Central Coast Council, and Gosford Council before it, have been widely criticised for failing to address the needs of the Woy Woy Peninsula.
It is easy to criticise but harder to propose an alternative.
This website aims to capture the expectations of the Peninsula community of its council, starting with submissions made by the Peninsula Residents' Association and its members, in a form that provides an actionable alternative.Please join us in this exercise of the imagination. Email your suggestions to expectations@PeninsulaShire.cc
The Woy Woy Peninsula has all the attributes necessary to sustain its own municipal council.
With 40,000 people, the Peninsula has the median population of a NSW local government area. It is geographically discrete, which has led to a strong community identity and having its own local economy.
All its infrastructure is essentially self-contained local systems - the drains, the water, the sewerage, the roads, the electricity. All can be planned, managed and developed at a local level. It is logical that town planning also happen at this level.
The Peninsula is an appropriate scale at which any council should manage the Peninsula's infrastructure. Its population density and its rates income would make it a viable local government unit.
If the Peninsula had its own council: "What would Peninsula Council do?"
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