Will inconvenience drag on?

The accident waiting to happen on Bull's Hill has occurred, fortunately, without injury or loss of life.

Peninsula and local residents may not have realised yet the inconvenience which they will have to suffer due to the closure of this section of the Woy Woy Rd.

Immediate inconveniences that come to mind are:

Increase in time that emergency services will take to arrive in The Bays area. * Extra time and fuel to drive to Woy Woy station via West Gosford. * Will school bus services be available? * Loss of short cut route to the F3 via Kariong. One estimate that has been given is that the road repair will take about 10 weeks.

Will this possibly extend to 15 weeks or more?

As the drain on the western side of the road is seldom cleaned by authorities, this allows the surplus water to undermine the road.

This road failure occurred where there is a substantial drop down to the valley floor below.

If another subsidence happens higher up the hill, the fall away to the valley floor is quite dramatic.

No doubt the various authorities will start blaming each other.

Residents demand fast action to resolve the problem.

No more talk authorities. Get on with what you are paid to do.

Gordon Saxby Horsfield Bay