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Monday, 11 February 2019

Keoride Becoming Opal Active This Sunday

Friday, 08 February 2019

Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes today announced that from this Sunday passengers will be able to use their Opal card to pay for the highly popular Keoride on-demand transport service.

OpalPay will allow customers to ‘tap on’ with their Opal card when boarding Keoride, reducing the need for separate payment methods and making multi-modal travel more seamless.

“Keoride has been overwhelmingly embraced by Pittwater residents,” Rob Stokes said today.

Funding boost to help Healthy Harold reach even more students

Thursday, 07 February 2019

Member for Pittwater and NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes today said schools on the northern beaches will be among those to benefit from a multi-million dollar funding boost for Life Education.

The NSW Government has provided a record $2 million in further funding to the not-for-profit organisation, which turns 40 this year, to ensure the next generation of school children have access to practical health and wellbeing lessons delivered by the state’s most popular giraffe.

“Harold is going to be very busy,” Rob Stokes said today.

New Direct Public Transport Service Linking Pittwater and Northern Beaches Hospital

Monday, 04 February 2019

Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes today announced Transport for NSW is preparing for the introduction of a new bus service from Mona Vale to Northern Beaches Hospital that will use Wakehurst Parkway as a public transport route for the first time.

The hourly service will operate 7 days a week from Mona Vale to Narrabeen before continuing via Wakehurst Parkway to Northern Beaches Hospital at Frenchs Forest.

“This additional service will improve connectivity between our community and the major hospital at Frenchs Forest,” Rob Stokes said today.