Roundabouts safer than traffic lights
[Forum] The Central Coast Council is proposing to convert the Rawson Rd/Ocean Beach Rd roundabout to a traffic light controlled intersection at a significant cost and disruption to the locale….
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Transport staff went the extra mile
A special thank you to the Wheelchair Taxi Wyong-Newcastle Interchange staff, the light rail and Stockton Ferry staff. You made our 60th wedding trip a great success.You all went the…
Public complacent about regional plans
[Forum] The audacity and ignorance of Central Coast Council to lay it upon the residents to submit their concern to a plethora of plans and policies, continually amazes me. It…
Anti airport group accused of scare tactics and fake news
[Forum] The latest fiction rant from the Laurie Eyes anti-airport mob (WRC Forum 22/01/20) conjures up a heap of alternate facts and fake news. It is pointless to pick the…
Warnervale Airport is not an airport but an Aeroplane Landing Area
[Forum] I write in reference to the article ‘Public forum to be held on Central Coast Airport’ (Chronicle, January 22). It may come as a surprise to Adam Crouch (Parliamentary…
Social housing: What is the alternative?
[Forum] Recently I have noticed an understandable degree of concern at recent social housing developments, specifically at Pacific Link near Rawson Rd and Ocean Beach Rd. Full disclosure: I live…
Doctor is harder to see than the Queen
[Forum] Recently, I had need to see my local GP, but to my frustration, I could not see my doctor for 10 days. By the time my appointment came, my…
We need unity for community
[Forum] This is an open letter to all Central Coast Councillors. Due to a number of private issues that have grounded me for much of the last 12 months, I’ve…
Constructive political action is needed
[Forum] We have a Prime Minister who tells us that organising water-bombing aircraft is a state responsibility and outside his jurisdiction. This is the same Prime Minister who, during the…
Excessively non-compliant development approved without referral
[Forum] This letter is in response to the article ‘Ravello will skyrocket us to become one of Australia’s most desirable destinations’ which appeared in edition 224. It was interesting to…
Well said Jayden, you are the young man that Australia needs
[Forum] In response to the article “Schoolboy takes Council to task over censorship,” which appeared in edition 223, Jayden Dellbridge, the 14-year-old boy the article was about, is a suicide…
Thank you to all the good, honest people out there
[Forum] My son Elian and I would like to express our gratitude publicly to the lady/ladies at Coles West Gosford who found my son’s wallet on the evening of December…
Why do we bother with council and its elected officials?
[Forum] A review of your December 23 publication (edition 485) made me wonder why do we bother with Council and-or its elected officials. The front page article was all about…
Council has forgotten it is there to ensure equal rights
I wish to comment on the article on the front page of edition 485. The article related a meeting of Gosford Council where Council approved the construction of nine three-storey…
Please interpret interpretive
[Forum] I note in your article on the Gosford CBD Strategy (edition 223) that the new in-word is ‘interpretive’. This is referred to nine times in the article. I understand…
Let’s use the expertise and goodwill that this country has in abundance
[Forum] Just like Chris Dillon (edition 224), I too am frustrated at the lack of action, ineptitude and sheer lack of decision making backbone in relation to trying to alleviate…
Corrupt process too often means no community loyalty
[Forum] This is an open letter to all Central Coast councillors. Due to a number of private issues that have grounded me for much of the last 12 months, I’ve…
Desalination is a long term drought solution
[Forum] What I’m about to suggest may sound totally ridiculous and fantastical, but I get frustrated at the lack of action on drought. The government is talking about creating more…
In favour of early water restrictions
[Forum] Central Coast Council’s decision not to impose water restrictions until our dam capacity has dropped to 50 per cent is the equivalent of a patient not going to the…
Australia has enormous gas supplies yet we forecast shortages
[Forum] It is certainly concerning to see the forecast shortages of gas supplies, and the excessive prices being charged to our local businesses and consumers(CCN issue 222). The question is,…