$96m in developer contributions fund unallocated
The majority of Council’s capital works projects were on schedule as at August 31, with a planned investment of over $199m in the 2018-19 financial year. Some of Council’s capital…
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Confusion over increase in express train services clarified
Confusion around the supposed increase in express train services to and from Sydney during peak hour abounds, following conflicting reports from state representatives and the region’s public media outlet, ABC…
Decision brings an end to gas exploration on the Central Coast
The Australian Coal Alliance, the first community group in Australia to fight coal seam gas exploration and drilling, has welcomed the NSW Government’s buyback and cancellation of Petroleum Exploration Licence…
Avoca Beach added to drone trial
Avoca Beach is receiving a safety upgrade this summer, with the beach confirmed to be a part of the NSW Government’s 2018 drone program. Surf Life Saving NSW will be…
Accident blamed on ‘unsuitable wharf’
The unsuitability of Patonga public wharf as a major commuter thoroughfare has been blamed for a commuter accident which took place on the afternoon of September 12. Upon disembarking from…
Funding announced for outdoor water park
Funding for an outdoor water park at Peninsula Leisure Centre has been announced. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Mr Scot MacDonald, announced the $850,000 project as part of a…
Council to consider local procurement policy
A local procurement policy was discussed at Central Coast Council, on Monday, September 24. Cr Kyle MacGregor has said he will move a motion calling for the Council to request…
Council reburied asbestos at Wamberal
Pat Aiken, Secretary of the Coastal Residents Association, has written to the CEO of Central Coast Council, Gary Murphy, about the Council’s ongoing failure to remove asbestos from public land…
$68 million will not be enough to complete Cultural Precinct
Cost estimates have been obtained, but not disclosed to the public, to provide a total project cost for the cultural precinct to be built in the Gosford CBD. The financial…
Marine Park proposal changed before consultation period ended
Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, said he was “delighted” when NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, announced on Monday, September 17, that there would be no loss of fishing…
Cultural Precinct is one step closer
A regional library and a regional performing arts centre (RPAC), with combined, but not yet disclosed, construction costs of up to $150m, will be built in a new cultural precinct…
Water and sewerage prices may drop
Water, sewerage and stormwater charges on the Peninsula (and Central Coast) are likely to drop with the alignment of prices across the Central Coast. Average residential water bills would be…
Council does not have $1.2M to start Ettalong dredging program
No money exists in the Council’s 2018-19 budget to cover its half of the proposed $2.4 million dredging program for the Brisbane Water channel. That could delay the return of…
Lifeguards on patrol from September 29
Lifeguards will soon be patrolling 16 beach locations across the Coast, when beach patrol season officially commences on Saturday, September 29. Central Coast Council lifeguards and Surf Life Saving volunteers…
State government funding for 6 local projects
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, has announced $5m in funding to Central Coast Council for six community projects through round two of the NSW Liberal-National Government’s Stronger…
Power station could reduce its toxic air pollution by 85 per cent
The NSW Environment Protection Agency has confirmed that it is required to review the Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) of the Vales Point Power Station by December 24. According to Environmental…
Minister announces increase to 4 express trains an hour during peak
Central Coast customers will benefit from a doubling of express services to and from the Sydney CBD from September 30, with four express trains an hour during the morning and…
Council to join court case over Mangrove Mountain landfill
Central Coast Council has joined the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) as second respondent in the Land and Environment Court (LEC) in two pending appeal proceedings applied for by Verde…
Anonymous donor increases the possibility of community gardens in Avoca
The possibility of community gardens in Avoca has come one step closer, with a pledge from an anonymous donor of $500,000. This new resident to Avoca was thrilled by the…
Adam Crouch to oppose his own govt’s marine park proposal
As the NSW Greens feared the State Government was about to ‘backflip’ on its plan for a marine park from Newcastle to Wollongong, Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, decided to…