1) Introduction
WestConnex highway project expected t be completed in 2022 is aimed to providing the city
of Sydney a long term economic solution by being future ready though linking all the

transport gateways with accessible connections and making it ready to handle a lot more
traffic and ease the way the city is expanding thereby bringing a $20bn economic value if the
near future. The project is developed as an urban transformation catalyst which would
prepare the city and the area surrounding it to be ready to deal with the increasing
transportation demands and growing urban travel thereby giving a push to ever increasing
economic need of the New South Wales region.
The Project was originally envisioned to cost $14881 m but with expansions made to the
same keeping in mind the future connectivity needs the project estimates are now put
somewhere in excess of $16812 mn and when completed the project costs might exceed
$20bn. However the future benefits are expected to put Sydney into the growth orbit:
a) The long range economic growth of Sidney and surroundingareas would be propelled
with improved access it would create by linking all the important business districts of
the city with that of the internationalgateways like Sydney Airport and bringing
western Sydney to the proximity of others and connectingall the major business areas.
b) When the first stage of the project is completed the road congestion would begin to
wear thin and improve commutability by increasing commuting speed, reducing travel
time of millions, bringing safety to motorists and be a reliable alternative travel mode
through the numerous arterial roads it would create.

2) Options Analysis – any other options that is viable besides
the chosen Westconnex?
WestConnex would be completed in three different stages and six different sub projects. The
first stage would involve the widening of of the existing M4 highway and extending M4 to
Haberfield through tunnels via concord. This would also makes provisions for further

expansions in the future without altering the original project in any major way. The first
phase of the project is expected to be completed by the end of first Quarter of 2017 and the
estimated cost of the first phase is put at approximately $4500m or $4.5bn. This stage is
already underway and going on as per schedule.
However there is no unanimity regarding the projects future benefits as western Sydney
residents made their opposition clear to the project and one of the major concern is the fact
that westconnecx won’t help reduce traffic in any significant manner in the local arterial
roads. Instated of this the city of Sydney council has advocated commissioning of a major
public transportation system and strengthening the existing one. One other major disconnect
is the fact that majority of western Sydney citizens feel they are not going benefit from this
project (Saulwick, 2015) . The city council reports also alleges that the highway project is not
in sync with the new land use pattern of Sydney. And the project is out of sync with the new
airport which was proposed at Badgerys Creek which is in the south west and westconnecx
won’t provide any connectivity to those areas either. Another issue that is being discussed is
the fact that the highway being developed as a toll road would affect a majority of daily
commuters and not many would use them regularly to avoid toll and thus clogging the local
roads further.
Alternative to Westconnex Highway:

1. Building larger Metro Rail Network
2. Boosting Rapid bus transit system in the greater Sydney area.
3. Building more arterial roads and expanding the existing set of road networks by bringing
   more local areas to the network.
   Applying the Five case model to WestConnex

The Strategic Case

This is based on how project brings in strategic synergy and best fit to the stakeholders. The
strategic case is generally case oriented and change is justified to the existingsetup only if the
evidence suggests for the same. There is a need to define the intervention and the measured
outcome and the financial decision is not based on random suggestions but concrete and
measurable goals (Besanko, 2012) .
The Westconnex highway projectdoes not clear this strategy as the New South Wales
government gave a go ahead without measuring the strategic fit and long term impact. The
project is devoid of specific benefits which are not correctly measured and some of them does
not look achievable and lacks relevance inthe constrained time period (Chandra, 2013) .

The Economic Case
Economic case hinges on the fact that the spending proposal shall be justified on the larger
national or state-wide scale. It shall include a larger achievable scales which the west connex
project failed to live up to and in the face of 70% rise in the cost of the project the economic
case of the project is not only weak but also resented by a larger section of the
population (Jack R & Samuel J., 2006) .

The Commercial Case 
This scenario hinges on the structure f the construction contract and how the same is designed
to procure materials and other items of construction optimally. The same has been met as the
construction contracts and materials and equipment’s involved to be sued is approved by the
government regulations set by Sydney council, NSW state rules and federal funding
regulations. The output terms of the contract is also can be measurable and thus a commercial
case has existed for the same. However the same might not have aligned properly or as
expected with the economic case (Besanko, 2012) .

The Financial Case

The financial case of the westconnex project is further weakened by the weakening cost
benefits and escalating costs of the project and the authorities have so far failed to project the
revenue form toll collection of the project on a variable scale. The sale of equity in the project
to private parties depends upon a sustainable level of large toll collection. Thus the viability
of investing and recovering the same within a time frame looks highly unlikely and thus
private participation is not clear as of now (ROSS and Westerfield, 2012) .

The Management Case
This scenario calls for delivering preferred options of the project being capable of being
delivered in time and the same shall be capable of being monitored on a continuousbasis and
evaluated as and when required. A project is undertaken only when it fits into the projects
overall objective and westconnex has fitted well with the sated goals even if some of the
goals are ambiguouslystated. The same would have been made with more research and public
participation and discourse (Meredith, 2009, 7th edition) .

3) Anticipated Benefits – what are the benefits of this project?

Source: http://www.westconnex.com.au/about/key_benefits.html
a) The project is expected to create more than 10k jobs.
b) This is in additions to maintenance works of the highways.
c) Economic benefits of $20bn are expected for the New South Wales economy.
d) Local roads would be decongested and communities would live peacefully than ever
before.
e) Leisure time would increase for motorists using the highways.
f) The highway would be able to reduce carbon emissions to larger extent by reducing
CO2 by an estimated 610719 tonnes annually.

4) Risk Analysis – are they any risk or shortcomings?

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