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YOUR WEEKLY INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPER
EDITION #524 THURSDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2026
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Dredging begins at Tuggerah Lake Dredging at Tuggerah Lake has resumed after six years, with the last dredging campaign held in 2020.
Cr Rachel Stanton climbed up onto the dredge for a closer look
Central Coast Councillor and Chair of the Coastal, Estuary and Floodplain Risk Management Sub-Committee, Rachel Stanton, met with senior Council staff and the contractor on site as the dredge was floated on Tuesday, February 17. The hydraulic cuttersuction dredge will conduct a three-month dredging program to remove approximately 30,000 cubic metres of sand. “With more than 40,000 residents
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around Tuggerah Lake, I know how important this program is and am so pleased to have been able to restart dredging after so many years to help the community,” Cr Stanton said. “I was so excited about the dredge arriving, I drove to The Entrance to see it arrive at midnight and seeing the dredge being built and floated was a momentous occasion. “I am so pleased Council is finally able to deliver this program. “This is the culmination of a lot of hard work and years of community engagement.”
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