BOTH major parties have pledged a $200 million upgrade for Wyong Hospital, meaning that voters in the seat of Wyong will feel they've had a win even before they enter the polling booths on Saturday.
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The proposed Wallarah 2 coal mine at Jilliby, and infrastructure funding for the fast-growing shire are other key local issues.
David Harris (Labor) and Sandra Kerr (Liberal) will be the main players.
Mr Harris is attempting to win back the seat he lost to Darren Webber (Liberal) at the 2007 election.
Mr Webber is now on the parliamentary crossbench as an Independent, after the Independent Commission Against Corruption heard Mr Webber may have breached electoral laws.
Mr Harris has vowed to fight to stop the Wallarah 2 coal mine, and push for upgrades to shire roads, including the M2 to M1 link.
Opposition Leader Luke Foley said Wallarah 2 would be a key election issue in the seat.
He said residents had not forgotten former Premier Barry O'Farrell's promise to stop the proposed coal mine.
"It is the signature broken promise of the Liberal government," he said.
Ms Kerr, the Wyong Regional Chamber of Commerce president, said she is committed to assuring essential services such as health, transport and education for the electorate.
Ms Kerr has also pledged a commitment to push for Casar Park, a motorsport facility at Bushells Ridge which Wyong Council said needed $14 million from the government.
Ms Kerr is part of the "new generation" of Central Coast Liberal candidates endorsed by Premier Mike Baird. Mr Baird said he understood that Central Coast voters felt "disappointed and angered by what happened" to Liberal MPs at ICAC.
"What you have now is the new generation.
"We are delivering for the Central Coast, but we have to do more," he said.
■ The seat of Wyong includes Doyalson, Jilliby, Dooralong, Hamlyn Terrace, Blue Haven, Lake Haven, Kanwal and Warnervale.
