Silt concern at Horsfield Bay

Residents of Horsfield Bay have written to Gosford Council with concerns over silt build-up in the area.

Council has received a petition, with 47 signatures, about inefficient silt traps and the blockage of a silt trap by a resident in the area.

The petitioners stated that silt traps were installed when an estate was extended from Woy Woy Rd to create Banyo Cl, Kunala Ln, Gabagong Rd, Goondi Cl and Monistir Rd in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The petition claimed council originally cleaned the silt traps.

Inefficient design, poor drainage works and run off from Woy Woy Rd as well as uncontrolled urban siltation had all caused the Bay to continue to suffer from silt and rubble build-up.

According to the petitioners, three silt traps were located in Horsfield Bay, with council's legal access to the trap of Monistir Rd having been blocked by a local resident.

Residents asked why council allowed the resident to block access to the silt trap, why council no longer serviced the silt traps and what council was doing about the continued siltation of the bay.

Council agenda P.22, April 26