Chamber calls for co-operation

The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce has asked Gosford Council to work constructively with property owners along Lance Webb Reserve when undertaking its upgrade.

"The Chamber can fully understand the frustration of property owners along Lance Webb Reserve and the inordinate amount of time it is taking for Council to complete its heritage assessment of the foreshore and implement upgrading works including the restoration of the reserve," said Chamber president Mr Matthew Wales.

"Property owners along the reserve have traditionally undertaken a degree of upkeep adjacent to their frontages just as residents would look after the nature strip along their road frontage.

"From the Chamber's point of view, it is essential that the upgrading of the reserve and foreshore is undertaken as a matter of urgency as this is an important piece of community infrastructure that has been sadly neglected.

"It is also the gateway to the Ettalong Beach town centre for passengers coming from the Palm Beach ferry at Ferry Rd.

"You can only imagine the poor impression the current state of the reserve must give to those visitors.

"These property owners want to be proud of the reserve just as much as the rest of the community," said Mr Wales.

Email, 5 Dec 2012

Matthew Wales, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce