Pointless expenditure defies imagination

The political manipulation around the Rawson Rd underpass did not stop with State elections.

The great big signs spruiking the Rawson Rd underpass project were all over that railway crossing throughout the recent Federal election.

State and Federal issues are regularly blurred and I would submit they were especially likely to be blurred in the context of the botched undemocratic amalgamation of councils.

We have seen the pointless expenditure of many millions on the useless and almost completely unused pedestrian underpass, on the now pointless works at Bulls Hill and the pointless roadwork at nearby Banyo Cl where months of disruption have resulted in a useless entry lane in place of the original pie-in-the-sky plan for yet another pointless roundabout.

It all defies even the most cynical political imagination.

For Minister Duncan Gay to describe the West Gosford road works as the main entry to somewhere he calls north Woy Woy is deeply unfunny in its ignorance of the area and its obvious lack of concern for the residents of the Woy Woy/Umina Peninsula.

Instead of throwing up their hands in phoney horror about cost increases, the Minister and the undemocratically-appointed Central Coast Council Administrator should tell us how they propose to use the funds that were originally announced for this project in a way that will have some realistic hope of relieving the traffic pressure and driving risks that thousands of commuters experience on the current railway crossing and nearby roads every day.

Stop making lame excuses and spend the money wisely on the Peninsula.

Email, 1 Nov 2016

Tom Mangan, Woy Woy