Commuters get right to access carpark

Gosford Council has agreed to provide legal access for commuters to the Woy Woy commuter car park.

A "right of carriageway" will be created in favour of the Transport Construction Authority to provide lawful access over Council land for commuters from the car park to Railway St.

The right will be similar to that which provides access to the Woy Woy Post Office.

The Authority approached the council stating that "there should be some protection for RailCorp's customers to lawfully traverse Council land".

Council has also agreed to grant a 54-year lease to the Authority for the elevated walkway from the car park to the station.

According to a report by council staff, the decision to lease the elevated walkway would benefit Council as the Authority would be required to maintain the structure and reimburse Council its cost to clean the premises.

The walkway was initially constructed by the Authority's predecessor in 1994 between the commuter car park and the Clock Tower building and has been cleaned by Council for 15 years at RailCorp's expense.

Council decided to consolidate the 32 lots of Council-owned land on which the carpark stands into two new lots as "it would be convenient to contain the old and new commuter car park on the same lot".

The council was told that, "due to a registration requirement of the Land Titles Office, it is necessary that the walkway be contained in a separate lot".

Gosford Council Agenda COR.105, 27 Sep 2011