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Chamber calls for crossing collaboration

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has called on the NSW State Government and Central Coast Council to collaborate to find solutions for the Rawson Rd level crossing.

The call follows the recent rail crossing incident on Friday night.

"Despite repeated requests from the Peninsula Chamber, neither Central Coast Council nor the NSW State Government have made any substantive attempt to resolve the rail crossing dilemma", said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales.

"We have had yet another serious incident at the rail crossing that caused major disruptions to commuters and the local community.

"Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of the collision," said Mr Wales.

"However, so far, we have been fortunate that these repeated collisions haven't caused a train derailment and all the awful consequences that that entails.

"Clearly both the NSW State Government and the local Council have put the project in the too-hard basket and the community gets stuck with an ever-increasing safety problem that is only going to get worse.

"The existing intersection at the Rawson Rd rail crossing is becoming more congested and an increasing safety risk.

"This issue will now have an elevated importance following the NSW State Government's decision to declare Woy Woy town centre a Transport Orientated Development hub."

Mr Wales said: "The Chamber wants the Government and Council to consider installing traffic lights on the Railway St and Rawson Rd legs of the intersection with traffic lights on the western side of the rail crossing to reduce the likelihood of further accidents," he said.

"The existing rail crossing warning lights and boom gates should be retained as part of major synchronised upgrade of the intersection.

"These improvements would improve traffic flow and safety both during normal traffic conditions and when the rail crossing is in operation.

"At the moment, navigating the intersection even when the rail crossing is not operating is becoming increasingly dangerous and is compounded during peak periods.

"We have to start putting in place a more feasible financial solution to the rail crossing replacement and stop procrastinating as to who is responsible," he said.





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