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Jade Place to be widened

 

Gosford Council is to widen Jade Place, Pearl Beach, by 300mm, taking a strip of land from Lot 17.

The council was told this will allow legal rights of access and installation of services to the adjoining land.

There would no longer be a need to refer matters to Council each time there was a necessity to create easements or rights of carriageway to the adjoining land.

Council was told it did not have the power to grant easement and carriageway rights requested by a resident of Cornelian Rd until a plan of management existed.

The road widening was proposed as a cheaper and better solution than a plan of management.

Public notice will be given regarding the road widening, as there may be public concerns in relation to increase in traffic using Jade Place.

The cost to create a road 300mm wide including survey and lodgment fees will be about $3000.

If council were to establish a plan of management over the community land, there would be costs of about $1000 for each parcel to create a right of carriageway or easements for services.

Furthermore, before a development application was lodged, a report would need to be submitted to Council for its consent to lodgment of the development application, the costs of such reports would be estimated at $200 each.

If no objections are received after public notice is given of the plans, the road widening will be created.

If objections are received, a further report will be submitted to Council.

Jonathan Reichard, Council agenda FS.039, April 23