Anne Stanley (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The state MP for Liverpool, Paul Lynch, Liverpool City Council and my constituents have all raised concerns, which I share, about the New South Wales government plan for the upgrade of Hoxton Park Road, which runs past my electorate office. While I welcome the upgrade, I strongly urge the state government to reconsider both the proposed kerbside bus lanes and the restricted access to Dorrigo Avenue and Hoxton Park shopping centre. The kerbside bus lanes are inconsistent both with the current transit lanes along Hoxton Park Road and with international best practice. The existing configuration, built by the state Labor government, has provided an improved and more reliable service since opening in 2003. For safety reasons alone, any extension of the transit lane should be consistent with those existing lanes.

Another concern is the proposed left-in, left-out configuration at Dorrigo Avenue. This will impose a significant limitation on the traffic able to easily access Hoxton Park shopping centre. This will hurt the many small businesses located at the centre. These businesses should not have to suffer adverse consequences due to poor planning by the New South Wales state Liberal government. Many of these businesses have been serving our community for decades. My electorate desperately needs infrastructure upgrades after the years of underfunding from both state and federal Liberal governments; however, it should not be at the expense of business owners and local residents.