The Central Coast community is being invited to have its say on the proposed final design of a major $420 million upgrade of the Pacific Highway through Wyong Town Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australian Government and NSW Government are investing in this once in a generation upgrade which involves duplicating the highway from Johnson Road at Tuggerah through the town centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the upgrade the road bridge over the Wyong River is set to be replaced with a new four-lane bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following completion of extensive geotechnical investigations, including in the Wyong River and the rail corridor, Transport for NSW is now taking the next steps to deliver the upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community members are invited to have their say on the proposed final design of the project which builds on earlier design work and includes new features such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To comment on the proposed design changes, visit the interactive portal https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/projects\/current-projects\/pacific-highway-upgrade-through-wyong-town-centre<\/a>. Submissions can also be made via mail to wtcproject@aecom.com<\/a> before 11 August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The community is also invited to attend two drop-in sessions to be held at Wyong Race Club & Function Centre Magic Millions room, 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong on Tuesday 30 July 1-4pm and Thursday 1 August 4-7pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An analysis of the feedback received will be included in an Addendum Review of Environmental Factors, which is expected to be published later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A tender for final detailed design and construction of the project is expected to be released in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for Central Coast and Member for Wyong David Harris:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWyong is growing and the Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are moving forward with this major upgrade to help improve journeys for all road users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis project will make a massive difference to how people move around this wonderful part of the Central Coast and we want to make sure we get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Jenny Aitchison:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis project has been on the books for well over a decade and I\u2019m pleased to be part of a Labor government which is delivering for the Central Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Up to 36,500 vehicles pass through the Wyong town centre each day and we\u2019re determined to make those journeys are as safe and stress-free as possible by investing in this major upgrade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal Member for Dobell Emma McBride:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis project will improve safety and reduce travel times for the thousands of people who travel through Wyong each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know how important this project is to the people and businesses of Wyong and your views matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are working together to progress this project, which has been advocated for by our community for so long.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Central Coast community is being invited to have its say on the proposed final design of a major $420 million upgrade of the Pacific Highway through Wyong Town Centre. The Australian Government and NSW Government are investing in this once in a generation upgrade which involves duplicating the highway from Johnson Road at Tuggerah … Continue reading “Pacific Highway upgrade through Wyong Town Centre takes important next step”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27918,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27917\/revisions\/27918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}