Mandalong Road funding announcement

NSW and federal governments announce funding for Mandalong Road upgrade at Morisset

Transcript

00:00 I want to kick this off because this is a fantastic day for the Morrison area, the Greater

00:04 Morrison area.

00:05 We've been working for a long time with the local council, with businesses in the area

00:12 who want to invest in the area, but also listening to local residents who have been complaining

00:18 about the state of the roads around here and the growing congestion.

00:21 So it's a fantastic day.

00:22 Mandalong Road has been in desperate need of this injection of cash for a long time.

00:30 It's finally coming along, so I just want to thank everybody for what they've done to

00:34 deliver this outcome for us.

00:35 It's a very, very significant project.

00:36 It's going to drive not just relief on the roads for local residents, but it's going

00:37 to drive investment in the local area.

00:38 So we've got up to $94 million going towards this road upgrade.

00:39 Now this is with a $56 million commitment from the Commonwealth.

00:40 Today I can announce that the New South Wales Government will commit $20 million towards

00:57 the development of Mandalong Road, and we will obviously see a commitment locally from

01:02 the local council.

01:03 Today we're going to see a dual carriageway.

01:04 We're going to see two lanes in each direction from the Pacific motorway right through New

01:05 South Wales.

01:06 And this is significant.

01:07 This will unlock potential along Mandalong Road for more land release, in particular

01:08 the commercial land release.

01:09 We could see freight hubs built here.

01:10 It's a brilliant spot to live.

01:11 And we need to ensure that we can harness the jobs of the future, whether that be in

01:12 freight, whether that be the connectivity of the Pacific motorway.

01:13 And that's exactly what this investment in this road will do.

01:14 This is a great opportunity for us to get the people involved.

01:15 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:16 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:17 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:18 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:19 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:20 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:21 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

01:42 We're going to see a lot of investment in this project.

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