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Coast Community News #434

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THURSDAY, 18 APRIL 2024

ISSUE #434

YOUR WEEKLY INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPER

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Musical adventure just the ticket

Photo: Shayne Leslie

News

Emergency beacons for three Coast beaches See page 3

Out&About

Fun Haus serves up some Groovy Gravy See page 17

Wyong Musical Theatre Company (WMTC) is set to present its first children’s production since 2020, Forever Treasure Island. See page 17

Business

Some of the cast of Forever Treasure Island

State adds Woy Woy to housing targets

Woy Woy station has been added to the list of TODs

Woy Woy has been added to the list of increased density housing targets around train stations in the region, despite Central Coast Council trying to exclude all of the Coast from the State Government’s plans. Council says it accepts the addition in principle but only if money is made available for upgrading Woy Woy Rd, which leads to the M1. The State Government announced on Friday, April 12, that Woy Woy had been added to Wyong, Tuggerah and Gosford as areas near train lines that will be targeted for increased housing density as Transport Oriented Developments (TODs). It said it had added train stations that had been suggested by councils but

Central Coast Council said it did not put Woy Woy forward. In January Council CEO David Farmer asked that the Central Coast not be included in the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) reform which would involve a new State Environment Planning Policy or SEPP. Farmer’s submission said a ‘’one size fits all” approach would not work. “Additionally, concerns were expressed regarding the absence of a funding framework to provide the necessary infrastructure including open space, community facilities and local traffic and transport improvements,” Council said this week. Continued page 7

Next week’s edition will be published a day early, on Wednesday April 24, due to ANZAC Day on Thursday

The Doylo helps fight climate change See page 22

Sport

Emily triumphs at Ride the Wave See page 30

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