Empire Bay Drive The Scenic Road & Cochrone Street

The upgraded intersection of Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road at Kincumber was completed in May 2020.

Transport for NSW wish to thank the community, nearby residents and motorists for their patience and support during the work.

Empire Bay Drive is a critical link between the Central Coast suburbs of Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina in the south and Terrigal, Kincumber and Erina in the north.

Empire Bay Drive is currently one lane in each direction and is a pinch point for the 25,000 motorists travelling each day between Kerta Road and Avoca Drive at Kincumber.

The existing roundabout at Empire Bay Drive, The Scenic Road and Cochrone Street has one circulating lane. During peak hours, motorists are required to wait for long periods at the roundabout which has a substantial impact on traffic flow.

The NSW Government allocated $6.5 million in 2018/19 for the start of work.

The project aims to:

• Improve and provide consistent travel times, whilst reducing congestion along Empire Bay Drive
• Support economic growth and productivity by providing road capacity for current and projected traffic volumes
• Encourage active transport by providing appropriate facilities for walking and cycling
• Reduce queuing on Empire Bay Drive that extends onto Avoca Drive
• Improve motorist safety
• Provide safer pedestrian and cyclist facilities near the intersection.

As a result of our continued planning and development of the project, we have updated the Review of Environmental Factors (REF) to include more details in the Addendum review of environmental factors.

A submissions report summarising feedback received during the REF display, our responses and details of changes to the design and REF made after community feedback. More information is also available in the May 2018 project update.

• May 2020 project notification

  Night work on Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Wednesday 13 May.

• March 2020 project notification

  Night work on Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Sunday 22 March.

• February 2020 project notification

  Proposed night work schedule - Empire Bay Drive intersection upgrade.

• January 2020 project notification

  Night work on Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Tuesday 28 January.

• October 2019 project notification

  Night work on Empire Bay Drive intersection upgrade at Kincumber from Sunday 20 October.

• September 2019 project notification

  Temporary closure of Cochrone Street, Kincumber from Friday 27 September 2019.

• July 2019 project notification

  Night work at Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Sunday 4 August 2019.

• June 2019 project notification

  Night work at Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Monday 1 July 2019.

• April 2019 project notification

  Night work at Empire Bay Drive and The Scenic Road intersection, Kincumber from Sunday 14 April 2019.

• March 2019 project notification

  Work on Shipwrights Lane at Kincumber from Tuesday 12 March 2019.

• 20 November 2019
  Kincumber Roundabout upgrade reaches next stage.
• 4 December 2018
  works on track at Kincumber roundabout.