Concern about Railway St pedestrians

Gosford Council’s Traffic Committee is concerned about the large number of pedestrians crossing Railway Street when leaving Woy Woy rail station.
The Committee recommended a pedestrian fence be installed to extend a sufficient length south on the median strip to the traffic lights in Railway Street to discourage pedestrians from crossing.
It also recommended that The Boulevarde bus zone should return to one hour parking and the bus zone between The Boulevarde and Blackwall Road should also be re-instated.
Local shop owners hired a consultant to compare needs between the re-instatement of the Blackwall bus zone or kerbside parking.
The committee recommended that Council should carry out their own survey to validate the consultant’s findings said the committee.
The recommended changes were deferred to be considered as part of the larger Draft Woy Woy Traffic Management Study.
Other Peninsula traffic matters were considered by the committee including a pedestrian survey to ascertain an appropriate location for a crossing at Woy Woy South Public School and traffic calming devices near the Police Citizens Youth Centre (PCYC) in Osborne Avenue, Umina.
The committee decided to defer PCYC traffic calming devices until more information is available but requested Energy Australia to provide more street lighting at the PCYC.
In Ettalong, Council refused a request from the resort’s developer to temporarily close Memorial Ave.
Council asked the developer to use construction site traffic signals or manual traffic control instead.
Clean sand from the Ettalong Beach Resort construction site will be used to re-nourish the beach.