$70m fix fund approved for Central Coast’s worst roads

It’s official – council has given the green light to 29 major road projects across the region. Did your road make the cut?

29 Central Coast roads are set for major upgrades.

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When an East Gosford resident started the fight for his road to be repaired, Froggys was opening, the Australian Reptile Park was in Wyoming and INXS played at the Narara Music Festival.

More than 35 years on, Lushington Street in East Gosford is set for a $6.6 million upgrade.

The street is one of 29 that are set to undergo major upgrades as part of the Federal Government’s $70 million funding commitment from this year’s election.

Central Coast councillors unanimously voted for the roads at Monday night’s meeting.

Ken Campbell, along with many residents if Lushington Street, is thrilled with the announcement.

Residents of Lushington Street, East Gosford, have voiced concerns about street being used as a rat run, and the lack of kerb and guttering.

The road will be upgraded from Henry Parry Drive to Coburg St and will include pavement reconstruction, kerb and gutter, footpath and street drainage.

Last year residents spoke out against the lack of work done in their street which is often used as a shortcut to avoid the Wells St/Henry Parry Drive intersection. Mr Campbell has been calling on the council to install kerb and guttering and fix ongoing safety issues for more than three decades. However the issue goes beyond his campaign.

“I do remember being present when my father had a meeting with the council in the early 1960s, and he was told not to worry because the kerb and guttering would be fixed in a couple of years,” he told the Express previously.

Mr Campbell had a thick folder of 35 years of back and forth regarding the road.

The $70 million package was committed to congestion busting road improvements, and to increase safety on local roads.

The intersection of Ocean Beach Rd and Rawson Rd in Woy Woy will receive a $16.5 million upgrade including changing the intersection from a roundabout to traffic lights.

Steyne Rd in Saratoga will receive a road and draining upgrade to the tune of $11.3 million between Bay View Wharf Lane and Irwan St.

Copacabana residents are also cheering, with councillors ticking off the Del Monte Place $10 million upgrade from Segura Street to Oceano Street, while Ridgeway Rd in Avoca Beach, from The Round Drive to Cape Three Points Rd, will receive $7.3 million for pavement reconstruction, kerb and gutters, footpath, traffic calming and street drainage. Other streets set to benefit include:

Ridgeway Rd at Avoca Beach is set for a major upgrade

ROAD AND DRAINAGE UPGRADES

– Shelly Beach Rd, Empire Bay – road and drainage upgrade from Kendall Road to Sher Close – $3 million

– Mutu St, Woy Woy – road and drainage upgrade from Rawson Road to Ocean Beach Road – $725,000

– Glenrock Pde, Tascott – road and drainage upgrade from Berala Ave to the Koolewong Station railway crossing – $1.5 million

– St Huberts Island Bridge – safety improvements – $900,000

– Everglades Catchment, Umina Beach – drainage upgrade – $2 million

– Gem Road, Pearl Beach – road and drainage upgrade from Crystal Ave to the end of the road – $420,000

– Springwood St, Blackwall – road and drainage upgrade from Gallipoli Ave to Commonwealth Ave – $2.7 million

ROAD RENEWALS

– Cresthaven Ave Bateau Bay from Eastern Road to Peak Street – $529,000

– Bayview Ave The Entrance from Theatre Lane to Ocean Parade – $311,000

– Kerry Crescent, Berkeley Vale from Crossingham Street to Hargraves Street including –

$443,000

– Maidens Brush Rd, Wyoming from Veronica Crescent to Houses No 21 –

$536,000

– Racecourse Road, West Gosford from Showground Road to the tennis court carpark – $487,000

– Shirley Street, Ourimbah from Red Cedar Close to Coraki Close – $340,000

– Sturt Street, Killarney Vale – $304,000

– Springfield Road, Springfield from Wells Street to Bushlands Ave – $194,000

– Tuggerawong Road, Tuggerawong from Stanley Street to house No 91-93 – $407,000

– Woodbury Park Drive, Mardi from Gavenlock Road to Matthew Circuit – $306,000

– Craigie Ave, Kanwal from Pacific Highway to Hughes Ave – $425,000

– Fravent Street, Toukley from Crossingham Street to Hargraves Street – $374,000

– Richardson Road, San Remo from Liamena Ave to Goorama Ave – $236,000

– Oleander Street, Noraville from Rowena Street to Evans Road – $530,000

– Hibbard Street, Canton Beach from Belbowrie Street to Crossingham Street – $428,000

– Albert Warner Drive, Warnervale from Railway Line to Link Road – $436,000

– The Corso, Gorokan from Robson Ave to Spring Valley Ave – $554,000