Council has adopted its first Water and Sewer Customer Charter and Customer Complaints Management Framework with a focus on better outcomes for customers. Council’s Water and Sewer also continues to keep the community informed on performance and progress with the publication of Water and Sewer’s bi-annual Delivery Plan Progress Report (January-June 2023) and its annual Performance Report 2022-2023 on our website. Water and Sewer has also drafted a new, customer-informed, Water and Sewer Community Engagement and Education Strategy on public exhibition until 26 October.

🚘 WEEKLY ROAD WORKS UPDATE Road works continue this week to fill potholes (temporary repairs to reduce safety hazards) and longer-term road repairs which help prevent potholes from occurring, including heavy patching and road rehabilitation.Road works include: • Berkeley Vale, Kilkenny Parade (Heavy patching)• Canton Beach (Potholes)• Charmhaven (Potholes)• East Gosford, Russell Street (Roads rehabilitation)• Erina, Toorak Avenue, Kirra Street (Heavy patching)• Forresters Beach (Potholes)• Green Point, Kenmare Road (Heavy patching)• Lower Mangrove, Popran Road, Mt White, Erinbrook Road and Mooney Mooney, Karool Road (Road grading)• MacMasters Beach, Namatijira Drive, Wallace Street (Heavy patching)• Mangrove Mountain, Wisemans Ferry Road (Road pavement works)• Norah Head (Potholes)• Noraville (Potholes)• Point Clare (Potholes)• Somersby, Smiths Road (Road grading)• Tacoma (Potholes)• Tascott (Potholes)• Terrigal (Potholes)• Toukley (Potholes)• Tuggerah, Church Road (Road rehabilitation)• Tumbi Umbi (Potholes)• Various suburbs, Wisemans Ferry Road (Potholes)• Wamberal (Potholes)• Wamberal, Lakeside Drive, Longview Close, Renown Street (Heavy patching)• Wattanobbi (Potholes)• Yarramalong, Kidmans Lane, Red Hill Road (Road grading)DID YOU KNOW? Council routinely inspects the road and drainage network and associated infrastructure and any defects identified are scheduled for repairs in accordance with our current service levels and on a priority risk basis.Residents are also encouraged to report any specific maintenance or safety concerns, such as defects, to Council for investigation by accessing Council’s online Customer Service Centre.

Spring is well and truly in the air and with school holidays looming on the horizon, Central Coast Council has released its much-anticipated program of activities of a fun filled break for all ages.During the school holidays (Monday 25 September – Friday 6 October) a huge selection of activities will be available across the community with the vast majority of these being free or at minimal cost.Activities to boost the imagination – Central Coast libraries will be a whirlwind of activity throughout the holidays with a dazzling range of activities.

The Central Coast is once again putting the pedal to the metal to host ChromeFest - one of NSW biggest cars shows - at The Entrance, 27-29 October.There is no car show that compares to the Central Coast’s home-grown ChromeFest where hundreds of car enthusiasts and rock ‘n’ roll fans come together to kick up their heels for a tribute to classic cars, vintage glamour and everything 1950s and 60s.ChromeFest is a free three-day event – Friday 27 October to Sunday 29 October – held at The Entrance and presented by Central Coast Council, with support from a range of sponsors.The ChromeFest 2023 event program, is all about cars, chrome, fashion, swing dancing and tunes from the good ol’days.Now in its 15th year, the festival’s iconic Show n’Shine classic car displays have been opened for the first time to include show car owners of all makes and models pre 1979 with a passion for car shining!

