Wollondilly Council and local MP Nathaniel Smith have joined forces in a push to get the state government to take over the running of some of the shire’s roads.
Council wants the Berejiklian Government to review and reclassify 116 kilometres of shire roads as state roads.
Mr Smith, who is a member of the government, is working closely with Council to help make it happen.
“Council is investing more than ever before to fix our 870km road network, with a big focus on our major roads,” says Wollondilly mayor Robert Khan, who is pictured above with Mr Smith, left.
“But many of these heavily used roads really should be managed by the NSW Government, like they are for other council areas all over the state, giving us more resources to invest in our local roads.”
Mayor Khan recently met with the Member for Wollondilly, and Mr Smith confirmed he strongly supports the move by council.
Mr Smith delivered a Private Member’s Statement to Parliament advocating that the NSW Government step in and take on the management of the Shire’s major roads.
This week, Mr Smith has started a petition to transfer roads from Wollondilly Council to NSW State Government.
“Wollondilly has too many main roads for a small, growing population,” he said.
“The State Government needs to take ownership of the major roads like Remembrance Driveway, Silverdale Road, Menangle Road and Montpelier Drive so that council can focus its limited funds on local roads for local residents,” Mr Smith said.
The roads which council believes should be reclassified as state roads are Remembrance Driveway, Silverdale Road, Menangle Road, Wilton Road, Macarthur Drive, Finns Road, Avon Dam Road and Woodbridge Road.
Reclassification of those roads would mean that the NSW Government would be responsible for the funding, maintenance and repairs for these high traffic volume roads.
Council says the pressure on the road network is only expected to intensify as Wollondilly continues to grow and traffic through the shire to other major growth centres escalates.
