Safer roads, more freight on rail,
better public transport

Maintenance work on highway through Blackheath scheduled to start on 1 February 2012.

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The Blackheath Highway Action group was formed in 2008 to fight the proposal to turn the Great Western Highway into a 4 lane 25/26m B-double freight route across the Blue Mountains.

The State and Federal Governments plan to spend $1.7 to $1.9 billion to upgrade the Great Western Highway between Mt Victoria and Lithgow, part of a broader plan to turn the highway into a 25/26m B-double freight route.

Yet the highway, even though it will be widened to 4 lanes between Lapstone and Katoomba will still have the many school zones, up to 44 different speed zones, 26 sets of traffic lights and dissect 17 towns and villages.

The highway also runs through a World Heritage Area and National Park.

We need a long term sustainable solution to the transport needs of NSW Central West, not a band aid fix that will result in a "truck tsunami" which will forever damage the Blue Mountains, its tourist based economy and the National Park and World Heritage Area.

"When traffic moves by rail, society benefits" Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren E. Buffett, speaking on the company's acquisition of BNSF in a letter addressed to shareholders.