Bull's Hill proposal is unrealistic
There are grave concerns of the proposed modification to Bull's Hill.
As an adjoining resident to the proposed planned works, I consider the proposal to be at least a very costly and unrealistic one.
The cost to pursue such a concept is purely a waste of money and time.
Such a plan would be impractical due to the logistics of construction and managing the disruptions.
Can you imagine the inconvenience of such an undertaking?
Firstly forcing all of the Bays residents to travel through West Gosford to get to Woy Woy and this would, I imagine, would happen throughout the whole construction phase.
Secondly forcing all the Peninsula traffic to access the F3 via West Gosford and add further congestion on Brisbane Water Dr.
Thirdly, the end result of the modification to the Hill would speed up traffic to a steep descent after they straighten the road that approaches this Hill.
I experienced, first hand, the inconvenience of the partial collapse of Bulls Hill a couple of years ago and that was only to reconstruct approximately 20 metres of one half of the Hill.
There were months of having to be rediverted through West Gosford to get to Woy Woy train station as parking at Gosford was non-existent.
Wouldn't it be logical to construct a roundabout at the speed camera on Woy Woy Rd, have a bypass travel through the national park down to the old abattoir site and, with what is excavated from the construction of this bypass, used to fill that site's depression to the level of the existing base of Bull's Hill, construct another roundabout at this point to give access to a rail underpass and traffic still using the hill and then redevelop the old abattoirs site to possibly accommodate a service station and food stop for all passing traffic and the Bay's residents?
This would be ideal and a long awaited development in the area.
Not disturbing the present Bull's Hill would provide an alternative access to the area and eliminate some traffic volume on the preferred bypass.
With this preferred bypass, it can be constructed with a very limited disruption to the road users if any at all.
Online submission, 13 Jun 2012
David Cullen, Horsfield Bay