Peninsula Community Access Edition 147
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7 August 2006
Council to display Ettalong Beach plan Gosford Council has resolved to place the Ettalong Beach Dune Management Plan and the Ettalong Beach Reserve Plan of Management on public exhibition.
The plans will be on exhibition at council’s administration building and libraries from August 2 until August 30. The dune management plan was prepared by consultant Andrews Neil to provide concept details for the dune treatment in the town beach area of the Ettalong Beach foreshore and expands on the detail contained in the beach management plan adopted by council on May 27, 2004. A council staff report has stated that the dune management plan for the area between Beach St and Picnic Parade was developed “taking account of various stakeholder views”.
Assessed Land at the corner of Veron Rd and Hillview St may be acquired under the Western Coastal Open Space System (COSS).
Gosford Council’s natural resource officer will conduct an environmental assessment of the land, the council has been told. The results of the assessment will be presented at the following COSS Environment Task Group meeting. A submission from the Melaleuca Wetland Regeneration Group has been tabled for the COSS Environment Task Group’s consideration. The submission asked that council give consideration to the purchase of land adjacent to Hillview St and Veron Rd, Woy Woy, as public open space as it contained an “important vegetation community”. The land in question is currently subject to two development applications.
Both the dune management plan and Ettalong Beach plan of management were endorsed for public exhibition by the Department of Lands. A council staff report stated that public comment received on the plan of management would be sent to the department for review and advice sent back to council. It also stated that a report would be made to council on both plans once the public comments received had been reviewed and the Department of Lands had advised council on its own review of comments received. Council agenda SF.29, August 1
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• Platforms come, vegetation goes • Call to defer beach plan • Plan encourages sport at foreshore • Businesses not happy with beach plan
Peninsula rainfall was above average Rainfall on the Peninsula last month was well above the monthly average for July, according to local rainfall records.
Rainfall of 116mm was recorded last month at Hillview St, Woy Woy, and of 105mm was recorded at Umina Public School. This came after four months with rainfall well below average. Mr Jim Morrison who recorded the rainfall at Hillview St said that July rainfall was 20 per cent up on what he believed was the July average of 97.5mm. However, it was up to 50 per cent higher than July averages for weather stations at Peats Ridge and Narara.
Figures from the Bureau of Meteorology showed the July average at Narara was just 79.0mm and at Peats Ridge was 71.1mm, while at Sydney airport the average was 68.8. Mr Morrison said that 243mm had fallen at Hillview St in the previous four months. He said this was less than 50 per cent of the average rainfall for those months. During the same four months, 238mm had fallen at Umina Primary School, according to teacher Ms Sonja Stein. Rainfall for the year at Hillview St was 607.5mm, 73.5 per cent of the average rainfall for the period. Mark Snell, August 2
Council agenda EC.013, August 1
RTA to move to The Pavilion The RTA’s Central Coast project office will relocate to larger premises in Woy Woy later this year to provide better service to the region. An RTA spokesperson said the move to The Pavilion building in George St, Woy Woy, would help the RTA meet its needs as the Central Coast project management office expands. “The new premises will allow the RTA to provide better service by integrating three separate smaller offices into a single premises, making the operation more efficient,” the spokesperson said. Roads funding for the Central Coast in this year’s budget increased by 69 per cent as part of the State’s biggest ever roads budget. “A number of project management
and engineering positions are currently being filled to enable the Central Coast office to deliver the increased program of works,” the spokesperson said. “The new premises will be on the first floor of the Pavilion Building 27 to 39 George St, Woy Woy, and the relocation is planned for around November this year. “The RTA will continue to operate from its current Woy Woy premises until this time. “Customers are reminded that the RTA Motor Registry will continue in its current location at 39 Victoria Rd, Woy Woy. “The move to bigger premises reaffirms the RTA’s ongoing commitment to improving roads on the Central Coast.” Press release, August 3 RTA Media Unit
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