Promises came thick and fast in the last days of the state election campaign, with the happy result that the Mountains should be rolling in dollars in coming months, no matter which party wins government on Saturday.
A succession of visits by leaders, ministers and shadow ministers, and their accompanying financial pledges, highlighted expectations of a close contest in the battle for Blue Mountains.
A preference deal between the ALP and the Greens might prove crucial, with Trish Doyle and Alandra Tasire agreeing to trade preferences.
The raft of promises spans everything from roads to rail to health and education, and everything in between.
From the government came $4.5 million for a dialysis unit at Katoomba Hospital, new lifts at Leura and Wentworth Falls stations, and improvements at Glenbrook and Hazelbrook stations.
There was $4 million to help tourism in the area, focusing on hosting more major events (which may or may not include an outdoor opera), $74,000 to renovate Lennox Bridge and $27,000 for Blue Mountains Food Rescue to buy a new fridge and vehicle to collect and store food.
Roads continue to benefit: as well as the multi-millions spent on the Great Western Highway for the four-lane stretch to Katoomba, there is also $5.36 million for Bells Line of Road at Mt Wilson, a $1 million stop sign and safety island at the intersection of Peninsula Road and the highway at Valley Heights, and traffic studies to look at Katoomba's issues as well as the Hawkesbury and Macquarie roads blockage in Springwood.
On the other side of the coin, a Foley Labor government promised $351 million to redevelop Nepean Hospital, $300,000 to extend the bike trail from Blackheath to Mt Victoria, $250,000 for Glenbrook soccer and cricket clubhouse, $100,000 for a walking trail between Hawkesbury Lookout and Winmalee Shopping Centre, $40,000 to upgrade the lighting and sound system in the new Springwood Hub and a $50,000 grant to restore the disability access ramp at the Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre.
Labor has also promised to get peak-hour Mountains trains stopping at Westmead station again and to wind back TAFE cuts.
Sitting MP Mrs Sage said the election gave Mountains voters "an opportunity to ensure the great momentum created in NSW by the Baird Liberal government continues".
"We have returned NSW to its rightful position as the number one economy in Australia, created jobs, increased funding to our schools and hospitals and started to deliver the infrastructure our state so desperately needs following 16 years of Labor mismanagement and neglect.
"Locally, I have been working tirelessly to ensure our community benefits from a resurgent NSW."
Ms Doyle said it had been "an exhilarating campaign".
"The issues at stake whether NSW keeps its assets in public hands, whether we protect the environment, and whether we properly fund schools and hospitals mean there is a high level of engagement by voters.
"My fantastic team and I will be working until the polls close on Saturday.
"I hope I've been able to demonstrate that I would be an MP who will strongly advocate for my community and stand up for our needs".
In the 2011 election, Mrs Sage won with 54.8 per cent of the two-party preferred vote to Ms Doyle's 45.2 per cent.
Saturday's other candidates are Alandra Tasire (Greens), Tony Piper (Christian Democratic Party), independent Mark Harrison and Gianna Maiorana (No Land Tax).
In Penrith, which takes in Lapstone and Glenbrook, there are eight candidates. Sitting Liberal member Stuart Ayres will face Labor's Emma Husar, Mark O'Sullivan from the Greens, May Spencer (Christian Democratic Party), Angela Pezzano (No Land Tax), and three independents former Howard minister Jackie Kelly, Carolyn Kennett and Victor Waterson.
