Road repairs the priority

Woy Woy Rd reconstruction is the highest priority for Gosford Council, its director of city services Mr Stephen Glen has told a residents' meeting.

"We are stopping jobs to be able to get crews over this week," Mr Glen told the meeting last Monday night.

"The Roads and Traffic Authority has done the same thing."

The repair works would involve the construction of a new wall of sandstone block in the slumping area, 20 to 30 metres long and five to six metres high.

The road would most likely need to be closed for the larger part of the repairs.

The majority could be done behind the barriers, but if the road needed to be closed, council believed it could be done on a Saturday night or on a Sunday.

The work was scheduled to start last Thursday.

Residents' meeting, 20 May 2008 Reporter: Kimberly Williams