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GLW author Blue Mountains

The Mt Victoria to Lithgow 'white elephant way'

The Mt Victoria to Lithgow upgrade of the Great Western Highway was conceived for one election campaign and its life may be extinguished with another. It has caused everything from bemusement to misery and has distracted attention from needier causes.

Campaign demands more rail, fewer trucks

By Blue Mountains & Lisa Macdonald

More than 50 people joined a public meeting in Lawson in the Blue Mountains on May 11 and discussed a new campaign to stop plans by the Roads and Traffic Authority to upgrade the Great Western Highway.

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