$70M more for Avoca Dr upgrade

The Federal Government has announced $70M in additional funding for the Avoca Dr upgrade through Kincumber, in addition to the $30M it pledged in the lead up to last year’s Federal election.

With its total funding commitment now $100M, the Government will partner with the NSW Government to deliver the project.

The project will improve safety and reduce congestion on Avoca Dr including widening the section between the Carrak

Rd and Killuna Rd intersections.

This will create a safer road for all road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.

Member for Robertson Gordon Reid announced the latest funding alongside Labor colleagues Federal Member for Dobell Emma McBride, State Shadow Minister for the Central Coast David Harris, Labor Candidate for the State seat of Terrigal Sam Boughton and Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King.

“Avoca Dri through Kincumber is an important arterial road for workers and families during busy peak-hour periods,” Reid said.

“The drive through this road becomes a slow crawl in those periods and this upgrade will allow for a widened road.

“Once the upgrade is completed, the road will provide safer and faster journeys for Central Coast residents in Kincumber and surrounding suburbs.

“I look forward to continuing to identify infrastructure across the Central Coast that the Government can make important investments in.”

King said the government remained committed to working collaboratively with state, territory and local governments towards Vision Zero: zero deaths and serious injuries by 2050.

“Upgrading Avoca Dr will make this busy road safer for residents and visitors alike,” she said.

NSW, with work commencing, underway or completed on more than 2,000 projects in every local government area across regional NSW,” Toole said.

“TheWamberal and Macmaster Beach toilet projects are the kind of projects that make our communities stronger by giving people the amenities that allows them to spend more time out and about.”

For more information, visit: nsw.gov.au/sccf.