Media release - Dunheved Road upgrade - our community has waited too long

Melissa McIntosh MP
Shadow Minister for Communications
Shadow Minister for Women
Federal Member for Lindsay

Dunheved Road upgrade – our community has waited too long

30 September 2025

The Penrith community has waited too long for the Albanese Labor Government and Penrith City Council to sign off on early works for the Dunheved Road upgrade.

The project is already more than two years behind schedule and the Federal Member for Lindsay, Melissa McIntosh MP, has been fighting to ensure the Dunheved Road community will still get their upgrade as promised.

Mrs McIntosh delivered more than $127 million in Federal funding for the project and has been pushing for the Albanese Government and Penrith City Council to construct the upgrade immediately.  

“The Dunheved Road upgrade will nearly be three years behind schedule when early works begin later this year thanks to the Albanese Labor Government,” said Mrs McIntosh.

“I fought tirelessly to fund the upgrade of Dunheved Road and I have continued to relentlessly advocate for the full project to be completed as scheduled.

“The communities of Cambridge Gardens, Werrington, Cambridge Park, Werrington County and Werrington Downs should not have to wait any longer for this important upgrade to take place.

“Let’s not forget that Infrastructure Minister Catherine King promised our community before the 2022 election that Labor would fast-track the project. This has not happened, and community members are rightly angry at the Government for stalling the much-needed Dunheved Road upgrade.

“The contract that the Government and Council are celebrating is only for early works which will begin some time before Christmas. The major works contracts are to be awarded after this and begin in mid-2026. How can this new timeline be trusted when the schedule has been changed on multiple occasions.

“The Albanese Labor Government and Penrith City Council needs to get Dunheved Road upgraded immediately. Stop the delays and get on with delivering the commitment I funded five years ago.”