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Duncan Murray

New Westconnex tunnel due to open

The new 7.5 Westconnex tunnel section in Sydney will cut out more than 50 sets of traffic lighs. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An extension of Westconnex due to open early next year will link Sydney's west with the airport by joining the existing M4 and M8 tunnels.

The new section of tunnel runs for 7.5 kilometres between St Peters and Haberfield, bypassing up to 52 sets of traffic lights and cutting peak hour travel times from Parramatta to Mascot by up to 40 minutes.

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