Five more people dead - and once again the venue was Picton road !
This vital linking of Wollongong and western Sydney has become a deadly mix of cars and heavy trucks - and twenty-one people have died in accidents there since 2000.
Two things need dong. Picton road needs an upgrade to become a divided highway - and the Maldon Dombarton rail link needs to be completed to take freight off the road and decrease the movement of heavy trucks.
Once again we have another enquiry into the economics of Maldon Dombarton, but even if this gives a positive return there is no sign of political will to get work started, and a little money has been granted for minor improvements to Picton road - but once again this is just tinkering around the edges.
The real problem is Wollongong politics !
Wollongong is a safe Labor seat haven, and while it remains that way and there is a Labor government in power the money will be spent elsewhere - where vital votes can be bought in marginal seats.
We look like being on the verge of a coming change of government, but unfortunately that will not solve our problems.
Why would an incoming Liberal government spend money in a safe Labor seat area ?
Damned if we do - and damned if we don't !
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