Paul Fletcher MP Welcomes F3-M2 Funding Announcement

‘I welcome today’s commitment by the federal Coalition to build the F3-M2 Missing Link’, Paul Fletcher, Federal Member for Bradfield said today.

‘In Bradfield, the F3-M2 Missing Link will deliver major benefits.  It will greatly reduce heavy vehicle traffic on Pennant Hills Road and the Pacific Highway. 

‘The reduction in traffic will improve the quality of life for residents of suburbs along these roads, such as Normanhurst, Thornleigh and Wahroonga.

‘I have been campaigning for this road to be built for some time. Last year I joined with other federal and state Liberal parliamentarians and candidates from across northwest Sydney and the central coast to form the Missing Link Action Network to fight for the prioritisation of the F3-M2 Link.

‘It is encouraging to see the proposal to build this vital link through cooperation between a Coalition Government federally, a Coalition Government in NSW, and the private sector.

‘As Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Warren Truss have announced today, commencement of the project is pending the finalisation of commercial agreements between the private sector and the NSW Government’.

The announcement follows lodgement of a proposal by motorway company Transurban with the NSW Government last year.

‘I want to see the F3-M2 Missing Link built to deliver benefits to the communities I represent – and I want to ensure that if this proposal from Transurban proceeds, its design addresses the proper and reasonable concerns of nearby residents’, Mr Fletcher said.

Key design principles for the F3-M2 Missing Link have been identified in work done over the last decade. The 2004 Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) study identified air quality, alternative transport options and noise impacts as the areas the community wanted to be scrutinised.

SKM found the project capable of delivering positive benefits in each area, including reduced noise for 94% of residents and air quality improvements.