Masterplan should include connections with town centre

It was with joy that I read about the planned upgrade for our Woy Woy Oval.

But I think that the "oval masterplan" should incorporate some improvements in the town's centre as well.

When I moved to Woy Woy last year, I was pleasantly surprised to find a vibrant and busy town centre.

Unfortunately, I also found a dismal connection within the town centre.

The waterfront and Gnostic Corner are nice places to be and are tourist attractions, but visitors rarely walk further up the street.

There are no good connections to the rest of the town.

There are only some walkways between and in the rear of old buildings.

To get people walking into town, there needs to be an easy and pleasant connection.

The new oval development might address some of that but is still on one side of the town.

Another main walkway to the Deepwater Plaza goes via a dreary wooden fenced-off path along the Westpac Bank and then through three crossings inside their car park.

Where is the pedestrian dignity in that?

Woy Woy is not on the waterfront only.

There needs to be a central open plaza along Blackwall Rd, where we can rest (and not on the Library's walls) in the shade.

Wow Woy does need to be invigorated like other places.

We only need some better connections and lots of beautification to our vibrant town.

I think we deserve it.

Letter, 31 July 2013

Johanna Reygersberg, Woy Woy