Finish the Rawson Rd level crossing project
I am saddened and upset to hear of the shocking accident at the deadly Rawson Rd level crossing in Woy Woy, on November 24.
Police reported that a car stopped on the railway tracks at the level crossing before a train clipped the car.
This death trap on the Peninsula is an appalling state of affairs.
It is dangerous for those of us who walk and drive over this level crossing on a frequent basis, for car passengers and pedestrians at the intersection of Rawson Rd and Railway St, and also for visitors to the area, and of course for the train drivers and guards and passengers on the trains that go through this level crossing.
It is 10 years now since the NSW Government made its commitment, in 2011, to replace the level crossing, and five years since the same Government reneged on its commitment to replace the Rawson Rd level crossing with a pedestrian underpass at the intersection of Rawson Rd and Railway Sts, a vehicle underpass at the base of Bull's Hill and a widened vehicle underpass at Shoalhaven Dr.
I call on our State Member of Parliament, Ms Liesl Tesch, to work with the State Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, along with Central Coast Council to see this essential Project completed.
The pedestrian underpass has been completed.
This was achieved after years of consultation and planning.
Now, please finish the job and complete the next two stages of the project on which so much money, millions of dollars, have been spent: to complete the vehicle underpass at the base of Bull's Hill, and to widen the current vehicle underpass on Shoalhaven Dr.
That is the easiest and safest solution, instead of wasting many more years and many more dollars on consultation, planning and assessments.
The NSW Government should live up to its promise.
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Email, 27 Nov 2021
Stephanie Short, Woy Woy