Central Coast News

The RMS has announced it’s trialling heavy vehicle lane restrictions on the M1 for a period of twelve months. Trucks and buses with a gross vehicle mass of more than 4-and-a-half tonnes will only be able to travel along the left two lanes from Wahroonga to Kariong. “We’ve got over 75,000 cars using the M1 between the Central Coast and Sydney every day and this will vastly improve safety keeping trucks from moving in and out of the right-hand most lane.” Strict penalties will be in place for those caught breaking the rules from November 1. (VISION ONLY IN PARTS)

They’re the orange army there to help us during and after natural disasters – whether it’s a flood, a cyclone, or a bushfire. And this week, one volunteer from Wyong S-E-S has celebrated a major service milestone.  

The push for a large scale wave park on the Central Coast is rapidly gaining momentum. After years of discussions, Central Coast Council says it will now consider the proposal.

The Prime Minister wasn’t the only politician to visit the region. The state’s Planning Minister came to Gosford to discuss the latest in the city’s revitilisation.  

The Prime Minister has made his first trip to the Central Coast since taking office. Scott Morrison was in town, spruiking his government’s decision to increase the cap on tax refunds for beer brewers.  

There’s only so far up you can go – that’s Central Coast Council’s attitude when it comes to the height of buildings in the Gosford C-B-D. Issues surrounding building controls were raised at last night’s meeting, and Council has made a formal submission to the Department of Planning.

The Pacific Highway upgrade at Ourimbah is officially complete. The state government previously invested $70-million into the upgrade, with additional lanes designed to improve traffic flow for the road’s 30,000 daily users. “There’s a huge amount of traffic on the M1 and we need the feeders to be working well this is also a very busy stretch of road in the morning and afternoon for the school here.” “It’s an extra kilometre but it’s quite a difficult one to understand with the alignments but we’re looking forward to making an announcement about the contract who will begin work in 2019.” (VISION ONLY IN PARTS)  

The Central Coast community is putting together a powerful tribute to the dozens of women killed by their partners every year. In 2017, one woman a week died in a domestic violence incident…but this year, the number is higher.  

The Fair Work Ombudsman has taken legal action against the former owners of a petrol station at Doyalson. Kamaldeep Singh and his wife allegedly underpaid two migrant workers more than $50,000 when they owned the business from May 2015 to August 2016 The Fair Work Ombudsman alleges a female and male employee of the Metro Petroleum station were denied penalty rates, leave entitlements and required to cover the loss from petrol thieves. The pair now face the Federal Circuit Court in December. (VISION ONLY)  

It sounds like the set up to a joke – a Komodo dragon walks into a shop – but that’s exactly what happened at one Somersby business this morning. There was no punchline though – the Australian Reptile Park’s largest lizard was being taken for its annual weigh and measure.