No road technology needed here
Central Coast Council Director Infrastructure Services Boris Bolgoff does not need “new state of the art technology” to know Wyoming Rd is one of the most dangerous, therefore most needy…
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Dr Reid, stop raising interest rates
I am a resident of the Gosford area hence my email to you. Since you got into Government, interest rates have risen and continue to rise. I am no economist…
We need better designed housing estates
I am very concerned about land clearing and poorly designed housing estates spreading on the Central Coast, for example at Hue Hue Rd, Buttonderry, and Dora St in Doyalson. Houses…
Draft study and plan essential reading
The draft Woy Woy Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which Council currently has on exhibition is essential reading for all Peninsula residents. The Study and Plan cover the whole…
Draft Regional Transport Plan of little use
The Draft Regional Transport Plan 2041 is now on exhibition, with comments being invited (closing on February 24). It is 88 pages of difficult reading – verbose, poorly organised and…
Council needs a complete overhaul
After reading recent Forum letters from Kevin Brooks and Mark Andrews condemning our useless Council, I felt vindicated in thinking our Central Coast Council needs a complete clean out from…
Unconvincing rationale over local election date
It is no big surprise that Gregory Knott’s petition to bring forward the election date for Central Coast Council garnered only 752 signatures (CCN 376). First of all, the petition…
Let’s not repeat Western Sydney’s mistakes
The article headed Economic and transport plans to build a thriving region (CCN 374) is all about growth. It proposes extensive development across the region for both employment and housing….
What about Budgewoi Rd?
My wife and I are very much over the Moon (being very sarcastic here) about the $70M upgrade of Avoca Dr (CCN375). While residents of the southern part of the…
COVID death figure startling
Watching a recent current affairs outline of the numbers of people being affected by COVID has been startling. It was reported that during the first waves of COVID, 2000 people…
Jet ski rules need enforcing
Last Australia Day it was only by chance several jet ski riders didn’t kill an unfortunate swimmer. The law states no jet ski is to come within 500 metres of…
Changing international mindset on plastics
Australia has done well reducing our use of single use plastics. We have a pretty good recycling industry and we do send our waste overseas but that creates jobs in…
Council needs more investigation
I refer to the excellent letter (CCN January 19) under the name of Kevin Brooks criticising Central Coast Council’s present administration. Mr Brooks, whom I do not know, is right…
Ratepayers prop up incompetent management
I applaud Kevin Brooks’s letter (CCN374), “An Analysis of Central Coast Council Under Administration”. It is excellent and truly reflects the sad state of our Council. When the previous councillors…
Administrator’s comments raise concerns
In CCN374 (Page 21) we read of Council Administrator Rick Hart’s response to the most recent publications of the Greater Cities Commission along with some of Council’s own plans for…
An Analysis of Central Coast Council Under Administration
FORUM: – More than two years of Council under Administration have brought higher rates and worse services. There is little evidence of reforms to improve the efficiency, culture, or productivity…
Most don’t want early Council election
I read with interest (in) a story in the December 23 edition the comments by the Labor Member for The Entrance David Mehan, who now has to admit that the…
Praise comes for Gosford Hospital staff under stress
Especially since the advent of COVID-19, our hospitals have been put under a lot of stress. The people who make our hospitals work deserve to be held in high esteem…
Thank you to good Samaritan
I want to thank a very Good Samaritan who found my phone at Ettalong Wharf on Wednesday, December 21 and took it to the crew on that trip – 2.30pm…
Carols in Kibble park a delight
On Christmas Eve, the local community gathered at Kibble Park in Gosford to sing carols by LED candlelight. It was a delightful evening, with the orchestra, choir and organisers doing…