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Collapse Issue 413 - 20 Feb 2017Issue 413 - 20 Feb 2017
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Kathy Smith resigns due to return of cancer
Council withdraws Bullion St carpark from sale
Fines issued over pelican attack
Council presses Cabinet on channel dredging
Chief magistrate presses on with court changes
Lawyer receives scathing letter from chief magistrate
Labor branch condemns rail crossing decision
Demand for new villas and large homes
Time for a new Member, says Chamber
One Nation not registered for Gosford by-election
Belinda Neal may seek election for Gosford
Labor will have strong candidate, says senator
Liberal candidate to be announced soon
Best wishes for Kathy Smith
Third MP to resign due to illness or to die in office
Roads Minister visit was 'important', says MacDonald
Seven intersections, nine roads need funds - Chamber
Chamber warns of voter backlash
Nursing student seriously assaulted
Government insists election will be held on September 9
Let administrator merge planning schemes, says Wales
Gosford audit report delayed until March
More water refill stations
Premier confirms election timing
Progress association to hold annual meeting
New member at Rotary
Rotary donates defibrillator
Community fair
Stall raises funds for guide dogs
Cafe owner leaves 20-year fast food career
Travel expo attracts 30 service providers
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No evidence new wharf is needed
Apply jetski ban to Central Coast
Disappointed to have been misquoted
Justification for underpass has been made
No wonder Trump is president
Collapse  HEALTH HEALTH
Lifeline offers counselling in Woy Woy
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Eyeing the life of a travelling musician
Seasoned folk musicians play at Troubadour
Dancers come to Ettalong
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Maintenance backlog tops $3M, say Shadow Minister
Volunteer ethics teachers sought
Former teacher dies
Yarning circle complete
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PCYC gym club is small club of the year
Woy Woy bowler wins Hawaii trip
Women's golf club seeks playing members
Outstanding results in tough conditions
Hayden is junior lifesaver of the year
Social golf club celebrates 50 years
Annual match with blind cricket team
No victories for Peninsula teams

Council presses Cabinet on channel dredging

Central Coast Council has told the NSW Cabinet that dredging the Ettalong Channel is a key issue for the region.

"There is an urgent need to address the ongoing closing over and narrowing of the entrance bar at the Ettalong Channel so that it is safer and more navigable under all conditions," the Cabinet was told in briefing notes prepared by the Council.

The notes were presented to the NSW Cabinet when it met on the Coast on February 9.

"The coastal headland of Box Head marks the northern entrance to Broken Bay from the Tasman Sea," the notes stated.

"The Ettalong Channel is the only entry point to Brisbane water which is a tidal arm of Broken Bay surrounded by coastal villages and featuring commercial enterprises and recreational activities.

"The channel entry is used by commercial fishermen, public ferry transport, community recreation and tourism ventures.

"The natural beauty of the area, close proximity to Sydney and improved marina facilities are attracting more and more recreational and commercial vessels, resulting in increased traffic wishing to use the entrance.

"Combined with the forecast growth projected for the Central Coast region, the problem will continue to escalate.

"Commercial and private vessel operators regularly report bottoming out of their vessels causing damage and safety concerns as they are forced to navigate too close to the rocky public foreshore.

"The passage has now reached a point where many of the larger recreational vessels that did travel to the Central Coast on day and overnight trips have halted due to the danger of the entry.

"The direct impact is a loss of economic activity for the region.

"Improving the entry through regularly dredging the channel will bring enhanced navigational safety encouraging growth in commercial and recreational boating activity and realising flow-on economic benefits for the region."

President of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Mr Matthew Wales, said the NSW Government had assured him that it was looking at funding models for dredging of the channel.

"We have been pushing the State Government for years and we have said we don't care who does it so long as the job gets done," Mr Wales said.





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