Council defends silt trap record

Gosford Council has defended its maintenance of silt traps in Horsfield Bay.

Council staff inspected the silt traps in Horsfield Bay a minimum of three times a year, according to the council's local roads maintenance coordinator Mr Mitch Murphy.

Mr Murphy said this was in line with council's area maintenance program.

"Council's maintenance inspector also inspects the silt traps after major rain events," Mr Murphy said.

"The silt traps are cleaned out periodically as identified by these inspections."

The comments were in response to claims by Horsfield Bay resident Ms Bev Watson that two of the three silt traps had only been cleaned out once over five years, while another one had only been cleaned out twice over the same period.

Lyle Stone, 21 Dec 2007