RMS completed a Speed zone review for Newcastle Road from Bennet St, Hamilton to 460m west of Lake Rd, Wallsend. The total length under review was 8.5km. This section of road was identified as a priority for review by the Centre for Road Safety and a number of members of the community had raised concerns…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has vowed to step up the campaign to fix flooding issues in Wallsend after water came within inches of flooding the Wallsend Town Centre yesterday. Wallsend received more than 150mm of rain yesterday and that was enough to bring the water levels in Ironbark Creek to the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has expressed her disappointment at the decision by the Minister for Emergency Services to sell the old Wallsend Fire Station. The Fire Station was recently vacated after the Wallsend 484 crew moved into brand new premises at Summerhill Drive, Wallsend. A number of community groups had come…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is calling on the Police Minister to explain what he is doing to reduce crime in the Beresfield/Tarro area after a 240% increase in crimes reported during January and February this year. From 15 December 2017 to 14 January 2018 only 60 crimes were reported, but from…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today debate a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament which calls on the Minister for Police to look at resources in the Wallsend electorate. The Motion notes that a shortage of Police officers has resulted in failures to arrive at triple zero emergencies within the…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, yesterday spoke in State Parliament about yet another closure of a Newcastle Permanent Building Society branch in the western suburbs of Newcastle. In the past few months, a number of banks and building societies have announced the closure of local branches, making it more difficult for customers…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, will today move a Notice of Motion in the NSW Parliament, calling on the Minister to release the data behind the decision to reduce the speed limit along Thomas Street, Newcastle Road and Griffiths Road. The Notice of Motion notes the recent decision to reduce the limits…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery, has called for the Roads and Maritime Services to fix the chaos it has caused with changes to the speed limit along Thomas Street, Newcastle Road and Griffiths Road. Despite signs going up 12 days ago to advise motorists that the speed limit would be changing, there is…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, has called on the Minister for Roads to release the data and reports used by the Roads and Maritime Services to reduce the speed limit along Thomas Street, Newcastle Road and Griffiths Road. The speed limit will be reduced from 70km/h to 60km/h from Sunday but, as…
State Member for Wallsend, Ms Sonia Hornery MP, is advising Hunter motorists of a major speed limit change due to come in to effect soon, along Newcastle Road, Griffiths Road and Thomas Street. The Roads and Maritime Services have advised that the speed limit is set to drop from 70km/h to 60km/h effective from Sunday…