{"id":27977,"date":"2024-07-24T05:31:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=27977"},"modified":"2024-07-24T05:31:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:31:51","slug":"promised-moss-vale-bypass-planning-funds-finally-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/promised-moss-vale-bypass-planning-funds-finally-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Promised Moss Vale Bypass planning funds finally released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Work to help plan for a potential future Moss Vale Bypass is now continuing after the NSW Labor Government released vital funding previously promised but never delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wingecarribee Shire Council has received $10.8 million to conduct further studies, planning work and to finalise a business case for a future Moss Vale Bypass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 the former state Liberal government promised to provide $14.3 million to progress the project, however the council was only given $3.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the full funding amount has been provided, council can continue critical planning work previously started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In advocating for the project, council has stated a bypass would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>provide an alternative route across the Main Southern Railway Line, eliminating height restrictions and flooding concerns;<\/li><li>reduce congestion on Argyle Street during peak periods<\/li><li>support the future growth of Moss Vale<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The government will review the councils final business case when it is expected to be completed in by August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Jenny Aitchison said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am pleased the NSW Labor Government is helping to progress planning for a future Moss Vale Bypass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot only are we delivering on our election commitments; we are also busy fulfilling the former government\u2019s commitments too in Moss Vale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI look forward to working with council on further progressing this project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wingecarribee Shire Council\u2019s Director of Service and Project Delivery Karin Targa said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe funding secured through successful negotiations with Transport for NSW will allow Council to incorporate innovative elements into the design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUpon completion of the design and confirmation of a favourable cost-benefit ratio, together with a robust business case, the funding will support early-stage construction works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to help plan for a potential future Moss Vale Bypass is now continuing after the NSW Labor Government released vital funding previously promised but never delivered. Wingecarribee Shire Council has received $10.8 million to conduct further studies, planning work and to finalise a business case for a future Moss Vale Bypass. In 2019 the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/07\/24\/promised-moss-vale-bypass-planning-funds-finally-released\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Promised Moss Vale Bypass planning funds finally released&#8221;<\/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-27977","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\/27977","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=27977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27978,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27977\/revisions\/27978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}