Coast misses out on extra public transport services
The State Opposition and the Central Coast Commuters Association have slammed NSW Government plans to provide more than 3,000 extra public transport services for Sydney but none for the Central…
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Thirty five shipping containers still missing
Aerial observation flights along the Central Coast were conducted on Friday, June 5, on the lookout for remaining containers and debris from the APL England cargo ship, that may have…
Council navigates turbulent financial impact of Covid-19
Central Coast Council expects to be in deficit by the end of the financial year by $41.6M with lost revenues and ongoing costs and impacts due to Covid events growing…
More full-time firies needed to avoid another Black Summer
In the wake of major bushfires which threatened the Central Coast and devastated other parts of the state late last year and early this year, the Public Service Association (PSA)…
Water rates to rise
Central Coast residents can expect their water, sewerage and drainage charges to rise by 2.2% for the next financial year, which Council estimates will see a rise of just over…
Government offers 10,000 new home loan guarantees
Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has reminded Central Coast residents that a further 10,000 guarantees will become available to first home buyers under the Federal Government’s First Home Deposit Scheme…
NorthConnex to shave 15 minutes off trip to Sydney
Central Coast commuters who drive to Sydney could shave 15 minutes off their trip by avoiding multiple sets of traffic lights, once NorthConnex opens in a few months’ time, says…
Recycling a feature in M1 upgrade
One of Australia’s biggest concrete recycling projects has helped turn more than 200,000 tonnes of the old cracked surface of the M1 Pacific Motorway between Tuggerah and Doyalson into a…
APL England held in detention
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has laid charges against the Master of the APL England cargo ship which lost about 50 shipping containers overboard, causing debris and mangled shipping…
M1 now three lanes north bound from Kariong to Doyalson
Traffic jams on the M1 Motorway between Tuggerah and Doyalson should soon be a thing of the past with the opening of all three lanes in the northbound section on…
Council waste strategy open for public review
Central Coast Council is inviting community members to have their say on its draft Waste Resource Management Strategy, now available online for final public review until June 21. Developed after…
Crouch defends childcare support package
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, has hit back at criticism from the State Opposition over delays in the delivery of the $82M Council childcare package pledged by…
$ 1M funding boost for local emergency services
Central Coast Council will soon be more than $1M better off, thanks to a State Government decision to fully fund the local government increase in the Emergency Services Levy (ESL)…
Small parks and playgrounds at risk
Five years after thousands of residents stood up against Gosford Council’s planned sell-off of 25 local reserves and playgrounds, community group Save Central Coast Reserves is afraid many of the…
Councillors go down fighting
Central Coast Council voted on Monday, May 11, to accept the constitution of the Local Planning Panel that will now take over the councillors’ previous role in deciding development applications….
Financial hardship measures in place
Relief is at hand for ratepayers impacted by COVID-19 as quarterly rate bills land in letterboxes all over the region. Central Coast Council is reminding residents that it has put…
Social distancing on trains will be a problem
Central Coast Commuters Association is backing calls from the State Opposition for the enforcement of more social distancing and hygiene measures on our trains, with hundreds more commuters expected to…
M1 returned to 110km/h
Central Coast motorists breathed a sigh of relief when the speed limit on upgraded and widened northbound lanes on the M1 between Kariong and Somersby returned to 110km/h on May…
Minister threatens Council with performance review
Planning Minister Mr Rob Stokes has threatened Central Coast Council with a performance review. He has accused the council of not demonstrating “a clear commitment to delivering their Local Strategic…
Major planning documents deferred
The development industry has slammed Central Coast Council, after councillors voted at their March 23 meeting to defer public exhibition of its Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement for as long…