Council reduces roads spending

Gosford Council is to spend about $132,000 less than budget on Peninsula roadworks this year as part of a budget review.

The money will be spent on engineering projects outside the Peninsula.

The council identified about $92,000 of extra expenditure on the Peninsula, but decided to reduce spending by $224,000 on budgeted projects.

Council allocated an extra $20,000 to drainage works at 240 Blackwall Rd, Blackwall, which was required to decommission redundant and dilapidated drainage works on a private property.

An additional $7292 has been spent on the raised crossing in West St, Umina, beyond the original budget of $25,000, bringing the total cost of the project to $32,292.

An unbudgeted catch fence was installed on Patonga Dr, Patonga, at a cost of $65,000, to protect the area from land slips.

A saving of $64,499 has been made in the reconstruction of Dunban Rd, Woy Woy, bringing the cost down from $338,228 to $273,729.

The allocation for safety improvements for the Ocean Beach Rd and Railway St intersection at Woy Woy has been reduced by $100,000 from $247,811 to $197,811, with the site becoming a possible traffic signal site.

A saving of $17,730 was also made in works conducted on the Blackwall Rd-Allfield Rd intersection at Woy Woy which cost $166,878 where $184,608 had been budgeted.

Allocation for an upgrade of Cowper Rd from Neera Rd to Tapestry Way has also been reduced by $43,305, from $65,366 to $22,061.

Council agenda EO.21, June 7