Other promises have not been met
The Umina skate park isn't the only 2019 election promise that hasn't been met and seems as far from reality as ever ("Labor candidate calls for release of skate park money", PN 530).
Does anyone recall the Woy Woy carpark that was going to provide 140 new spaces "in Woy Woy station" but that has yet to see the light of day?
Bizarrely, Ms Wicks is still touting this non-existent carpark, in full-page local advertisements, as an achievement of the SloMo government, whereas it has gone no further than a $5 million study (incomplete after two years) and relies on a contribution from the state government that has not been included in any state budget.
Luckily, it means that all these goodies can be promised again in the next election campaign at no extra cost - an example of Morrison-style frugality.
This is, of course, leaving aside the fact that the Woy Woy carpark was one that came under the closest scrutiny in the Auditor-General's damning report on the misuse of public funds for political purposes at the 2019 election.
So it takes some nerve for Ms Wicks not only to be supporting it but bragging about it as one of her signature achievements.
It is notable that she promised a final announcement would be made about this project some months ago but that nothing has been heard from her since, so it seems like another example of achievement-by-promise that has been an outstanding feature of the current government's operation.
Perhaps, the LIberals don't see the seat as being worth fighting for any more, so who cares whether promises are kept?
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Email, 26 Oct 2021
Bruce Hyland, Woy Woy