Only in New South Wales could a government spend $50 million on a bridge and still not fix the traffic. MP Jenny Aitchison’s grand plan for the Thornton Bridge upgrade has locals shaking their heads — and laughing it straight out of town.
The project promises to “ease congestion” and “improve safety,” but anyone who actually drives through Thornton can see what’s coming. The bridge might be wider, but the traffic still squeezes back into a single lane. Nothing’s been solved — just shifted a few hundred metres down the road.
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