Environmental Defender joins fight to save Kangy Angy trees
The NSW Environmental Defender’s Office (EDO) has stepped up to represent Kangy Angy residents as they fight to save a stand of mature trees in Orchard Rd that were not…
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Two boarding houses proposed & another receives construction certificate
Two boarding house proposals, at Niagara Park and Wamberal, are currently being assessed by Central Coast Council, and a third, in Beane St, Gosford, has just been granted a construction…
Council staff respond to asbestos questions sent to all 15 elected Councillors
A discussion about ongoing findings of asbestos on Wamberal and Terrigal Beaches was deferred by Central Coast Council until “a response is provided to all questions raised in regards to…
20 year vision to guide share of Snowy Hydro legacy fund
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, have welcomed a 20-year framework for regional investment to guide the allocation of resources from the…
Ferry services may start in four weeks, says association
The Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association vice-president Mr Mike Allsop believes ferry services could start in about four weeks, if dredging proceeds to schedule. “The dredging will apparently involve an initial dredge…
Where have all the flowers gone? Concreted over every one
Central Coast Council has concreted over flowers planted in the shape of the Australian flag in the Memorial Garden in Woy Woy. The flowers have been replaced with coloured concrete…
Angry Kangy Angy residents alarmed at environmental damage
Transport for NSW has used State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007, which applies in all areas of NSW, to forge ahead with the rail maintenance facility in sensitive E2 and…
Pristine environmental bushland turned to desolate wasteland
Massive clearing in Ourimbah Rd, Kangy Angy, to make way for the NSW Government’s Intercity Rail Fleet Maintenance Facility, has already turned pristine E2 and E3 bushland into a desolate…
Riverside site, incl “Masters”, to triple its maximum floor area
The Riverside site, including the former “Masters” building, located at Mann’s Rd, West Gosford, has been given the green light by Council to triple its maximum floor area and continue…
Minister asked to carefully consider the consequences of seismic testing
The Disabled Surfers Association of Australia has called upon Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy, Josh Frydenberg, to carefully consider the consequences of supporting any further seismic testing or…
The people have spoken – revitalisation of Gosford needs to happen now
Overwhelming support to get on with the revitalisation of Gosford CBD was the key theme to emerge from the Central Coast community as it had its say on the latest…
Urgent recommendations from two year old consultant’s report ignored
More than two years after an east coast low savaged Wamberal Beach, the public has been given access to a consultant’s report that urged Central Coast Council, then under administration,…
Sand bar has been surveyed, association told
The Wagstaffe- Killcare Community Association has been advised that a survey of the sand bar has been completed ahead of dredging the Ettalong channel. Association president Ms Peta Colebatch said:…
Council issues asbestos disposal warning
Central Coast Council has issued warnings after asbestos was found in green waste after a bin collection around Umina and Ettalong. The contaminated green waste bin was collected by Council’s…
Confidential document leaked
An unknown source, either a Central Coast Councillor or member of staff, has leaked a confidential document to the Wyong Regional Chronicle, potentially in breach of the Council’s Code of…
Future of the airport at Warnervale needs to be resolved once and for all
Independent Councillor, Bruce McLachlan, wants the future of the airport at Warnervale resolved, once and for all, but other Councillors are adamant the issue of its future was resolved in…
EPA delays confirmation of PFAS contamination at power stations
As the NSW Labor opposition makes an election promise to ban toxic PFAS fire-fighting chemicals, the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has not produced any new public information about PFAS…
Grant to help divert food waste from landfill
Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, has announced that Central Coast Community Council, the peak body for the region’s not-for-profit organisations, would receive $185,497 to help divert food waste from…
Empire Bay Dve intersection work about to commence
Work will start on the intersection upgrade of Empire Bay Dve, The Scenic Rd and Cochrone St, Kincumber, on July 15, according to the Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch….
Gosford Police Station to be upgraded
The multi-million dollar upgrade of Gosford Police Station announced in the NSW Budget, will transform the existing station into a modern facility, according to Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch,…