Falcon Street Gateway
The "Falcon Street Gateway" is a set of two north facing ramps on the Warringah Freeway providing access to and from Military Road. The toll costs $1.32 for passenger vehicles and $2.62 for heavy vehicles (southbound and northbound). Connector Motorways promotes that by using the new ramps, up to 19 sets of traffic lights can be avoided on the Pacific Highway. What they don't mention however is that traffic can still use the Warringah Freeway and take the North Sydney off-ramp, about 500m further on and not pay any toll for about a 1 minute extra journey. The Falcon Street Gateway is part of the larger project, including widening of the Gore Hill Freeway to improve traffic and provide greater connectivity to the lower North Shore, so the tolls collected at the Falcon Street Gateway fund also the expansion of the Gore Hill Freeway.
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