Sea level rise and traffic flow are the most important issues to address when considering any redevelopment of the Gosford Waterfront Precinct, according to local historian and spokesperson for community group, Crown Land Our land, Ms Kay Williams.
“CARDNO formally reported to the Central Coast Regional Development Corporation that the first imperative for Gosford Waterfront was to solve the problems of sea level rise and traffic flow around the Broadwater, and that this had to be resolved before building proposals went ahead,” Ms Williams said.
“It sounds simple, yet we continue with any number of pipe dreams by architects and developers who choose to overlook the bottom line in developing this reclaimed river bed,” she said.
“Could it be that the solution is too hard or too unpalatable to address?
“Gosford Waterfront continues to be the magical land of pipe dreams.
“Now the Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, has joined the circus by proposing the Performing Arts Centre be built over the shale riverbed of the Broadwater.
“If even feasible, it would be likely to cost well over the $32 million allocated, and with no traffic and sea level rise solutions in site.
“Perhaps the plan is that those problems will be deferred until the next Council has been elected, now that Mr Reynolds has chosen the site,” Ms Williams said.
She referred to historical photographs that show the extent of the water course that is now “underground”.
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Mar 7, 2017
Kay Williams, Spokesperson, Crown Land Our Land