Budget brings better roads

Road pavement improvement to Woy Woy Rd and Brisbane Water Drive will occur as a result of allocations in the State Budget, according to Member for Peats Ms Marie Andrews.
The intersection of the Pacific Highway, Brisbane Water Drive and Manns Road in West Gosford will receive $2 million for an upgrade.
Ms Andrews said the Budget provided $12 million for transport in her electorate.
This included $3.4 million for road safety and traffic management projects and $2.9 million for the maintenance of State and Regional Roads.
Gosford Council will receive $2.3 million.
CityRail received an allocation of $2 million for planning the construction of 40 new intercity carriages, the first of which will enter service in 2005.
"Many of these carriages will serve the Central Coast and allow increased train capacity on exciting services," Ms Andrews said.
She said the Budget’s total capital works and services allocation to Peats was $30.8 million in 2001-02, saying this would sustain about 463 jobs.
Apart from transport, key areas of local expenditure included $13.5 million on health and $2.6 million on public housing.