Playground may be moved

The playground in Pelican Park, Woy Woy, may be relocated to Anderson Park to allow for future upgrades.

A recommendation to move the playground has come after a fence was erected around the playground, at a cost of $30,000.

During the installation, council staff found that many services ran under the playground and roots of significant heritage trees ran under the soft fall area.

Gosford Council's playground strategy committee has reported that this would "present a major challenge for any future playground upgrade at this site".

Staff recommended that an alternative should be secured and this will be discussed at the next review of the council's playground strategy.

Fencing of the playground fulfilled of an election promise by the new Member for Robertson Ms Deborah O'Neill.

The $30,000 for the work was secured under the Federal Government's Safer Suburbs Program and the fence was installed in September.

Gosford Council Agenda, GC/11/23, GC/11/23, 1 Nov 2011