Calls to declare Wamberal Beach erosion a natural disaster
Central Coast Council has declared a local emergency and given direction on what emergency work residents at Wamberal and North Entrance can do on private property in the wake of…
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Man vs Ocean
Residents from 18 beachfront homes at Wamberal remain locked out of their properties as the State Government and Central Coast Council install emergency measures to prevent even more erosion after…
Labor MPs claim misdirection of over $100M of council merger grants
Labor MPs on the Central Coast have claimed that money meant to support NSW councils with extra costs of amalgamation, including Central Coast Council, has instead been redirected to councils…
87 percent of Kangy Angy biodiversity offset requirements have not been met
Transport for NSW has confirmed that it has met only 13 percent of its biodiversity offset requirements to compensate for the loss of habitat for endangered bird species in the…
30,000 tonnes of M1 rubble re-purposed
More than 30,000 tonnes of rubble that was once part of the M1 Pacific Motorway has been used to upgrade a network of Charmhaven fire trails and others across the…
Calls for urgent drain and sewer works at Davistown
Central Coast Councillor Rebecca Gale has vowed to persist in seeking urgent drainage and sewerage mitigation works at Davistown, where heavy rains earlier this year saw 415 homes without services…
New Land Transaction Policy goes on exhibition
A Land Transaction Policy which will replace those of the former Gosford and Wyong Councils is about to go on public exhibition. A chief tenet of the policy is to…
Residents allowed to do emergency work to protect storm affected properties
Beachfront residents at The Entrance North and Wamberal have been given direction on what emergency work they can do in the wake of the beach erosion caused by a low…
Coast reels from wild weather
Wild weather lashed the north of the Central Coast on July 12, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning putting on a sky show and hail carpeting Gwandalan like snow. The…
State appoints recovery coordinator for Wamberal
[Video Interview included] The NSW Government has appointed a Local Recovery Coordinator in response to the significant erosion issues at Wamberal Beach. Lee Shearer APM, a former NSW Police Force…
Is another shutdown coming?
Angst is increasing across the Central Coast over the risk of a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in NSW and the potential for a second, broad-based shutdown. As a region, the…
New Erina physiotherapy clinic approved
A $950,000 physiotherapy clinic at Erina has been approved by Central Coast Council, despite concerns raised by neighbours around traffic congestion loss of privacy overshadowing and asbestos removal. To be…
Green New Deal for the Central Coast
The Central Coast Greens are developing a new strategy on what the region might look like beyond COVID-19 and how to make that happen. Last month they hosted the first…
Brisbane Water Police Officers assist with Victorian border closure
Officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District have assisted NSW Police with the closing of the state’s border with Victoria. A spokesperson for the District said a small team of…
Koolewong boat ramp and car park upgrade completed
Central Coast boaters now have improved access to Brisbane Water with the $1.5M redevelopment of Koolewong boat ramp officially complete. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal,…
Level one water restrictions to remain through winter
Level one water restrictions will remain in place on the Coast through the winter months and be reassessed in November. The decision was made at the council meeting on July…
Council forges ahead despite division on Regional Library
Plans are forging ahead for a Regional Library and Innovation Hub in Donnison St, Gosford, but not all councillors are on board. Lead consultants for the project, Lahznimmo Architects, were…
Feedback sought on Floodplain Risk Management Plan
The second round of community consultation is now open on the Wallarah Creek Catchment Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan. Feedback from the first round revealed concerns about upstream development…
New Low Rise Housing Diversity Code not welcomed by all
A new NSW Government Low Rise Housing Diversity Code was implemented on July 1 in areas where it had previously been deferred and the State Opposition has claimed that it…
No assurances from council on red bin collections
Councillor Greg Best has once again failed to convince Central Coast Council to issue an assurance that red bin collections will definitely not be scaled back from weekly to fortnightly….