The Gosford East ward Labor team has set improved infrastructure, roads and service as top priorities.
The three candidates say extraordinary rate increases and hiked fees and charges have failed to deliver better infrastructure or services for residents and ratepayers since 2020 and it is time that changed.
“In many areas across the Gosford East ward our roads are falling apart, and we seem to have inferior infrastructure when compared with other NSW local government areas with smaller rate bases,” team leader Sharon Walsh said.
“The Labor Team in the Gosford East ward wants to find out what residents and ratepayers think about the value for money Central Coast Council is currently providing.
“Is it good enough?”
Team mate Trevor Drake said his own rates in Terrigal had gone up 60 per cent since 2020.
“But I cannot see where the value is going,” he said.
“The Scenic Hwy is in a state of disrepair and many other local roads are as bad if not worse.”
Number three on the ticket, Victoria Collins, said sub-standard infrastructure was a problem across the Gosford East ward.
“Council’s capital expenditure doesn’t seem to be keeping up with the need for road repairs, let alone adding value with things like kerb and guttering for areas like Springfield,” she said.
Walsh said whole new suburbs were being created in some parts of the Central Coast while residents and ratepayers in more established areas were expected to live with antiquated and inadequate infrastructure and the absence of even basic services.
“We will be visiting local shopping centres in the days leading up to the election to hear from you about whether you think Central Coast Council is currently delivering value,” she said.