7/27/2019 Nsw Voters Make Transport an Election
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NSW VOTERS MAKE TRANSPORT ANELECTION PRIORITY
Thursday 5 September 2013: Four-out-of-five of the NRMAs main
transport priorities
for the 2013 Federal Election have received funding commitments
from the major
parties.
A spendometer for major NSW infrastructure projects has been
released today, which
showed funding commitments for WestConnex, the Pacific Highway,
the F3 to M2 link andthe Newell Highway.
NRMA Motoring & Services President Wendy Machin thanked the
states motorists forgetting behind the NRMAs election campaign
Demand Better Roads.
Voters wanted to make sure the major parties did not forget
transport infrastructure thiselection campaign and they have
succeeded, with both parties making a number of majorcommitments,
Ms Machin said.
The public supported the NRMAs Demand Better Roads campaign with
thousands signingthe national online petition.
Also, communities across NSW and the ACT came out in force to
chalk up a message topoliticians about tackling road and transport
priorities that mattered to them.
Both parties made major commitments to help fund the much needed
WestConnex project.Billions of dollars were also committed to
complete the upgrade of the Pacific Highway.
Whoever wins this Saturday, the NRMA will have an important job
to do over the next threeyears making sure the next Government
delivers on these promises, Ms Machin said.
The Pacific Highway upgrade, for example, has been promised for
over 20 years and werestill not there. The next three years will be
so important to getting these projects finished and
the NRMA will be there fighting hard to ensure we get the job
done.
Contact: Daniel Stanton 0439 133
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