Work on sewer

Gosford Council has advised local residents living on the Bouddi Peninsula that it will carry out essential upgrade works to the sewer system in Hardy's Bay over the coming weeks.

Hardy's Bay Residents Group publicity officer Mr Allan Wilson said council confirmed that the work was being undertaken to improve the reliability and capacity of the current system as well as ensuring that the community, its waterways and environment were protected against sewer overflows.

"To enable this significant operation to be carried out, the dirt road section of Araluen Dr, located between the chained vehicle restrictions at Hardy's Bay and Pretty Beach, is being cordoned off as a construction site and is unavailable for public access," Mr Wilson said.

"Signage has been erected at the site alerting the community of the closure.

"This pleasing decision by council to carry out these vital works has been applauded by the local community and is the culmination of a long, and often frustrating, fight to find a solution to a vexing concern."

Mr Wilson said residents and visitors to the area had expressed serious concern over the years to various outside authorities, citing a pungent odour recurring at intervals in the Araluen Dr and Heath Rd vicinities.

"A major anxiety behind a virtual procession of complaints was the health consequences and the threats the drifting smell posed which gradually intensified in its frequency," Mr Wilson said.

Press release, 14 Jun 2010 Allan Wilson, Hardy's Bay Resident's Group