Planning is continuing for the upgrade of the Central Coast Highway at the Wisemans Ferry Road intersection. Roads and Maritime Services (replacing Roads and Traffic Authority) is constructing a car pool car park as part of this project. Work is expected to commence December 2011 at the intersection of the Central Coast Highway and Kangoo Road. The intersection upgrade will improve safety and ease congestion.

Background

The Central Coast Highway is the major road link between the F3 Sydney to Newcastle freeway and Gosford, Erina and surrounding Coastal suburbs. The planned upgrade at Wisemans Ferry Road will improve traffic flow and reduce delays and crashes at this important intersection access to Gosford.

Features and benefits

• Lengthening the existing right turn lane and providing a second right turn lane from the Central Coast Highway (from Gosford) into Wisemans Ferry Road, to reduce queuing and improve safety.
• Providing an additional left turn lane with both lanes under traffic light control from Wisemans Ferry Road into the Central Coast Highway (to Gosford), to improve safety by removing the need to merge.
• These treatments will increase capacity and improve the traffic flow through the intersection.
• Providing a continuous lane on Wisemans Ferry Road for southbound vehicles exiting the F3 freeway heading towards the Central Coast Highway to improve safety by removing the need to merge.
• Providing a new right turn lane from Wisemans Ferry Road onto the northbound on-ramp of the F3 freeway to improve safety by separating traffic movements.
• Building a new car pool car park with approximately 100 parking spaces
• Providing an off road cycle path.