The Coast Record https://coastrecord.au/ Independent, free-to-read local news for the Central Coast, NSW: decisions, documents and data about the place you live, with every factual claim linked to its primary source. en Council adopts a $348.9 million works budget: what gets built near you in 2026-27 https://coastrecord.au/news/council-budget-2026-27/ https://coastrecord.au/news/council-budget-2026-27/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT Central Coast Council's adopted 2026-27 budget names the roads, sewer works, ovals and town centres getting money this year, adds $38 million for local priorities, and holds a $22 million contingency. Council is asking Sydney and Canberra to fund $550 million of Coast projects. Here is the list https://coastrecord.au/news/key-enabling-projects-2026/ https://coastrecord.au/news/key-enabling-projects-2026/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT Central Coast Council's Key Enabling Projects 2026 document, updated this week, prices its funding asks for Gosford, Woy Woy and the northern corridor. We list every costed item and what's already landed. Your rates notice has a new line on it. Here is why https://coastrecord.au/news/stormwater-charge-rates-2026/ https://coastrecord.au/news/stormwater-charge-rates-2026/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT From 1 July 2026 the stormwater drainage charge moves off Central Coast water bills and onto general rates notices. IPART approved the transfer; council says the move itself doesn't change what you pay. A century on the beach and zero drownings on patrol: Terrigal's record season https://coastrecord.au/news/terrigal-slsc-centenary/ https://coastrecord.au/news/terrigal-slsc-centenary/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT Terrigal Surf Life Saving Club marked what it calls its 100th year with back-to-back Club of the Year awards, 852 members, 7,059 patrol hours and zero drowning deaths during volunteer patrols. Seven projects, $4 million: the new federal money for Tuggerah Lakes https://coastrecord.au/news/tuggerah-lakes-restoration/ https://coastrecord.au/news/tuggerah-lakes-restoration/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT A $4 million federal grant will fund seven restoration projects across the Tuggerah Lakes estuary over two years, from saltmarsh repair to boat-based litter collection. Here is what each one does, and where. Wamberal's erosion plan is certified. What that actually unlocks https://coastrecord.au/news/wamberal-cmp-certified/ https://coastrecord.au/news/wamberal-cmp-certified/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT The NSW Government has certified council's Open Coast Coastal Management Program, locking in sand nourishment over a buried rock revetment as the preferred fix for Wamberal Beach and opening the door to state and federal grants. The Coast is forecast to grow by 64,000 people by 2046. A quarter of them land around Warnervale https://coastrecord.au/news/warnervale-growth-forecast/ https://coastrecord.au/news/warnervale-growth-forecast/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT Council's own population forecast has the Central Coast growing from 348,378 to 412,502 by 2046, and one district, Warnervale-Wallarah-Bushells Ridge, taking a quarter of the entire increase. Woy Woy Road's crash-prone Kariong stretch gets $1.6 million for a safety upgrade https://coastrecord.au/news/woy-woy-road-black-spot/ https://coastrecord.au/news/woy-woy-road-black-spot/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 GMT Federal Black Spot funding will pay for a centre median barrier and high-friction pavement on about a kilometre of Woy Woy Road south of Staples Lookout, a stretch carrying around 20,000 vehicles a day.