New alignment needed for Woy Woy Rd

The idea of a Woy Woy Rd underpass at the bottom of Bulls Hill is another example of short-sighted thinking typical of Gosford Council.

It is obvious that the engineering of the Bulls Hill road is totally unsatisfactory.

If anyone doubts this, let them examine the condition of the safety railing which looks like a patchwork quilt of replaced sections.

If traffic volumes to the Peninsula are going to increase, as seems to be the intention, the hill will only become more dangerous than it is today, and there is no possibility of improvement along the present alignment.

What is needed is a completely new alignment that will provide a safe gradient and allow for a railway crossing - underpass or overpass - at a better location than Bulls Hill.

If engineers could design a freeway through the kind of terrain traversed by the F3 and provide an adequate access route from Kariong to West Gosford, a road diversion of the difficulty presented by Woy Woy Rd should be child's play.

So why isn't this being given some attention?

Given how long it will certainly be before any construction action eventuates, "shovel-ready" plans would be a prudent preparation for the day they can be implemented.

Email, 6 Oct 2011 Bruce Hyland, Daleys Point