A community consultation meeting will be held in the region soon to discuss future transport plans, including work on connections between the Central West and Sydney, but also links with Newcastle and other regions

Bathurst has been suggested as a likely location for the meeting, but nothing has yet been confirmed.

Ms Pavey said in February that she wanted to have that discussion “in coming weeks” but despite three and a half months passing with no further information, it hadn’t fallen by the wayside she said.

Difficulty in matching schedules between Ms Pavey and local MPs Paul Toole and Troy Grant, who are also Ministers, and MLC Rick Colless.

Another issue is community consultation on the Castlereagh Connection, a future line between the Bells Line of Road at Kurrajong and the M7 Motorway, has been time consuming since it began in late-March.

The proposed corridor for a future motorway, which is seen as crucial to link any expressway over the Blue Mountains to a main thoroughfare into Sydney, has proved unpopular with residents.

The government has received hundreds of submissions about the location of the corridor and issues surrounding it, as well as suggestions for alternative locations including a tunnel. 

Hundreds of residents from Castlereagh, Kurrajong Hills, Kurrajong Heights and Yarramundi face having their houses compulsorily acquired when the government decides to build the road.

Consultation closed on Friday with the government to make a decision on whether to keep the route it proposed in March or change to another path.

There has been speculation the strong feedback will force the government to move the corridor to one that is less direct but would also affect fewer houses.