Plans for Gosford displayed

A display of future plans for Gosford city centre was held by members of Gosford Council's Gosford Challenge team when it visited Deepwater Plaza in Woy Woy on July 9.

"The Gosford Challenge is well and truly under way," according to Mr Ian Connolly from Cox Group.

"A vast array of material has already been collected by council and others over many years including Vision 2025, but there is no substitute for first-hand accounts of people who experience everything that is good and bad about Gosford on a daily basis."

The Cox Group is a company of architects and urban planners involved in the Gosford Challenge.

The company has been collecting and collating information, talking to major stakeholders, studying traffic flows, parking issues, employment opportunities to ensure the major project is a success.

The Gosford Challenge aimed to develop Gosford as "a world class waterfront regional city, within greater Sydney".

Members of the public also had the opportunity to speak with members of the team, according to council's director of city centre development Ms Colleen Worthy-Jennings.

"Nothing more important will happen in our lifetime to the way our city looks and works, than The Gosford Challenge," Ms Worthy-Jennings said.

"Participation was open to everyone whether they were at individuals or organisations."

Similar events were held at Erina Fair shopping centre and the Gosford Imperial Centre to provide an outlet for the community to be heard.

For more information on The Gosford Challenge, call 4325 8222 or visit www.thegosfordchallenge.com.au

Press release, 3 Jul 2009 Alexandra Hornby, Gosford Council