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Collapse Issue 197 - 18 Aug 2008Issue 197 - 18 Aug 2008
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Woy Woy Rd set to re-open
Coastal Patrol helps four boats
Peninsula streets pictured online
Barriers are 'precautionary'
Climate torch for Woy Woy
Grants for ex-service groups
Whales seen around Peninsula
Another grant for cycleway
Support tourism, Chamber urges
Delay could damage, warns Hale
Minister increases dredging offer
Banner removed after Chamber request
Native plant bush walk
Ettalong foreshore inspected
Council to widen footpath
Jehovah's Witnesses perform
Hazard sign for laneway
Lisa Forrest launches book at library
Day for homeless
Extra money for Meals on Wheels
No stopping
Meeting for over-eaters
Quest sponsors sought
Rain on falling trend
Raising money for animals
Legal firm celebrates 50 years
Intersection upgrade
No U-turn at Empire Bay
Bus stop is moved
Funds raised for Ugandan orphans
Council works
Correction
Collapse  ELECTION ELECTION
Cameras needed, says candidate
Brooks announces independent team
Drake resigns to run as independent
Wales to run with Drake
Candidate attends forum
Holstein announces Liberal team
Candidate calls for positive campaign
Policing deja vu for Liberals
Collapse  FORUM FORUM
What are they doing for us?
Completely annoyed
Ferry trip is pleasant
Ferry threat is beat-up
Bump up rates for illegal clearing
Kerbs and gutters are futile
How independent?
Abolish states, not councils
Collapse  EDUCATION EDUCATION
School warned on bike lane parking
Natural garden project launched
Numeracy sponsored
Musical postponed
Students build picnic shelter
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Emergency workers in fundraising match
Cricket registration
League clubs given drug accreditation
Charity day raises $3000
Close games in rugby league
Mini Olympics at Centre
Woy Woy left scoreless
Highest scorer
Malibu club braves cold
Collapse  ARTS ARTS
Exhibiting at St Albans
Duo at folk club
Restaurants win awards
Second sculpture exhibition
Collapse  HEALTH HEALTH
They want your blood

Woy Woy Rd set to re-open

Woy Woy Rd is on schedule to re-open to two-way traffic next Saturday, August 22, following night roadworks last week.

Woy Woy Rd was closed to traffic in both directions "for essential night-time work" between August 10 and 15.

Gosford Council closed the roadway, near Bulls Hill, from 8pm to 4.30am each night to carry out stabilisation works.

"During current stabilisation works, it was identified that a 20 metre section of road required a deeper and wider excavation to ensure the foundation is secure," council's director of city services Mr Stephen Glen said.

The required minor works involved cutting a 20-metre trench along the roadway and then filling it with concrete to stabilise the road.

Mr Glen said the road closure and works took place at night to minimise inconvenience to motorists.

Signage was erected throughout the five-night road closure to provide advance warning to motorists and local residents.

Meanwhile, Gosford Council has retrospectively approved emergency arrangements taken along Woy Woy Rd, at Bulls Hill, to address the road's collapse.

Following recommendations from its local traffic committee, council endorsed a one-way southbound traffic direction, 25 kilometre per hour speed limit, five tonne vehicle mass limit, and the prohibition of pedestrian, cyclist and non-vehicular traffic.

The council endorsed action taken to "advertise and provide displays on main roads in relation to road closures on Blackwall Rd and the Central Coast Hwy to be maintained until all repair work has been carried out."

A staff report stated: "Woy Woy Rd was closed form Horsfield Rd to Woy Woy Creek Bridge on April 24, after a section of the road embankment at Bulls Hill became unstable.

"Council officers were alerted to cracks in the road and arrived on scene within minutes, blocking the road before a section subsided one hour later.

"Woy Woy Rd was reopened to one-way traffic flow southbound (towards Woy Woy) on

May 1.

"The RTA's traffic and safety manager Central Coast advised council of the RTA's approval to the above restrictions by email on May 6."



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