Group E: Labor
Belinda Neal, Adam McArdle and Mark Ellis have all lived in the Gosford West Ward their entire lives.
Your Gosford West Labor team is committed to getting things done for the Peninsula.
We will help you with the cost of living by keeping council service fees down and removing the special additional levy on our council rates as soon as the council balances its books. The council should be accountable to Central Coast residents.
We will protect our unique environment by preserving and extending our Coastal Open Space System.
We will encourage the protection of the green spaces around the Peninsula and on the surrounding ridgeways and the planting of more trees.
We will deliver a core services guarantee securing quality roads, drainage, sporting fields and childcare.
Council must deliver its core services well.
We believe infrastructure should keep up with development.
Developers should pay their fair share of the cost of infrastructure so that ratepayers are not left paying the bill instead.
Belinda Neal has been active on the Central Coast for over 40 years and has raised her family here.
Belinda is a lawyer who established her own practice and is now chair of a disability support provider.
She served as a councillor on Gosford City Council from 1991-95, in Federal Parliament as a Senator and the Member for Robertson.
She delivered the cancer treatment centre at Gosford Hospital.
She secured funding for the upgrading of Woy Woy Rd, the construction of the Umina Recreational Precinct, the introduction of security cameras around the CBDs of Woy Woy, Ettalong and Umina, the upgrading of the Peninsula water system.
She was also successful in establishing the Mt Penang gardens, the Kariong Mountains High School and was a foundation board member bringing the Mariners Football Club to the Coast.
She wants to resolve the issue of the Woy Woy level crossing in collaboration with Federal and State Governments.
Adam McArdle is deeply rooted in the community and values hard work and hands-on service.
Mark is an environmentalist and community activist and has a Bachelor of Science and is a qualified urban planner.
SOURCE:
Media statement, 28 Aug 2024
Belinda Neal, Labor