THURSDAY, 24 JULY 2025
YOUR WEEKLY INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPER
ISSUE #496
+ DAILY IN DIGITAL CoastCommunityNews.com.au Photo: Keith Saunders
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News
Birdsong brought alive in music
P8 Emma McBride returns to parliament
Out&About
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Ensemble Offspring - Lamorna Nightingale, Jason Noble and Claire Edwardes
Thought-provoking comedy hits Woy Woy
Look for the latest instalment of Skaie Hull’s Homelessness series in next week’s issue
Controversy over waterfront revitalisation plan The State Government has announced a shared pathway from Point Clare as the first step in the revitalisation of the Gosford waterfront precinct, but Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch says the plan fails the people of the Central Coast. In September 2022, Central Coast Council unveiled a mammoth revitalisation plan stretching along the entire waterfront from the railway line to beyond the sailing club and including a mix of commercial, retail and accommodation options, along with a ferry terminal, outdoor recreational areas and even an amphitheatre.
MPs Liesl Tesch and David Harris at Gosford waterfront on July 17
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The plan also featured: a public building (with a purpose yet to be identified); multi-storey buildings jutting into Brisbane Water to house residences, retail, and dry boat storage; a ferry terminal over by the rail bridge; a walkway atop a seawall encircling the development; a pedestrian bridge over Dane Dr for access from Leagues Club Park to the waterfront; and an expanded water playground outside Gosford Pool. The Council was to conduct preliminary works and then hand over management of the project to the Government.
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