Bad roads not good enough

There isn't a day that doesn't go by that somebody complains to me about the state of local roads.

I haven't been a councillor since March 2004 and yet residents on the Peninsula are frustrated they don't have a real local representing them in our area.

The Woy Woy Peninsula is a population of 36,000 residents and contributes to a very high percentage of revenue to Gosford Council and we despair at the state of our local roads.

I can recall the last main roads on the Peninsula to be kerbed and guttered were South St, Brisbane Ave, Gallipoli St and Osborne Avenue and since 2004 we haven't seen that kind of infrastructure being done.

It is truly unacceptable that 80 per cent of our roads on the Peninsula are not kerbed and guttered let alone proper drainage or footpaths.

People ask me how can we get this council to focus on our local roads and stop talking about it or grown men calling themselves road warriors when they do precious little.

It only takes a drive around the area and you'll find very soon that nearly every road running off Ocean Beach Rd is little more than a goat track.

It simply is not good enough.

Email, 1 Sep 2012

Debra Wales, Umina