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Peninsula residents will benefit

 

Peninsula residents will greatly benefit from Gosford Council's decision to purchase new surf clubs at Ocean Beach and Umina and a multi-purpose recreation facility on the Peninsula.

Council unanimously decided to ask the community to bring forward by five years the rebuilding program of six new surf clubs costing $6m and to create a state of the art multi-purpose Olympic, aquatic and basketball stadium costing $17m.

Many residents have said we need facilities now.

The clubs are 70 years old and we have waited long enough.

The only way Council can possibly achieve this outcome is to ask the community for an extra 45 cents per week.

The six new clubs are Avoca, Copacabana, Killcare, Ocean Beach, Umina and Wamberal.

This is an opportunity for our young people to be involved in these projects and be a part of the new surf clubs to take us to 2025.

For the first time young people will be involved in the decision making for their future and we believe up to 2000 new young people will join these state of the art facilities.

Council is also allocating $35m in the budget for roads and transport.

For some time, Council has been saying that we need an integrated transport system to improve traffic flow.

We also need a comprehensive ferry service in Brisbane Water and Council is upgrading 11 wharves over the next two years as its contribution.

Cr Robert Bell, Mayor