Council is continuing its constant and close monitoring of lakes, waterways, beaches and roads for potential flooding and storm impacts, and is urging the community to get prepared as more heavy rainfall is forecast.The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has advised an east coast low (ECL) currently over the Mid North Coast is moving south toward the Central Coast region.
Central Coast Council is continuing to closely monitor roads, lakes, waterways and beaches for potential flooding and storm impacts as heavy rainfall and unpredictable weather lash the Coast. Council is encouraging the community to remain vigilant and continue taking extra safety precautions during the current weather event.Waterways and beachesAt 1:15pm today, Tuggerah Lake was recorded at 0.64m following a 2.0m high tide.
As the recent severe weather event threatened the Central Coast, Council formed an Incident Management Team in advance of the impacts being realised to ensure that we were mitigating the potential impacts to our community as much as possible.Council closely monitored weather predictions, roads, lakes, waterways and beaches for potential flooding and storm impacts as heavy rainfall and unpredictable weather hit the region.
Central Coast Council is calling on creatives and event organisers to run workshops, activations, master classes or live performances and events to be part of the first ever Central Coast Music Festival program in Gosford. Central Coast Music Festival will debut from Saturday 12 to Sunday 18 September 2022 and deliver a live music festival unlike any other event in the region.
Karagi Point, The Entrance North has been the site of a second consecutive record-breaking breeding season for the endangered Little Tern this summer. Central Coast Council has recently confirmed at least 96 birds successfully fledged at the end of the season.
The major upgrade of Gosford CBD’s water and sewer network is approaching an important milestone with Central Coast Council to begin key works at Showground Road, Adcock Avenue, Young Street, Racecourse Road and Central Coast Highway from March 2022.This critical new water and sewer infrastructure for Gosford – proudly funded by the NSW Government through the Housing Acceleration Fund (HAF) and part of a $42.5 million funding package – will future-proof the city for forecast population growth and enable the flagship development needed to create a fitting capital for the Central Coast. Council Director Water and Sewer, Jamie Loader said the next phase of transforming Gosford starts underground. “Gosford is a rapidly changing city – we’ve seen a number of major developments completed and a great deal more are planned and forecast – it is vital that we have the water and sewer infrastructure in place to ensure Gosford’s potential is realised,” Mr Loader said.“Through HAF funding Council is delivering a series of major projects across the Gosford CBD to upgrade and future-proof our assets and ensure the city has a reliable water and sewer service now and well into the future.“The upgrade works span 66 water and sewer projects and stretches from the Gosford waterfront, through the Gosford CBD shopping precinct, to areas in the vicinity of Gosford Hospital and Gosford Golf Course."Some key works around Gosford Hospital were completed early to meet the demands of the newly upgraded facility, this included increasing pipeline diameters and constructing a ring main around the hospital to improve surety of supply.“We are now moving forward with the remaining program of works that will be key to ensuring the revitalisation of Gosford is realised.” Sewer projects to get underway from March include:replacement of Sewer Rising Main for Pumping Stations at Showground Roadreplacement of Sewer Pump Station at Showground Road and associated Gravity Mains, Rising Main and PSS works.
Central Coast Council forecasts an improved operating surplus for financial year 2021-22Central Coast Council has adopted proposed budget adjustments from the 2021-2022 Quarter 2 Business Report.
Council is working with Resilience NSW to ensure residents have access to information and support services to aid recovery following the recent severe weather event.Community members that have been impacted are encouraged to visit one of the pop-up Recovery Hubs at Spencer Community Hall, Diggers at The Entrance or the Berkeley Community Centre for help and information. SPENCER COMMUNITY HALL, 4776 Wisemans Ferry Road, Spencer Wed 16 Mar (10am – 4pm)Sat 19 Mar (10am – 4pm)\Mon 21 Mar (10am – 4pm)Tues 22 Mar (10am – 4pm) DIGGERS AT THE ENTRANCE, 315 The Entrance Rd, Long Jetty Thur 17 Mar (10am - 4pm)Sun 20 Mar (10am – 2pm)Wed 23 Mar (10 - 4pm)Thur 24 Mar (10am – 4pm)BERKELEY COMMUNITY CENTRE, 3 Heather Ave, Glenning ValleyFri 18 Mar (10am - 4pm)More dates and times will be arranged according to community need and updates will be posted on Council’s website – search ‘flood recovery’ at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au centralcoast.nsw.gov.auENDS