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Collapse Issue 408 - 12 Dec 2016Issue 408 - 12 Dec 2016
Collapse  NEWS NEWS
Council refuses Patonga Hotel proposal
Dot celebrates 103 years
Campaign to eliminate plastics bags and water bottles
Bank branch reports sixth consecutive profit
Properties top $1 million in the past month
Peninsula fares well in planning backlog
Sewerage completed at Empire Bay
Four people washed off rocks
Three marine rescues
Time to investigate best solar power deals
Jenna to depart on Rotary exchange
Residents to have say on project priority
Monitoring requested for tennis courts
Five residential units approved for Ettalong
Shops converted to restaurant
President receives certificate
Action group calls for safer roads
PCYC buys archery gear
Marine Rescue life membership granted
Mary Mac's plans Christmas lunch
Christmas activities at shopping centre
Donations accepted for 'giving tree'
Christmas gifts wanted
Collapse  FORUM FORUM
Money under the mattress?
It just keeps on getting worse
Hazardous tree needs immediate removal
Replace bureaucrats with workers, or forget the charade
No footpath
Stop bickering and get on with the job
Opportunity to focus on regional plan
Motorway project caused rail underpass canning
Is this what we call democracy?
Donald and Daffy turning in their graves
Vote for fresh ideas for the whole Coast
It don't seem much like Christmas
Same predicament as 12 years ago
Collapse  ARTS ARTS
Launch attracts 200 people
Carols at Hardys Bay
Wagstaffe hosts Australia Day events
Four works chosen for Little Theatre season
Award for distinguished service
Raffle raises money for brigade
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Students may miss out if absent on first day
School wins prize for champion steer
School releases second cookbook
Funds for pedestrian safety
Class celebrates disability day
PCYC hosts Year 2 students
Stage 2 students' Christmas party
Students perform two plays
New sunshade for Pretty Beach
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Liesl Tesch wins Paralympic accolades
Trent Buhagiar extends his contract
Jemma is junior sports person of the year
Regional swim championship held at Woy Woy
Old surf club seeks new members
Age group winners in Sydney
Surf club has charity golf day
Jingle to be played at Peninsula pool
Volunteer of the month
Collapse  HISTORY HISTORY
Surf club numbers were boosted by league players

Motorway project caused rail underpass canning

The disastrous WestConnex motorway project in Sydney is the reason the Woy Woy rail crossing project was canned.

Across NSW, folk are finding promised upgrades for essential rail, road, hospital and schools have had their budgets slashed.

Mike Baird and Duncan Gay are desperate to fund a motorway project that is out of control, and the rest of the state pays, dearly.

We have been hit with a double whammy.

Residents have slammed the closure of Newcastle station, with the insane notion to sell of the rail corridor to a developer clique.

In the meantime, commuters will face years being forced to transfer onto buses at Hamilton, waiting for the light rail to eventuate.

The Coast is desperate for faster through trains to both Sydney and Newcastle, and more services late into the evening.

We need better options for park 'n' ride.

We need direct bus services to key locations.

We need local road upgrades, like the Peninsula crossing, despite our electoral colour.

We need infrastructure equality across the state.

Instead, the Baird Government has wasted billions of our taxpayer dollars on WestConnex when it knows this tollway will never work.

The Baird Government is listening only to corporate lobbyists.

So here we are: Stuck in traffic jams, facing dangerous rail crossings or sitting on slow public transport.

It won't improve either, because innovative transport plans won't happen if left to the whim of the bumbling Duncan Gay.





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