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Collapse Issue 449 - 16 Jul 2018Issue 449 - 16 Jul 2018
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Bishop suggests church closures
Submissions total 114 against Farnell Rd proposal
Council issues asbestos disposal warning
Cameras don't work in the dark, kiosk owner claims
Sand bar has been surveyed, association told
Student wanted to fill secretarial role
Group asks for on-demand bus service
Clean-up project nominated for award
Group to plant urban shade trees
Fathers join playgroup committee
Weekly community runs planned in Woy Woy
Labor to spend on commuter parking
Committee to negotiate Crown land management
Council officially welcomes new chief
Council to pay for footpaths, kerb and guttering
Cards function for Life without Barriers
Guides host dinner for Rotary club
Run raises $90,000
Donation partners wanted
No local water workshop
Rescue helicopter spots missing man
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'Pay it forward' spirit in Umina
Reminder about handbag safety
Community loses confidence in Council planning
Amended application submitted for five-storey building
Development approval will be used as a precedent
Central Coast Council confused about flooding?
Parish must make submission in absence of vicar
Create walking path from Gosford waterfront to Umina
Compliance an issue for climate change policy
Where is our little lost dredge?
Can Gary Murphy bring councillors into line?
Climate change in the land of opportunity
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Library opens Spike Milligan exhibition
Bouddi Society hosts art show
Little Theatre opens season of Sherlock Holmes mystery
Spanish concert packs Pearl Beach hall
Logie award for children's series
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Students and teachers walk Kokoda Trail
Year 12 students visit geological sites
Choir performed at Walk
Mingaletta visit for Naidoc celebrations
Parents asked to use school crossing
Troupe performs at dance festival
Debating teams win through to final
Golf club donates $4000 to the Croft
University students visit kitchen garden
Kindergarten students celebrate 100 days
Fourth round of netball
School opens grounds over school holidays
Preschool playground nears completion
Public speaking
Umina wins through to State finals
Under-10 boys compete
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Teammates contest singles final
Outrigger club members depart for Tahiti
Bridge club holds Super Congress
Darts players in championships
Fishing club holds presentation night
Bowling club holds Men of League day
Pool rescue championships held at Woy Woy

Community loses confidence in Council planning

As proposals for high rise development come before Council in increasing numbers for the Peninsula, I wonder what information Council relies upon to assess the impacts of building high rise on land that was formed as an ancient sandpit.

How are the assessments done on the water table in the light of multiple proposals for buildings with underground car parks?

What technical Information base does Council rely on in assessing the viability and impacts of these proposals?

What traffic studies has Council done against which concentrated car movements are assessed?

Already at peak hours traffic piles up between Woy Woy and the oval adjacent to Meals on Wheels from 8am as cars try to navigate in volume along single lane streets.

I would also like to see the latest sea level rise assessments that Council is working on in its approvals for major developments such as the bowling club redevelopment at Ettalong.

The community has lost confidence in Council's strategic planning to understand and take account of infrastructure needed to accommodate the new developments as they are dealt with on one-off bases.

Council's latest 'trial ' of community buses does not even travel to either Pearl Beach or Patonga, both devoid of public transport except for commuter and school services at the start and end of each day.

A further significant concern is Council's failure to adequately address the worsening state of Patonga Dr ascending Mt Ettalong.

It promised to address this deteriorating road back in 2000, by placing it on the forward estimates for development.

After nearly 39 years, do we have to wait for a major landslide and potential loss of life as well as isolation of these communities before Council sees the need for upkeep of drains and the sinking and spreading roadway?

It shows signs of cracking that two geotechnical reports back in 1990s drew attention to.

The additional traffic to Patonga and the current weather in the face of leaves and stone that have not been cleared from entry to the drains for over a year is frightening.





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