One business owner said: "a bypass is premature for Moruya", whilst others believed it would help the town boom.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Bega MP Andrew Constance launched his election campaign at Russ Martin Park, Moruya, on Wednesday, March 6.

Part of the campaign was a promise of $960 million of state government funding to duplicate sections of the Princes Highway and build a Moruya bypass.

Business owner Rohan Gleeson was thrilled at the idea of a bypass.

"I think it is absolutely brilliant; if you take the examples of the Berry and Bega bypasses, the town should boom," he said. 

"It will get all the traffic off the main street and the commercial centre will take off."

However, Moruya Business Chamber president, Jude Manahan, said there was concern in the food and retail industry.

She said it was difficult to compare a bypass at Moruya with the success of the Berry bypass, south of Sydney.

"We are not a town like Berry, we don't know where we will fit in - there are towns that do well and survive, then there are some which have degraded as a result of the bypass," she said

"Berry had congestion seven days a week, and particularly on weekends, with all of the Sydney traffic.

"Out of the 365 days of the year, only 15 days are congested in Moruya," Ms Manahan said. 

"We rely on the movement of people through town, especially mid-week in winter months."