Third quarterly report on Crown Rd

I am writing to provide the third quarterly progress report on matters raised with the usual great fanfare from Gosford Council.

Media releases, newspaper articles "Gosford City roads and buildings revamp".

Of course the specific mention of Crown Rd being one of council's priorities raised my hopes.

Well what can I say but congratulations to Gosford Council on the rehabilitation exercise completed in mid-August 2013, almost 13 months since the announcement and funding.

Is it any wonder the Gosford rehabilitation, reconstruction and redesign have taken over 39 years?

Yes that's right we have had one grand plan after another for as long as I can remember, which is getting shorter every minute and is possibly what the carpet strollers at council hope.

We are waiting however.

Yes there had to be a however because it is Gosford Council after all, why finish the job.

We have had the return-to-work boys back around over the last four months doing their best to keep the road in good condition.

Congratulations to you all and hoping all your return to work plans are finished.

To the painters who have also been allocated to the Crown Rd return to work course I also say thank you.

These poor fellas were found some light duties where they did not have to reach above shoulder height because of their injuries.

They were asked to paint around the potholes and valleys so that the actual road rehabilitation crew could find them to fix them.

During the shorter daylight hours of winter, the painting around the various road imperfections has prevented many of us older citizens from being lost in the bottom of one of the many "opportunities for improvement, commonly known as pot-holes".

Now all I ask is for Council to complete the job by repairing the over-patched and shunted areas on each end of the actual road.

These two areas are at numbers four and 22 approximately.

I also wish the poor painter who spent the day at the bottom of a pot-hole (imperfection) all the best.

If we hadn't heard him screaming he would have had to have spent the night there. Because of his inability to move his arm above his shoulder he could not pull himself out. We threw him a ladder and he was fine, off to paint the rest of the return to work course under his rehabilitation plan.

As mentioned my concern was that the rising sea levels would overtake the possibility of completing these works by 2055, just a quick report the high tide mark remains unchanged.

When the unfinished imperfections are painted or repaired I will forward another update.

Email, 29 Aug 2013

Dennis Tonnet, Umina