Dredging is underway at The Entrance Channel
The dredging of The Entrance Channel is underway, according to Central Coast Council’s Director of Assets and Infrastructure, Mr Mike Dowling. Mr Dowling said the dredging program is carried out…
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RMS clarifies its role with Ettalong Channel
The NSW Department of Crown Lands is the lead agency for dredging across NSW, according to NSW Roads and Maritime Services. “As the NSW boating regulator, Roads and Maritime may…
Chamber fears ferry service may have to stop
The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has foreshadowed the possible cessation of ferry services if the Ettalong Channel is allowed to continue to silt up. “Recent drone photos have confirmed our…
Council maintains dredging position after legal advice
Central Coast Council has maintained its long-held view that it is under no statutory obligation to dredge the Brisbane Water Entrance Channel following the receipt of legal advice considered at…
Popular cruise is cancelled as channel silts up
A Gosford cruise operator has cancelled a popular tour through the Ettalong Channel and has called on NSW Roads and Maritime Services to restrict passage to vessels with drafts of…
Impasse remains over channel dredging
A meeting, held last Monday, March 19, between NSW Government and Central Coast Council representatives has failed to resolve the impasse over who is responsible for maintaining the navigation channels…
Protest sends clear message, says Crouch
More than 60 local residents have attended a Save Our Beach protest on March 17 convened by Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Liberal Member for Terrigal Mr Adam Crouch, and Liberal…
Channel needs science, not amateur ideas, says CEN
The Ettalong channel dredging needs science, engineering and common sense, and not ill-considered amateur ideas, opinions and dogma, according to the Community Environment Network. Chairman Mr John Asquith said: “When…
Pilon calls on council to accept responsibility for all waterways
Liberal Councillor Jilly Pilon, who represents The Entrance Ward, is calling on the Coast Council to take ownership, responsibility and action to fix The Entrance channel and other waterways, and…
Permanent dredging solution is supported – Tesch
Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch has said support for a permanent solution to the ongoing siltation of the navigation channel was coming from “across the community”. She said a…
Dredging ‘largely ineffective’ says residents’ group
Recent dredging of the Ettalong channel near Lobster Beach has “largely been ineffective”, according to the Hardys Bay Residents Group. “The spoil has been deposited in a location too close…
Ferry service disruptions continue
Disruptions to the Palm Beach ferry service continue due to the condition of the Little Box Head to Lobster Beach Channel. Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association president Ms Peta Colebatch said a…
They will not supply a dredge – stop asking
Again yesterday the ferry scraped the bottom, headed to Patonga and buses had to be marshalled. The pressure is on and should be pressed harder but, please, over the past…
Just pull your fingers out on dredging
It is great to hear that the sand has come back to Lobster Beach but the channel is dangerously shallow. We need the Federal Member, State Member and our local…
Lobster Beach sand ‘renewed’
Lobster Beach in Bouddi National Park has a “renewed sand coverage”, despite emergency dredging conducted in the nearby navigational channel, according to the local community association. Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association secretary…
Call for MP and council to work on coastal management
The Central Coast branch on the Australian Conservation Foundation has called on both the Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch and Central Coast Council to ensure an integrated plan for…
Law says waterways responsibility is with Minister
I’m becoming a little tired of misleading public statements about the maintenance of the navigation channel for Brisbane Water. Responsibility for waterways safety is clearly a responsibility of the Minister…
Pursuit of ferry captain a cowardly act, says Tesch
The man at the helm of a ferry that ran aground in the Ettalong Channel is being investigated by NSW Roads and Maritime Services, according to Member for Gosford Ms…
Criminal investigation instigated against ferry skipper
A Palm Beach ferry skipper “is being criminally investigated” for coming into contact with a sandbank in the Ettalong Channel, according to ferry operator Fantasea Cruising. “On July 27, our…
Council to apply for emergency dredging
Central Coast Council will apply for emergency dredging of the Ettalong Channel, following a roundtable discussion chaired by Central Coast Parliamentary Secretary Mr Scot MacDonald. The discussion, held on May…