Waterways committee formed at community meeting

A new Peninsula Waterways Committee has been formed at the latest community meeting convened by Ettalong Diggers Memorial Club and attended by over 300 people on Tuesday, October 9.

The Peninsula Waterways Committee will continue to represent the concerns of the Peninsula about the Brisbane Water navigation channel and resumption of ferry services to Ettalong and Wagstaffe.

The committee will be chaired by Mr Michael Allsop, with other members being Mr David Minshall, Ms Annette Lutze, Mr Mike Guest, Ms Jan Guest, Mr Geoffrey Blenman, Ms Sue Dengate, Ms Sarah Wade, Mr Brian Oates, Mr John Wood and Ms Narelle Mayes.

It will lobby both local and state government in an attempt to ensure adequate dredging of the entry to Brisbane Water under any proposed management plan put forward by Central Coast Council and the NSW Government.

The new committee will continue to press for passenger ferry services to Wagstaffe and Ettalong to be resumed.

The meeting was addressed by Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Mr Scot MacDonald.

Fantasea Cruising operations manager Mr Stuart Bicknell said that the passenger ferry service operator would keep the community informed.

The meeting was also addressed by Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch and Central Coast councillors Bruce McLachlan and Jilly Pilon.

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Media release, 11 Oct 2018

Bill Jackson, Ettalong Diggers