Petition against street closure

Gosford Council has received a 284-signature petition against the proposed closure of Bullion Street as part of the Umina CBD improvement works.

The signatures were collected from residents on two petitions located at the Central Coast Peninsula Medical Centre and the Umina Beach Soul Pattinson Chemist and Post Office.

The petitions "strongly opposed the proposed closure of Bullion St".

The petitioners said Council wanted to close the street without first consulting local business people and closure would increase traffic congestion on the main street, West St.

The petitions also said the closure would slow down any ambulances in the area, forcing them to turn into Trafalgar Ave then into Wellington St before Bullion St, and that the elderly would be unable to be dropped off directly in front of the medical centre.

A separate 98-signature petition from parents has asked Council to lay softfall material, similar to that at Pelican Park in Woy Woy, under playground equipment at the park on the corner of Ryans Rd and Haynes Ave in Umina.

The petitioners said they had found broken glass, empty syringe packets, sharp sticks and animal faeces in the dirt under the equipment.

Aside from Pelican Park, Council last month laid softfall material made from a mixture of recycled car tyres at the park in Florida Ave, Woy Woy.

Council's general manager Mr Peter Wilson said a number of other councils had expressed interest in the softfall.

Carl Spears, August 8