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[May 1, 2020] This week’s top news stories from the Central Coast; New Intercity Trains arrive, More Covid-19 testing for the Coast,unpopular telecommunications towers knocked back, Council prepares to pitch…
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New intercity trains doing test runs
Thousands of commuters in the region are looking forward to a more comfortable train ride to Sydney with testing ramping up on the New Intercity Fleet. The first of the…
We are living in an economy and not a sustainable environment
[FORUM] This short update on lessons learnt regarding the fight with Transport for NSW over the rail maintenance facility at Kangy Angy is not really what you want to hear….
HG Nelson to tour Central Coast (with some other guy)
The Trustees of the Kincumber Roundabout Think Tank invite you to what has been dubbed the Central Coast Sellout 2020 Tour, as HG Nelson and local sidekick Digit Dave take…
Ourimbah Land Use Strategy sent back to the drawing board
The Ourimbah Land Use Strategy and Masterplan has been sent back to the drawing board, because Central Coast Mayor, Lisa Matthews, says “we haven’t got it right yet”. Ourimbah residents…
Rail Maintenance Facility causing major environmental damage
Local residents and environmentalists strongly refute claims made by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) that the Intercity Fleet Rail Maintenance Facility, now under construction at Kangy Angy, is not affecting creeks…
No injuries in truck spill on main rail line
A tip truck and dog trailer laden with fill for the Kangy Angy Train Maintenance Facility site rolled on to the train track at around 9:15am on Friday, October 19….
Praise all round as trees saved
Transport for NSW has announced that the section of road connecting Orchard Rd to its New Intercity Fleet rail maintenance facility site at Kangy Angy, is proposed to be re-classified…
Rail Maintenance Facility promised jobs could go to Koreans
An independent research report about the new intercity train fleet, published in 2016, raised questions about whether the promise of jobs for Central Coast locals at the Kangy Angy Rail…
Orchard Road trees will not be removed for now
Mr Murray Harris, Transport for NSW’s Project Director of the New Intercity Fleet, told the Environmental Defender’s Office that “as a goodwill gesture” TfNSW will not remove any trees from…
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…
Scot MacDonald’s justification is disingenuous
[Forum] After a three-year battle with Transport NSW, regarding the Kangy Angy site for the Rail Maintenance facility, it is very difficult to read Scot Mac Donald’s justification for the…
Work underway on Intercity Fleet Facility
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, performed a sod turn to mark the start of major construction of the new Intercity Fleet Maintenance Facility at Kangy Angy….
Key questions remain unanswered
Why would Transport for NSW opt to develop a site zoned E2 and E3 (rural and protected), when an alternative site zoned industrial is available? Why would Transport choose a…
Power outages rolling across the Coast
A series of power outages have been rolling across the Central Coast over the last two days during some of the hottest days of summer so far. The latest outage…
Development of a Rail Maintenance Facility in wetlands makes no sense
I have noticed Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald’s recent pronouncements in respect of the development of a Rail Maintenance Facility in wetlands at Kangy Angy, including…
“Save my frog,” said Professor Mahoney
Professor Michael Mahoney, after whom the Mahoney Toadlet was named, has met with Kangy Angy residents in a last ditch attempt to stop the rail maintenance facility from being built…
Council aims to change rail facility location to Warnervale
Transport for NSW will receive a letter from Central Coast Council requesting that the site of the rail maintenance facility for the Central Coast be changed from Kangy Angy to…
Councillors receive briefing about rail maintenance facility
Central Coast Mayor, Clr Jane Smith, has confirmed that the 15 Councillors have received a briefing from Transport for NSW about the proposed rail maintenance facility at Kangy Angy. “We…
Massive rail maintenance facility’s flooding impact
The proposed NSW Government inter-city rail maintenance facility to be built on flood prone and environmentally sensitive land at Kangy Angy could also have a significant impact on Ourimbah’s Bangalow…