Gladys Berejiklian took a detour from her schedule on Wednesday to open, of all things, a pie factory. As it turns out it wasn't any old pie factory. It was the new Kingsgrove facility for Garlo's Pies, owned by the family of former rugby league star Sean Garlick.

More importantly for the Premier, it was an opportunity to try to put a positive spin on one of the infrastructure projects giving her government a headache due to community opposition: the $17 billion WestConnex motorway.

Berejiklian highlighted the jobs, but also how the old Garlo's factory in St Peters had been compulsorily acquired to make way for the massive road project.

The issue of compulsory acquisition has dogged the government due to the unfairness of homeowners being forced out of their properties without enough compensation to buy a similar property in the same area. It has also faced legal action from businesses.