Concern over airport upgrade
I strongly agree with the concerns raised by Tony Matheus (CCN 431) re the upgrade of Central Coast airport. I too have requested details from Council re costings, airport usage…
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Seawall and airport need more discussion
Two articles in CCN 431 deserve attention. Comments from the Wamberal Save Our Sands Group suggested the sea wall proposed primarily adjoining the houses at the northern end of Wamberal…
Noise won’t be a problem
In response to Mr Matheus regarding airport noise (CCN 431), I find it difficult to comprehend why a few, a very few, light aircraft flying around at a fair height…
Silos could be tourist attraction
I was very interested to read that a board has been appointed to manage the Central Coast Wetlands (CCN 430). I have enjoyed this area for decades and I am…
We don’t want another Chernobyl
Your correspondent still appears to be Araldited to the noxious notion of nuclear energy (Mix of nuclear and renewables the way to go, CCN 430). We can have free solar,…
Cost of living crisis not Labor’s fault
Some Australians believe the Albanese Government has failed to address the cost of living and say things will get worse. The Government is Labor, but did Labor cause the problems?…
Huge disparity in petrol prices
On March 15 I drove from Woy Woy to Tuggerah to fuel up. Unleaded 91 fuel was $1.87.5 compared to my local $2.29.9 rounding out to $2.30 a litre. I…
Sewage situation stinks
I refer to the article quoting Ann Attwater regarding the sewerage works at Bateau Bay CCN 430). I appreciate her concerns and support her thoughts. Unfortunately I have complained in…
DA assessment times not good enough
I write in reply to the excellent article High DA wait times blamed on poor planning (CCN 429), quoting Kevin Brooks. With the national housing crisis surely the administrators have…
Whingeing achieves nothing
I take issue with noisy complaints to CCN about odours emanating from Bateau Bay treatment works (CCN 420). Council has indicated it has commenced works costing $35M and these will…
How effective is Return and Earn scheme?
In the article Coasties are recycling champs (CCN 428), local MPs Liesl Tesch and Adam Crouch both praise the NSW Government’s Return and Earn scheme for its great contribution to…
Wyoming Rd needs attention
I fully support Bob Hall’s comments regarding Wyoming Rd South (CCN 425). As a rate-paying resident for 50-plus years, I recall in the late 70s signing a petition for a…
Wasp nest a hazard
During Central Coast Council’s copious free time perhaps they could do something about the wasp nest located just under the seat of the bus shelter on the south-west corner of…
Mix of nuclear and renewables the way to go
Mr Castellari (“No thanks to nuclear” CCN 429) could very well be right. We are very nuclear-phobic, and that is politics and we might never have any nuclear electric power…
Cuts to palliative care heartless
“Mingy Minns” has done it yet again. It seems like taking taxpayers’ money, and therefore support, for the older generation and those who are dying makes for easy pickings. I…
No thanks to nuclear
The Opposition has identified two locations on the Central Coast for its nuclear power plant proposal, Eraring and Bayswater. An excellent way to ensure that Labor is returned at the…
We need to keep 15 councillors
This year we have the council election in September. In conjunction with this, we also have the local referendum about reducing the number of councillors from 15 to nine and…
Toukley McDonald’s a bad idea
The Council should not allow a McDonald’s restaurant at Toukley. The traffic is already congested with the school, Aldi, Service NSW and the coffee shop right near the traffic lights….
Search for Spoon Bay rescue heroes
On Sunday, February 25, at around 5-5.30pm my daughter and her friend were snorkelling at Spoon Bay and both got caught in the rip and almost drowned. The friend’s mother…
Good Samaritans save the day
Even before the NRMA had a chance to intervene, the local community raced to our rescue recently. We were out for a drive in our newly-acquired MX5, coasting down Empire…