We've reached 1,500 supporters, and I want to take a moment to acknowledge what that actually means.
This campaign isn't trying to change the world. It's trying to do something far more modest - and far more overdue. We want people of all ages and abilities to be able to cross a road safely and reach one of the most beautiful natural environments in Australia. That's it. And yet here we are.
Where Things Stand
The response from most agencies has been genuinely encouraging.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service have indicated strong support and confirmed they would build connecting paths on the park side of the highway. Sutherland Shire Council - both Councillor Deidre Steinwall and transport staff - have expressed clear support and a willingness to work with Transport for NSW and NPWS toward a coordinated solution. Member for Heathcote Maryanne Stuart engaged constructively with the proposal and has shown a genuine interest in improving access to this part of the Royal National Park more broadly. I appreciate her willingness to take this seriously at a state level.
Transport for NSW is a different story.
Their response was largely boilerplate, with only a brief passage that actually engaged with the substance of our proposal. That passage cited traffic volumes, crash history, environmental impacts and costs as considerations - fair enough - but then veered into a discussion of pedestrian overbridges, something I never once raised. It was hard not to read that as a deliberate detour.
What struck me most, though, was this: the response essentially argued that because the road is fast and dangerous, a formal crossing would be difficult to justify. Read that again. The very danger we are trying to fix is being used as a reason not to fix it. Meanwhile, people are crossing that road every single day. The worn paths through the median are proof enough. The demand is not hypothetical - it is visible.
To do nothing is not a neutral position. It is a choice - one that leaves our community to manage a risk that should never have been left unaddressed.
I'll be honest: the response from Transport for NSW was disappointing. But I won't let it be the end of the conversation. My next step is to push for a formal meeting between Transport for NSW, Sutherland Shire Council and NSW National Parks - to get the right people in the same room and begin working through the practical issues properly.
Why This Moment Matters
1,500 supporters is a real achievement. But it's also the point where campaigns like this most often stall - when the initial energy fades, when bureaucracies wait it out, when the issue quietly slips down the list.
We cannot let that happen here.
The reason this campaign has momentum is because people keep talking about it - at school pick-up, on the trail, at the soccer club, around the dinner table. Every conversation plants a seed. Every new supporter makes this harder to ignore.
This is a simple, practical, overdue improvement. Safer access for families, for older residents, for people with disabilities. Better connection to the Royal National Park. A crossing that uses infrastructure that already exists.
There is nothing radical here. There is only the question of whether those with the power to act on behalf of our community's safety will choose to do so.
We're going to keep pushing until they do. Help us get to 2,000 - and let's make sure this issue stays impossible to ignore.