Louise Markus (Macquarie, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am delighted to rise today to focus on an announcement made last week to ease congestion in Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains. I am pleased that this government and the current New South Wales Baird government have been working together to improve infrastructure in New South Wales. I have worked with the assistant minister for infrastructure, the Hon. Jamie Briggs, and my New South Wales state colleague, the member for Penrith, Mr Stuart Ayres, to ease the challenge around Glenbrook with regard to traffic.

This is the gateway to the Blue Mountains. Together we are committing funding of $5 million—$2.5 million from the feds and the same from the state—to upgrade the intersection of Ross Street and the Great Western Highway in Glenbrook. I joined the New South Wales Minister for Roads and Freight, the Hon. Duncan Gay, the Hon. Stuart Ayres, and the state member for the Blue Mountains, Mrs Roza Sage, to announce this vital upgrade, which both New South Wales state Labor and federal Labor failed to deliver during their tenure.

Glenbrook—a tourist attraction in itself with specialty shops and a culinary delight with cafes—also houses the Blue Mountains information centre and is an important stop for visitors to the rest of the tourist attractions of the Blue Mountains. Labor fails to deliver, but in spite of the federal government's tight fiscal situation, this government continues to work with a committed New South Wales government to ensure upgrades like the Glenbrook intersection get delivered.