Central Coast Council is appealing to residents to be careful with what they put in their waste and recycling bins and bulk kerbside clean ups, following several recent incidents where collected household waste has caught fire.

With strong support from the community and the business sector to ‘just get on with it’, as well as a confirmed commitment from the NSW Government in initial $8.5M funding – the Gosford waterfront revitalisation project is taking shape.Council will shortly be modifying the original design drawings to reflect the community’s feedback during the consultation phase. 

Several Central Coast Council community spaces and facilities have been the target of a senseless spree of vandalism over the weekend - forcing the closure of some public and disabled toilets during the peak school holiday period and requiring expensive clean up and repairs.Council Director of Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff said that seven public toilet amenities were vandalised over the weekend with three requiring temporary closure due to fire damage.“Council staff have already assessed, cleaned up and re-opened some of the facilities, however some public toilets located at The Entrance and Long Jetty were so badly damaged that sections of the facilities will be temporarily closed until the extensive repair work can be undertaken,” Mr Bolgoff said.Vandalised public toilets which are temporarily closed include:Gladstan Ave, Long Jetty public toilets due to fire damage.Saltwater Creek, Long Jetty disabled toilets due fire damage.Picnic Point, The Entrance disabled toilet facility due to fire damage.Vandalised spaces, which are open include:Wiles Ave, Wamberal Beach public toilets.

Your Council rates for 2023-24 explainedResidents of the Central Coast will soon receive their rates notice towards the end of July 2023.

Central Coast Council adopted the 2023-24 Operational Plan on June 27 at its Ordinary Council MeetingThe Operational Plan identifies a focus on maintaining our road networks, caring for community open space, as well as working on improving the response time for development applications.

We are committed to improving our roads and undertake maintenance works such as pothole filling each week.

The Gosford Regional Library is a step closer with Council last night at the Ordinary Council meeting, authorising the CEO to finalise negotiations to accept the tender of the successful construction company – North Construction &

The Central Coast’s Niagara Park Stadium is moving to the next step towards the commencement of upgrade works to improve accessibility access, as well as a number of other important improvements which will benefit a range of users.Following the design and construction tender which closed on 21 March, only two tenders were received, both of which significantly exceeded the available budget.

We are committed to improving our roads and undertake maintenance works such as pothole filling each week.