Community-owned space is needed

Gosford Council must be kidding!

Selling off Umina carpark for multi-storey apartments and commercial premises, and "a number of small 20 by 20 metre courtyards"?

Umina needs every car space they presently have for the customers of the shops and business premises in West St.

Don't forget, also, that we are a holiday centre.

Of course there are off-peak times when there are empty spaces, but you could say the same about Woy Woy multi-park building.

Forced parking at Woolworths, Coles and Aldi would make life extremely difficult for our more elderly and infirm who want and need to access West St businesses, and it wouldn't be long before people parking at the supermarkets would have to submit a shopping docket for parking or pay a fee.

This is social engineering at its worst.

Don't do it!

Don't close off precious, community-owned space forever.

The next bright idea will be clearing parking from West St and where will we be then?

Then there's the proposed "Civic Place" in the same car park.

Don't ask me, I have no idea what that means either.

Email, 15 Apr 2012

Fran Adams, Umina Beach