Ahead of National Water Week 16-22 October, Council is asking primary school aged children across the Central Coast to create a poster reflecting water-related issues that are important to them and our local area. Central Coast Council Water and Sewer are working with The Australian Water Association on the program, which is open to children aged between 5-12 years across the country. Entries will be judged locally by Council, with winners in each category submitted to the Australian Water Association for national judging. Winners will be chosen using a number of criteria including how well the poster conveys water related issues relevant to the area and how well it can be reproduced to help promote National Water Week. Entries must be submitted by Friday 22 September, with local winners put forward for national judging during National Water Week.National Water Week aims to encourage the community to become more conscious of their water usage and increase education, understanding and sustainability efforts to help conserve our most precious resource:

Central Coast Council has announced the winners of the 2023 Grandma Moses Art Competition, with Giuliano Balos of Killcare taking out the top prize of $1,000 for their acrylic artwork titled ‘The House on the Hill’.The 2023 Grandma Moses Art Competition category winners are:•    Open Section – Giuliano Balos of Killcare for ‘The House on the Hill’.•    Watercolour Section – Louise Kenny of Narara for ‘Rainbow Road’.•    Novice Section – Josephine Kan of Gosford for ‘We are One’.•    50+ Centre Art Group Member Section – Helen Carson of Terrigal for ‘Place du Tertre Montmartre, Paris, France’.•    Central Coast Inspired Section – Beth Miller of Kincumber for ‘Beautiful Central Coast’.The Grandma Moses Art Competition and Exhibition was open to local amateur artists over the age of 50, with the 2023 entrant’s artwork on exhibition at Gosford’s 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre 12 to 15 September.The program is inspired by the life and work of Anna Mary Robertson, better known as Grandma Moses, who became widely famous for taking up painting in her late seventies, proving that age is no barrier to expand or learn new skills.Council’s Grandma Moses program is more than just a popular art competition and exhibition – it is a celebration of the talents and contributions older residents make to the cultural fabric of our community and highlights continual learning and achievement for people of all ages.This program is one way that Council delivers on our Positive Ageing Strategy, which aims to create an age-friendly community on the Central Coast which values, supports, and empowers older people to live active and fulfilling lives.

It’s almost time for the much-loved Little Terns to arrive on our shores!Each year the endangered bird species makes the long journey to the Central Coast from South-east Asia for their annual breeding season.To prepare for the Little Tern’s arrival we will be conducting sand building works at Karagi Point, The Entrance North - at the location where the birds are likely to nest (they’re strongly site faithful).Machinery will be on site from Wednesday 13 September for up to a week and will involve strategic fencing and sand-building to mitigate threats to Little Tern eggs and chicks.Works include:•    Installing a small sand filled geo-fabric barrier parallel with the beach and to the east of the Little Tern nesting area, this temporary structure would be approximately 200m long.•    A sand berm will be constructed along the eastern inside edge of the fenced area to act as a secondary barrier, grading into existing sand levels.•    Sand will be taken from the area between the Little Tern nest site and The Entrance Channel.•    Once the nesting area has been secured, Council will carry out maintenance as required before fencing and geo-fabric is removed at seasons end.The Little Terns are expected to arrive on our shore in October to begin their breeding season.Once the Little Terns arrive, we understand it’s exciting to see these rare birds nesting and ask visitors to the area to help protect the eggs and chicks and make their breeding season another success by:•    Keeping well back from the fenced area as they are highly sensitive to disturbance and can abandon their nest site if they feel unsafe•    Taking your litter with you when leaving the beach - especially all food waste, fishing tackle and bait, as this can attract predators or lead to entanglement (bins are located in the car park)•    Avoid being unnecessarily noisy (loud music, boat and jet ski motors, fireworks etc.)•    Avoid flying kites and drones near the fenced area (this can lead to colony abandonment)•    Reporting fox sightings in the area•    Keeping your cats indoors at night and dogs away from the reserve.Dogs (including dogs on leads) are prohibited from Karagi Point at any time.

Central Coast Council is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Gosford Art Prize, with $28,000 in prize pool money awarded to artists from across the Central Coast and beyond.This year 948 entries were entered from across Australia.

Council’s 2020-2025 Playspace Strategy provides strategic direction for the development and sustainable management of playspaces on the Central Coast, which have so far this year seen over $1.7M of upgrades.Playspaces at fourteen locations across the Central Coast including Budgewoi, Berkley Vale, Woy Woy Bay, Koolewong, Wyongah, Toukley, Killarney Vale, Tuggerah, Terrigal, Blue Haven, Hamlyn Terrace and Woongarrah have all been part of Council’s upgrade program.

Each week, we have road work underway across the Coast to deliver improvements and maintenance works.