WYONG ratepayers will foot the $8000 bill for the latest damage to a valuable saltmarsh by vandals in a four-wheel drive and trail bikes.
Wyong Shire Council is now urging residents to report activities of vandalism.
A council spokesperson said the vandals had decimated three years of saltmarsh regeneration within a five hectare (12 acre) site at Tuggerah Bay.
Fences were installed in late 2006 but in the latest rampage the vandals destroyed a gate and a section of the fence.
It was the third time the gates needed to be mended in as many weeks as a result of vandalism.
The vandals face penalties of up to $220,000.
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