BATHURST political figures have promised a year of big projects coming to fruition in the city.
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Member for Bathurst Paul Toole said the NSW Government achieved a lot in 2018 and he was proud to say that he had stuck to his new year's resolution, to make a funding announcement for his electorate each week.
“And we well and truly exceeded that to where we had five funding announcements some weeks,” he said.
His vision for 2019, is to make the electorate a place where more families and businesses want to settle.
Part of achieving that goal is to ensure that money continues to be injected in Bathurst and that long-awaited projects were completed to schedule.
“2019 will see the new ambulance station being completed, we'll see construction continuing on the $110 million jail expansion, a railway museum to be completed by the end of 2019 and two fields to be completed on Hereford Street,” Mr Toole said.
“And obviously I'd like to see earthworks commence on the second circuit.”
Education will also be a focus for Mr Toole, who said his government would continue a "record investment into our schools", which includes the roll-out of airconditioning to around a dozen schools in the Bathurst electorate.
There will be a state election in March next year which Mr Toole will be preparing for, but he said he would remain committed to supporting Bathurst in his position.
“As a lifetime member of this electorate, I just want to see this electorate be the best it can be,” Mr Toole said.
For Bathurst Regional Council, a lot of the projects it hopes to bring to fruition overlap with the state government due to shared funding.
Mayor Graeme Hanger said echoed Mr Toole’s comments about the new ambulance station and the railway museum, as well as said that central business district traffic improvements would happen.
“George and Howick streets, there will be some work on that roundabout,” he said.
“It will be a permanent roundabout put in and the level crossing taken away, which will be good; it’ll make traffic flow a lot better.”
Cr Hanger said it will also be a good year for events, such as Australia Day, the Bathurst 12 Hour and the National Rugby League match in March.
While it is out of council’s control, Cr Hanger also hoped Bathurst would get a good soaking from rain to help end the drought.
