Pubdate: Tue, 20 Mar 2001
Source: Illawarra Mercury (Australia)
Copyright: 2001 Illawarra Newspapers
Contact:  282 Keira St, Wollongong NSW 2500
Fax: (02) 4226 3616
Website: http://www.illawarramercury.com/ Author: David Iliffe

CANDIDATES REVEAL ACTION PLANS FOR WESTERN CROWN ST

Independent ward three candidate Anne Wood has voiced her support for 
the removal of the Denison St methadone clinic.

Ms Wood has advocated a decentralised system of dispensing methadone, 
with patients collecting their medication from their pharmacy.

``It costs a patient $10 a day to receive methadone through the 
Denison St clinic,'' she said. ``But for those patients who choose 
instead to receive their methadone from the local pharmacy, the costs 
is only $4 per day. How much better would the system be if patients 
could attend their local pharmacy for medication? Problems such as 
those we are experiencing at present because of a concentration of 
patients at the one location would be eased with a new decentralised 
system.''

ALP ward three candidate Paul Myjavec has vowed to fast-track 
strategies to relieve chronic traffic congestion in western Crown St.

If elected at this Saturday's by-election, Mr Myjavec said he would 
push to expedite the proposed Gladstone Ave, Denison St intersection 
construction to aid CBD traffic flows.

He said to reduce Crown St traffic by between 12 and 20 per cent 
would help the western end become more viable and people friendly.

``To allow the cross movement of traffic between Denison St and 
Gladstone Ave would help the Coniston, Mt St Thomas and Mangerton 
community,'' he said.

``This is a top priority. For only $800,000, with $400,000 coming 
from the RTA, we could take the first step to help the western end of 
Crown St.''
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