Thanks for F3 petitioners
Member for Robertson, Mr Jim Lloyd, said he would "particularly like to thank the people of the Peninsula for their very strong support" of the petition for widening the F3 freeway.
"We now have about 10,000 signatures and, although I don't have a percentage from the Peninsula, I would like to thank the people of the Peninsula for their support.
"I will present it to Parliament in late February or early March and hopefully we will be successful.
"People can still sign the position up until then."
Mr Lloyd concluded by thanking the hundreds of individuals and businesses who had circulated the petition throughout the Central Coast and urged everyone to return completed petitions to his office as soon as possible.
The State Member for Peats, Ms Marie Andrews, has called on Mr Lloyd to match his rhetoric with action.
"The F3 Freeway is a National Highway and the Federal Government is responsible for funding its upgrade," Ms Andrews said.
"The Member for Robertson is a member of the Federal Coalition Government and a member of John Howards Liberal Party.
"The Prime Minister promised late last year that he would be allocating a significant amount of additional funds to National Highways.
"He is yet to announce any details of that promised funding."
Ms Andrews said that rather than filling out petitions, the Federal Member should march into John Howards office and demand that the F3 widening program be the number one priority on that list.
NSW motorists paid more than $3 billion per year in fuel excise to the Federal Government, she said.
"Its about time the Federal Government reinvested that money back into NSW roads, rather than hitting motorists with another excise slug as they plan to do in February."
Carl Spears, February 5