973, and Freeway Route F4 was allocated to all existing sections, and extended along with National Route 32 each time a new section was opened. In 1992, at the same time the freeway was renamed, Metroad 4 replaced both National Route 32 and Freeway Route F4 across the entire freeway from Emu Plains to North Strathfield. With
1426-766: The historic Knapsack Bridge ; in June 1993, this new section was opened to traffic. The passing of the Main Roads Act of 1924 through the Parliament of New South Wales provided for the declaration of Main Roads, roads partially funded by the State government through the Main Roads Board (MRB). With the subsequent passing of the Main Roads (Amendment) Act of 1929 to provide for additional declarations of State Highways and Trunk Roads,
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1518-517: The north side of James Ruse Drive were opened to traffic in August 1987. A lack of funding resulted in the Wran Labor government halting plans to construct the final stage of the freeway between Mays Hill and Prospect in 1985. In December 1989 work to construct this stage began as a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer project. In return for funding construction StateWide Roads, the consortium awarded to build
1564-414: The on-ramps between Orchard Hills and Mays Hill for traffic metering during peak periods. The section of the M4 between Church Street, Parramatta and Haberfield are tolled by distance travelled as part of WestConnex. Toll points are located at entrances and exits along this section. The toll charge consists of: Tolls for heavy vehicles are triple of cars and motorcycles. Toll prices increase by 4% or
1610-501: The original four-lane alignment of Western Motorway branches off to run along the surface to its old terminus with Great Western Highway outside Concord , and the newer six-lane M4 East alignment enters tunnels and continues eastwards underground. The motorway eventually terminates just east of the Rozelle Interchange , returning to the surface at Rozelle to connect to the Western Distributor . The M4 cycleway runs parallel to
1656-544: The road at Russell Street, Emu Plains until a solution could be later found. This would have bypassed the Lapstone Hill area and avoided the sharp bends as the road enters Glenbrook. In December 1989 the western extension of the freeway commenced construction, from Russell Street to Great Western Highway in the vicinity of Governors Drive in Lapstone , would bypass the narrow and winding section of Great Western Highway, including
1702-498: The same way. A 2008 report in the Sydney Morning Herald described the suburb as "designed without consideration of public transport". According to the 2016 census 78.3% of residents travelled to work by car, 3.1% worked at home and 10% by public transport. In the 2021 census this figure was 1.8% via public transport, 30.2% working at home and 51.7% who drove, this figure may be higher than normal working at home because of
1748-461: The short tunnel option. Additionally, the option would need to acquire additional properties and the construction period for this option would be longer. Between 2003 and 2004 the preferred short tunnel option for an eastern extension of the M4 Motorway was exhibited. Members of the government were divided over the M4 East proposal and ultimately did not proceed with it in early 2005 due to community opposition. The preferred option eventually formed
1794-497: The stage, was given permission to toll the section between James Ruse Drive and Silverwater Road as traffic volumes on this section were significantly higher than between Mays Hill-Prospect and would allow a shorter toll period with lower tolls. The consortium would also widen the section between James Ruse Drive and the newly constructed Homebush Bay Drive to six lanes. The Mays Hill to Prospect section opened in May 1992 and an initial of
1840-429: The suburb was 34, younger than the national median of 38. 57.6% were couples with children compared to the national average of 43.7%. Of the occupied private dwellings in Glenmore Park, 90.6% were separate houses , 7.4% were semi-detached and 2.0% were flats or apartments . Most dwellings were owned with a mortgage (53.4%) rather than owned outright (22.8%) or rented (22.7%). The median household income ($ 2,526 per week)
1886-839: The third 4 km-long section between Eastern Creek and Prospect opened in April 1974. On the basis of a pre-election promise made by the NSW Premier Neville Wran in 1976, all land reserved for the expressway between Pyrmont and the (then) eastern termination point at Strathfield was sold off to property developers or declassified as a freeway corridor in 1977 by the State Government. Separate sections of Western Freeway, from Great Western Highway in Mays Hill to Church Street and Woodville Road in Parramatta , and from Auburn to Great Western Highway at Strathfield , were opened on 16 December 1982 by Premier Wran. In September 1984,
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1932-626: The transition point from Great Western Highway in Glenbrook and heads in a westerly direction as a four-lane, dual-carriageway road, crossing the Nepean River and widening to six lanes at the interchange with Mulgoa Road in Regentville , then widening again to eight lanes at the interchange with Roper and Erskine Park Roads in Erskine Park . The motorway passes under Wallgrove Road and Westlink M7 at
1978-690: The widening of the M4 between Parramatta and Homebush (base of $ 4.21 each way, subject to indexing). Both tolls will continue until 2060. Stage 3 of the WestConnex scheme saw a new motorway connection running from the end of the M4 at Haberfield to connect with the airport and the M8 Motorway (formerly the New M5) at St Peters, along with an interchange at Rozelle linking to the Anzac Bridge and Victoria Road ( Iron Cove Bridge ). This section aimed to reduce travel times between Western Sydney and Port Botany while removing heavy vehicles from surface streets in
2024-485: Was introduced on 15 August 2017. Until 2019 the eastern end of the M4 was at North Strathfield, some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Sydney central business district. Over the years a number of proposals were made to extend the M4 east towards the city. One plan in the 1990s involved extending the M4 eastwards by approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) so that it would subsequently end in Ashfield and be continuous with
2070-405: Was preferred for having lower costs both during construction and operation. The long tunnel option was considered to have the potential to increase congestion on the approaches to Anzac Bridge , causing eastbound queues to extend into the tunnels. The slot option could be constructed at a similar cost to the short tunnel, however, it was considered to not provide the same level of traffic benefits as
2116-473: Was substantially higher than the national median ($ 1,746). As such, the population is typically local families, many of whom are home-owners or aspiring home-owners. Suburbs like Glenmore Park are often considered part of the mortgage belt of Western Sydney. There are some units and semi-detached houses in the shopping centre area, though the majority are detached with reasonable size house blocks, well kept gardens and abundant mature native trees. Glenmore Park
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