Ten major projects to improve community services, facilities and deliver new infrastructure on the Central Coast have been given a slice of $9 million in funding through the NSW State Government’s Stronger Communities Fund, following the establishment of Central Coast Council.

In December last year, 'Your Voice, Our Coast' asked the community to directly vote on what they wanted to see funded from thirty eligible projects and tonight Council formally endorsed the ten projects to get the green light.

Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, said the funding was made available as a direct result of amalgamation and was designed to fast track the delivery of priority infrastructure and services the Central Coast community need, want and value.

‘This funding has been provided due to the Council amalgamation and is a real win for the entire Central Coast community,” Mr Reynolds said.

‘These funds are additional to Council’s existing operational budget – so it means we can now get on with some projects that we know the community want.

‘The selected projects will contribute to improved access to the coast’s natural spaces and community facilities; upgraded sporting facilities and child care play spaces; foreshore improvement works and improvements in moving around one of the coast’s key tourism precincts.

“These projects are spread right across the Coast, so the long-term social and economic benefits to the Coast are huge.”

The ten major projects to receive funding are:

• Disability Matters – improved accessibility to natural spaces across the Coast: $800,000
• Access and inclusion upgrades to community facilities across the coast: $580,000
• San Remo BMX facility – new amenities: $640,000
• Peninsula Leisure Centre, Woy Woy - starting blocks and electronic timing system: $135,000
• Foreshore stabilisation – Brisbane Water Foreshore, adjacent to Elfin Hill Road Reserve, Green Point: $470,000
• Playground renovation / upgrade - Niagara Park Children’s Centre and Umina Child Care Centre: $122,500
• Alan Davidson Oval, Wyoming - Drainage and irrigation system installation: $349,000.
• Austin Butler Oval and Woy Woy Tennis Courts - Shared amenities redevelopment: $900,000.
• Avoca Beach Foreshore protection works (Stage 1): $2.8 million
• Terrigal CBD - Traffic flow and pedestrian movement Improvements: $2.2 million

Of the ten projects selected, three are scheduled for completion before the end of this calendar year - the new amenities building for the San Remo BMX facility (the first stage, the track itself, was officially opened on Sunday), the Peninsula Leisure Centre and Alan Davidson Oval in Wyoming. The remaining projects are to be completed by the end of 2019.

For more detail on these projects and other initiatives underway head to  www.yourvoiceourcoast.com