A state government commitment to improve accessibility at Kotara and Cockle Creek stations in the Hunter may still be at least nine months away from first results, and even then, it is conditioned on the availability of budget funding to complete, but Transport Minister Jo Haylen has nevertheless insisted the government is determined to see it through as part of its safe and accessible transport initiative.
Ms Haylen, who heads the state's transport portfolio, was in Newcastle on Saturday, June 22, to say the state was in the investigation and design stages to add lifts, stairs, ramps, and footbridges, among a suite of other potential improvements to the two Hunter stations.
