Projects continued this financial year
Central Coast Council will continue a number of projects around the Peninsula this financial year that were to be completed last financial year.
They are the sewer program at Cockle Bay, the sewer treatment plant high voltage switchboard at Woy Woy, replacement of a major sewer pump station at Woy Woy and stormwater drainage works at Veron Rd, Umina.
The particular reasons why individual projects were delayed were spelt out in a report to the Council administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, from the unit of the chief executive officer, Mr Rob Noble.
According to the report, other Peninsula capital works valued at more than $100,000 that had to be continued into the 2016-17 financial year included: $304,000 for drainage in Bowden Rd, Woy Woy, because the project was delayed due to contractor availability in the previous year.
A $128,000 road upgrade at the intersection of Woy Woy Rd and Banyo Cls in Horsefield Bay had to be carried into the current financial year because of a utility relocation delay.
A further $287,000 was required to be carried into the 2016-17 financial year as part of IPART-approved treatment plant upgrades including the upgrade of a minor plant at Woy Woy.
A water pump station refurbishment at Patonga was subject to a "delay in planning due to higher priority works" so the funding of $163,000 needed to be continued into 2016-17 to complete the project due to IPACT and risk analysis.
Other items, valued at less than $100,000 included land that needed to be compulsorily acquired and was still under negotiation.
The grand total of continuing projects identified in the report as located on the Peninsula was approximately $7 million out of the total $23.6 million increase to the 2016-17 capital budget approved to accommodate continuing projects.
Mr Noble's report stated that reductions of $23.6 million were to be identified in the quarterly budget review during 2016-17 to offset the cost of continuing projects.
All cuts identified in the report came from capital expenditure in the former Wyong LGA; there were no cuts to Peninsula projects.
Agenda item 3.1, 28 Sep 2016
Central Coast Council ordinary meeting