CLP committee endorses DLWC

Gosford Council's Coastal Planning (CLP) Committee has endorsed the response of the Department of Land and Water Conservation (DLWC) to the Correa Bay water quality report and recommended "Council not commence any legal proceedings".

It recommended an approach to the Minister to fund an investigation and possible dredging of Correa Bay - "as its responsibility for administration of the Crown Lands within the Correa Bay water catchment and not as part of the Coastal and Estuary Management Programs".

The CLP Committee did not support the continuation of the Correa Bay Water Quality Management Committee, which submitted the report.

It opposed releasing the entire text of the report claiming "parts of the report contain... both spurious and defamatory information".

The CLP Committee recommended the release of the report only "once modified in line with advice from DLWC and Council's legal departments".

Council agenda, March 6