Strike two for Duncan
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WHENEVER NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay comes to town with a big announcement it might be wise to stay off the roads around here for the day. A couple of years back Duncan and our man in the Bathurst electorate Paul Toole called a press conference at South Bowenfels to announce plans for a deviation of the Forty Bends section of the highway. The proceedings were disrupted midstream by the sirens of emergency vehicles screaming past on their way to a serious semi trailer accident at Hartley. On Thursday Duncan and our man in Calare John Cobb sent out a media alert for another announcement, again at South Bowenfels, for funding for safety upgrades of the highway through Hartley. And, yep, a few hours before the scheduled photo opportunity another serious truck accident occurred at Hartley. So that’s two; if Duncan comes back for a third announcement be afraid, be very afraid!
Access will re-open
THERE has been some public concern expressed recently at access to Lithgow’s very unique World War Two gun emplacements at Bowenfels being fenced off. But it’s no big deal. Lithgow Council advises that the strip of land behind Kirkley Gardens is indeed private property. But the official and legal right of way to the gun pits is at the opposite (eastern) end of the paddock. Just turn off Kirkley Street into Tom Lesslie Drive then access the driveway to the left near the Brethren prayer hall. Just don’t try to drive in there at the moment. Council has temporarily had to close the access while earthworks are completed on the new South Bowenfels sewer pumping station. Once that’s finished you can again visit what is indeed a rare item of wartime heritage.