A $12 million state government project to realign part of Honeysuckle Drive and improve infrastructure in the area has concluded.
The works, which the Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation commenced last year, included the construction a new road, a bridge over Cottage Creek, installation of bike lanes, widened footpaths and landscaping.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Taylor Martin said the project was part of a broader $55 million infrastructure spend in the area.
"The NSW government is investing unprecedented funding into the essential transformation of this enviable and attractive waterfront precinct," Mr Martin said.
"These works will underpin new waterfront public domain and exciting new future uses that will attract people to live, work and enjoy this amazing city."
Hunter and Central Coast Development Corporation CEO Valentina Misevska said the works marked another significant step in the ongoing transformation of the Honeysuckle precinct.
"We are continuing to invest in Honeysuckle and the community can now enjoy wider footpaths, new cycleways, improved traffic lanes for better traffic flow, and a new bridge across Cottage Creek, which we have also worked to remove concrete covers to naturalise and beautify the waterway," Ms Misevska said.
"We've also improved the streetscape, with 17 Norfolk Pines planted in a median strip that now connects to existing and established Honeysuckle landscaping."
The year-long project also included early works to prepare the corporation's remaining parcels of land for future redevelopment.
"While we have worked to realign Honeysuckle Drive and improve surrounding amenity for the community to enjoy, we have also constructed the essential infrastructure across the remaining parcels of land earmarked for development," Ms Misevska said.
"These lands will form an important role in the emergence of the new CBD, creating a destination befit of our revitalised city."
The development corporation is completing further works nearby, including constructing a new play and recreation area known as Honeysuckle Park.
It completed major seawall works along the foreshore last year.
The corporation lodged a development application this month to subdivide 4.19 hectares of its land, including the road, into 11 lots.
Majority of the lots will be public domain areas progressively transferred to the council or Hunter Water.
Two large lots either side of Honeysuckle Drive are earmarked for development and the subdivision's approval will pave the way for HCCDC to divest that land.
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