THE Central Coast has spoken, and residents have chosen 10 local projects to share $9 million funding through the state government’s Stronger Communities Fund.
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Last December, ‘Your Voice, Our Coast’ asked Central Coast residents to directly vote on what they wanted to see funded from 30 eligible projects.
On Wednesday night, Central Coast Council formally endorsed the 10 projects to get the green light.
Council administrator Ian Reynolds said the funding was made available as a direct result of the amalgamation of the former Wyong and Gosford councils.
He said the $9 million was designed to fast track the delivery of priority infrastructure and services for the Coast.
‘These funds are additional to council’s existing operational budget – so it means we can now get on with some projects that we know the community want,” Mr Reynolds said.
“The selected projects will contribute to improved access to the Coast’s natural spaces and community facilities; upgraded sporting facilities and child care play spaces; foreshore improvement works and improvements in moving around one of the coast’s key tourism precincts.
“These projects are spread right across the Coast, so the long-term social and economic benefits to the Coast are huge.”
The 10 major projects to receive funding are:
- Disability Matters – improved accessibility to natural spaces across the Coast: $800,000;
- access and inclusion upgrades to community facilities across the Coast: $580,000;
- San Remo BMX facility – new amenities: $640,000;
- Peninsula Leisure Centre, Woy Woy - starting blocks and electronic timing system: $135,000;
- Foreshore stabilisation – Brisbane Water Foreshore, adjacent to Elfin Hill Road Reserve, Green Point: $470,000;
- Playground renovation / upgrade - Niagara Park Children’s Centre and Umina Child Care Centre: $122,500;
- Alan Davidson Oval, Wyoming - Drainage and irrigation system installation: $349,000;
- Austin Butler Oval and Woy Woy Tennis Courts - shared amenities redevelopment: $900,000;
- Avoca Beach Foreshore protection works (Stage 1): $2.8 million; and
- Terrigal CBD - traffic flow and pedestrian movement Improvements: $2.2 million.
Of the 10 projects selected, three are scheduled for completion before the end of this calendar year - the new amenities building for the San Remo BMX facility (the first stage, the track itself, was officially opened on Sunday), the Peninsula Leisure Centre and Alan Davidson Oval in Wyoming.
The remaining projects are to be completed by the end of 2019.
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