Mayor's Weekly Message

Public Transport & Road Upgrades: Community members need to speak up

15 Oct 2012

Community members need to speak up now if we want public transport and road upgrades for the Northern Beaches and Mosman.

For the first time in decades, new transport infrastructure for our region has been included in a draft NSW Long Term Transport Masterplan.

The NSW Government has identified Bus Rapid Transit and road upgrades for the region as part of its draft state-wide transport and infrastructure plans and is calling on community feedback in the next two weeks.

Submissions on the Masterplan close on 26 October, so now is the time for those of us living and working in the Northern Beaches and Mosman to stand up and have our say.

The SHOROC councils have long advocated construction of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and targeted road upgrades on the congested Pittwater/Spit/Military Road and near capacity Warringah Road corridors. 

If you live or work in the Northern Beaches or Mosman, contact the NSW Government now via masterplan@transport.nsw.gov.au to make sure the BRT system and road projects proposed by your Council are included in the final plans and that work begins as a priority.

It is encouraging to see that construction of a Northern Beaches Bus Rapid Transit is in the NSW Government’s draft NSW Long Term Transport Masterplan and that public transport and road upgrades are included in Infrastructure NSW’s State Infrastructure Strategy.

It is time for action to address the SHOROC region’s traffic congestion and our slow and unreliable public transport.

Our councils look forward to continuing collaboration with the NSW Government to get the detailed planning completed and work underway on the transport infrastructure that the Northern Beaches and Mosman need.

Information on SHOROC transport priorities, the Northern Beaches Bus Rapid Transit pre-feasibility report and the NSW Long Term Transport Masterplan can be found at the SHOROC website  

Jean Hay AM

 

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