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Underground cables installed at Empire Bay New underground 66,000 Volt electricity cables have been installed from Woy Woy to Empire Bay. The cabling, completed on Saturday, July 14, was designed to help to power around 6000 homes and businesses around Empire Bay and Killcare. The new cables are expected to start being used early next year. The cables were mostly located under local roads and were laid by trenching. At regular intervals along the cable route, sections of cables were joined together in an underground joint bay. The work included digging in parts of Empire Bay Dr between Rosella Rd and Palmers Lane to install conduit pipes to safely house the cables. Specialist cable crews carried out this section of work during school holidays to reduce disruptions to the local community. Temporary lane closures and traffic controls were in place to help crews complete the work. Sections of road excavated to install the cables were filled with a temporarily asphalt surface to allow motorists to safely access the road immediately after crews complete works. The road was permanently reinstated after all work was finished. Email, 18 Jul 2012 Gareth Trickey, Ausgrid
23 July 2012
Population grows 4.1 per cent Population has increased on the Peninsula at less than half the national rate over the five years between the last two Censuses. And mortgage repayments in Umina have increased at 1.5 times the rate of income. These are two trends revealed with the release of the 2011 Census data. Total population for the suburbs of Ettalong, Umina and Woy Woy increased by 1216 people, or 4.1 per cent, to a total of 30,801 people. Australia’s population has increased 8.3 per cent in the same period, and the State’s population by 5.6 per cent. Figures released on Thursday, June 21, showed population increased by 129 (1.3 per cent) people to 10,114 people in Woy Woy, by 667 (4.3 per cent) to 16,059 in Umina and 420 (10 per cent) to 4628 in Ettalong. The number of females increased by 22 to 5322 in Woy Woy, 337 to 8390 in Umina and 281 to 2454 in Ettalong. The number of males increased by 107 to 4792 in Woy Woy, 330 to
7669 in Umina and 139 to 2174 in Ettalong. The median age increased by one year to 48 in Woy Woy and by four years to 49 in Ettalong. The median age in Umina remained at 42. The average person per household remained the same at 2.2 in Woy Woy and 2.4 in Umina but decreased by 0.4 to 1.7 in Ettalong. The number of private dwellings increased across all three suburbs with Woy Woy recording a 117 increase to 4945, a 318 increase for Ettalong to 2739 and a 276 increase in Umina to 7332. The median weekly household income also increased for each suburb going up $160 (25 per cent) to $795 for Woy Woy, $171 (23 per cent) from $917 for Umina and $129 (22 per cent) from $721 for Ettalong. The median amount households were paying on monthly mortgage repayments also increased by $300 (23 per cent) to $1600 for Ettalong, $433 (31 per cent) from $1841 for Umina and $303 (21 per cent) from $1733 for Woy Woy. Website, 20 Jul 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics
Crown Rd listed for rehabilitation Crown Rd, Umina, will be one of the first to receive rehabilitation under round one of the NSW Government’s Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme. Under the Scheme, Gosford Council will borrow $6.85 million for roads renewal and $3.15 million to revamp Council owned community
buildings. Mayor of Gosford Cr Laurie Maher said the Scheme would allow Council to schedule works to improve some of the busiest roads and frequently used community buildings. “The funding will enable the completion of approximately 110 individual road projects and 19 community buildings that have
been backlogged until funding became available. “Works will be scheduled over the next three years, with roads including Crown Rd at Umina Beach among the first to receive rehabilitation.” Media Release, 18 Jul 2012 Gosford Council media Photo: Naomi Bridges
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