Send evidence of subsidence

I am very troubled, as are we all, not least the close family of those tragically killed by the collapse of the old Pacific Highway into Piles Creek.

I have taken the trouble to visit the area and obtain my own overview, as ratepayers are being kept in the dark.

I have walked in Pyles Creek from Somersby Falls Rd where I found that culvert to be partially blocked, about 1000 meters to the site of the local road collapse.

Photos which I have provided politicians and media show that the plastic pipes under the highway are eroded away.

I have tried to have at least one of those photos tabled in Parliament accompanied by a request directed to the Minister for Local Government about the frequency and diligence of maintenance and cleaning.

I have been told by a political office worker, that I must provide additional documents with the date stamped photos of the on-going subsidence at The Rampart on the Woy Woy Peninsula and the collapse of the old Pacific Highway into Pyles Creek.

The documents ideally would show Gosford Council has been approached with concerns and complaints about maintenance and subsidence: Letters between ratepayers and council which would support my perception that our council may not have honoured its duty to ratepayers, and contractual obligations.

Without supporting documents, the photos of the eroded and partly blocked pipes can't be tabled in NSW Parliament.

If you have letters of complaint to council and their responses, which can be verified, or evidence that council has acted properly or improperly, I will not reject balance for political expediency.

Please forward copies to me at Edward James, PO Box 3024 Umina 2257.

Edward James Umina