Central Coast Mayor Lisa Matthews has welcomed confirmation that Council has been successful in securing $600,000 in funding from the State Government to dredge The Entrance Channel. 

Central Coast Council applied in June 2019 for funding under the State Government’s Rescuing Our Waterways Program to continue its dredging program and will match the grant with $600,000 of its own funding. 

Mayor Lisa Matthews said it was great to see the long-awaited funding finally flowing for The Entrance Channel and the State Government on board to helping find a solution.  

“Our community want answers and action and today’s funding announcement means we can get on with the dredging program,” Mayor Matthews said. 

“We have always been committed to a dredging program for the Channel and have been carrying it out for over twenty years – the missing part recently has been the state government funding. 

“The dredging is the short-term solution to the issues facing The Entrance Channel. We need now to plan and act for the long term and I look forward to working with the State Government and our community to deliver that.

Council will continue to monitor The Channel with the Dredging Program scheduled to start in July 2020.