It’s National Volunteer Week and Central Coast Council is proud to celebrate the contributions of the thousands of volunteers across our community.In 2024 the theme is ‘Something for Everyone’ and from 20 – 26 May all of their efforts nationwide will be acknowledged.There are thousands of Central Coast residents making a difference in our community each and every day;

The rare international visitors who choose to breed at The Entrance North each year have begun their flight back home to South-east Asia.Hundreds of the endangered Little Terns arrived in early October from South-east Asia (breeding birds) and Japan (non-breeding birds) and the bright-billed breeding birds wasted no time in pairing up and laying eggs on the sand at Karagi Point, The Entrance North.After a record-breaking number of fledglings last season, expectations were high for the 2022/23 Little Tern breeding season.Central Coast Council staff were well prepared for the arrival of the birds and were busy in the off-season carrying out fox control, installing signage, planning educational activities, and installing a protective fence.

Planned work at The Entrance ChannelCouncil is commencing a program of proactive works to strategically move sand from the sand spit at The Entrance channel to renourish the eroded northern foreshores of Karagi Point Reserve.The program will include some berm height lowering of the Karagi Sandspit and take advantage of the opportunity to effect these works whilst the critically endangered Little Terns are in the northern hemisphere for our winter.These works will improve access and help protect the amenity and foreshore infrastructure at Karagi Reserve carpark.

Central Coast Council Water and Sewer is continuing to work with the community collecting feedback to help improve our water and sewer services.On 9-10 May, Council will engage in further community consultations at Wyong and Gosford, building on insights provided during the first round of consultations held in March.

Council’s online services may be temporarily unavailable from 7am on Saturday 6 May through 5pm Sunday 7 May 2023.The following online services will be unavailable while we undertake routine software maintenance. Application payments•    Building certificates•    Construction certificates•    Complying development certificates•    Development applications•    Rezoning applications•    Subdivision certificates•    Tree works applicationsLicence payments•    Inspection fees•    Licensing feesRates and water bills•    Property rates payments•    Water bill paymentsBusiness and debtor invoices•    Tax invoices for sundry debtor accounts•    Trade waste account payments•    Business invoicesProperty application portal•    Building Information Certificate•    Tree Permit Application•    Roads Act Application•    Road Opening Permit•    Water Service Application•    Water Management Act Application•    Swimming Pool Compliance CertificateTrack Development applications •    Any development applications online via the eplanning portal.

In the last three months we have:✔️ repaired over 25,000 potholes✔️undertaken over 24,000m2 of heavy patching (section repairs) – that’s equivalent to almost 20 Olympic sized swimming pools✔️graded over 110 km of unsealed roads🚧 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 (section repairs) or road renewals (whole road rehabilitation):This week, some of the road work being undertaken includes:👷‍♀️ Tuggerawong, Tuggerawong Rd (road renewal) 👷 Kulnura, George Downes Drive (heavy patching)👷‍♂️Lower Mangrove, Popran Road, (unsealed road grading)👷‍♂️ Mangrove Mountain, Wisemans Ferry Road (heavy patching)👷‍♀️ Umina, Sydney Ave (road renewal) 👷 Gorokan (potholes) 👷‍♂️  Killarney Vale (potholes) 👷‍♀️ Lemon Tree (potholes)👷‍♂️ Point Clare, Tascott, Koolewong (potholes) 👷‍♂️ Saratoga, Davistown (potholes) 👷‍♀️Mangrove Mountain area (potholes)👷‍♀️ Dooralong (potholes)🤔 It’s easy to assume someone has already reported a pothole but that may not be the case.☎️ Please report potholes or specific maintenance or safety concerns to Council, through our online Customer Service Centre, or by calling 4306 7900 during business hours.

🚘WEEKLY ROADS UPDATE Road works to fill potholes (temporary repairs) and longer-term road repairs such as heavy patching (section repairs) or road renewals (whole road rehabilitation) continue this week.  Q&A:

Central Coast Council offices and a number of facilities or services will be closed or impacted on Anzac Day on Tuesday 25 April.

Central Coast Council will have traffic control in place along Terrigal Drive from 1-3 May while town centre improvements are being carried out.

European red foxes were introduced to Australia by English settlers in the mid to late 1800s.