Fire station may host recreation

Gosford Council has resolved to look into the feasibility of making the proposed new fire station in Maitland Bay Dr, Killcare, partly a community recreational centre.

At a recent council meeting, suggestions were made that the site could include a sporting field as well as a fire station with public toilets and changing rooms in the complex.

The project would be funded from the sale of the existing fire station at Stanley St, after its intended rezoning to residential (2a).

Ms Fay Gunther of the Killcare Wagstaffe Progress Association said that the association was not opposed to the sale of the fire station, even though they would normally oppose the sale of public buildings.

Ms Gunther said that the progress association would like to see the funds from the sale spent partly on a new fire station and partly on sporting and recreational facilities.

Cr Lynne Bockholt said: "I'm getting a lot of mail from people in Killcare Wagstaffe requesting more sporting and recreational facilities in the area.

"We should make a resolution that 50% of the funds from the sale of the old station be used on community recreational facilities on the Mailtland Bay Dr site," Cr Bockholt said.

Cr Bockholt also said that the community should be consulted on the design of the combined facility.

Jonathan Reichard, October 3