Your front page story (CCN 434) reported that the State Government has targeted Woy Woy for housing density to be increased up to six storeys for residential apartment buildings within 400m of the Woy Woy railway station.
You reported also that Central Coast Council supports this in principle, “ … but only if the road network connections particularly to the M1 via Woy Woy Rd, are allocated required funding for the necessary infrastructure works”.
This is a very welcome decision on the part of Central Coast Council.
Sadly, in 2019, as Woy Woy Rd is under the care and control of Central Coast Council, when the project to replace the deadly Rawson Rd level crossing increased from $52M to $80-$115M, the NSW Government rejected increasing its funding which led Council to cease progressing the three-stage project.
Stage one, the pedestrian underpass, has been completed.
This was achieved after years of consultation and planning.
Now, the NSW Government has to finish the job and complete the next two stages of the project on which so much money (millions of dollars), has been spent already: first, to complete the vehicle underpass at the base of Bull’s Hill; and then to widen the current vehicle underpass on Shoalhaven Dr.
Given this new commitment from the State Government to increase housing, population and traffic in Woy Woy, it is now imperative that it provides this necessary transport infrastructure on Woy Woy Rd for our community, before the housing density plan is executed.
Lives depend on it.
Email, Apr 18
Stephanie Short, Woy Woy
Last night a car was hit and smashed at high speed by a train on the Rawson rd level crossing, just the latest in a long list of serious accidents at that railway crossing. The removal of all level crossing on main roads is Nsw government policy. Seemingly unless it’s the Woy Woy crossing,it can be put on the back burner because we have Labor party parliamentary representatives that think they will be re elected even if they do nothing.
I’ve lived in the area for over 10 years now and it does have way more housing potential than has ever been seen to this point.But the infrastructure is quite embarrassing really if not dangerous.The local community needs to put a constant pressure on both council and government for transparency on not only the initial funding but to make sure they don’t pull the pin on it after starting such imperative projects as has been the case all too often.
Why Woy is not alone the mad growth in population has overwhelmed housing and infrastructure construction.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS, WHEN NO INFRASTRUCTURE IS currently updated for the existing community. Parking in particular is at a premium and HOUSING DENSITY has increased by a minimum of 30% over the last ten years (i.e. Granny Flats) without any upgrade of basic infrastructre. We are lacking upgrade of local roads, are short on medical practisioners and a strain on the local hospital system. There are plenty of other areas along the train line that can be expanded with housing i.e. Ourimbah, Lisarow etc
Absolutely correct. another car was hit at high speed by a passenger train at the level crossing last week.
How many more incidents need to happen at the railway level crossing on Rawson Rd before this dangerous anachronism from a bygone era is replaced with something more appropriate fro the 21st century?