Demand more highway funds, Labor MPs told

LABOR MPs in NSW are being asked to pressure their colleagues in Canberra to provide funds for badly needed upgrades to the Pacific Highway.

Roads Minister Duncan Gay on Wednesday challenged Labor politicians to show their support for the move to a dual carriageway by demanding the federal government honour the commitment it made with the previous NSW government.

"NSW Labor can show the people who live along and travel the Pacific Highway they are genuinely interested in their welfare by phoning, writing or emailing their federal colleagues demanding the Gillard government restore the 80:20 funding split," he said.

The NSW government has complained it has been left more than $2 billion short to finish converting the highway to dual carriageway.

It says Canberra's insistence of a 50-50 funding agreement breaches the original agreement for a 20-80 split, which state Labor signed with Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese.

"The baseline funding split agreed to in the MoU was 83 per cent federal 17 per cent NSW, which later increased even further to a funding ratio of 86:14," Mr Gay said in a statement.

"All the NSW government is seeking from the federal government is the same funding split of 80:20 afforded to the previous state Labor government."

Mr Gay claimed contributions to the Pacific Highway started to reduce dramatically after the O'Farrell government came to office in early 2011.

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