Access to Killalea State Park would be improved and the Warilla-Barrack Point Surf Life Saving Club upgraded should Labor win government on Saturday.
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Shellharbour MP Anna Watson announced on Tuesday that Labor would spend $4.7 million on the projects.
A Killalea State Park coastal walk, to complete the "missing link" between Kiama and Shellharbour, would share in $3.7 million.
"What it ensures is people can actually have that access to Killalea Beach and the Killalea Lagoon," Ms Watson said.
"There is four kilometres that's been reserved for particularly disabled people so they can also enjoy what we have to offer in this fantastic electorate."
Killalea State Park manager Nathan Cattell said the project had been on the agenda for some time.
"We provide access for able-bodied people, we don't provide access for people with physical impairment ... as a major bit of infrastructure it provides people with health and wellbeing," Mr Cattell said.
Delivery of the project would complete a coastal link of more than 20 kilometres from Lake Illawarra to Kiama's Blowhole Reserve.
The money - from the Illawarra Infrastructure Investment Fund - would also provide secondary access to the park through Buckleys Road at Dunmore, relieving traffic congestion in Shell Cove.
"Last year, we had 183,000 cars through this reserve; 183,000 cars missing children ... it's a matter of time before one of them could get hit or possibly injured," Mr Cattell said.
An additional $50,000 would be spent on sealing Bass Point Reserve access roads.
Meanwhile, $1 million was set aside to upgrade Warilla-Barrack Point Surf Life Saving Club, which Ms Watson described as the "poor cousin" of Illawarra surf clubs.
Club representative Steven Krinks welcomed the boost.
"The club's been let go unfortunately in the past few years, because we just don't have the finances to both keep the club running and to maintain the building," Mr Krinks said.
"This investment will not only improve the current building, but make sure it's viable for the future."
Mr Krinks said access to equipment was currently prohibitive to their lifesaving work.
"To get one piece of equipment, you have to move about five," he said.
