No CCTV coverage for Jones Beach shops
Despite advocacy by Councillor Mark Way, the November Council meeting endorsed the staff recommendation not to pursue installing a CCTV system to monitor the area around the Jones Beach shops. […]
Category Archives: Kiama Downs
Boardwalk project needs more funds and time
In closed session, the October meeting of Kiama Council heard it had received written legal opinion confirming that work had started on the Minnamurra Boardwalk Project prior 3 April 2018. […]
Minnamurra Boardwalk: latest designs on show
Kiama Council has released the latest design for the proposed Minnamurra Boardwalk and Cycleway. The detailed design of the final route for the boardwalk is now 65 per cent complete, […]
Ward opposes Boral’s sand mining plans
Minister Gareth Ward, the Member for Kiama, has put his weight behind community protests against the expansion of Boral’s sandmining operations to land around Dunmore House. “I strongly stand alongside […]
Concerns over getting fill to Bombo Quarry
With the exhibition period for Boral’s application to modify the DA for its quarry closing on 17 June, Keith Dedden believes people are only just beginning to understand the impact […]
Urgent call for submissions on sand mining threat to Minnamurra River
Kiama councillors, the Minnamurra Progress Association and Friends of the Minnamurra River are urgently encouraging people to make submissions to the Department of Planning and Environment about Boral’s proposal to […]
Red Cross to come calling through March
Last year, the generosity of the Kiama community led to the Kiama branch of the Red Cross winning an award for the most money collected by a country branch. The […]
Call to stop fill trucks using Riverside Drive
Bombo resident Eric McAuley is calling on the State Government to ensure that Boral is able to deliver the fill it needs to rehabilitate its Bombo quarry via the Sydney […]
Boardwalk concerns aired
A community consultation meeting by Council’s consultants on the Minnamurra River Boardwalk project, Cardno, did not satisfy the concerns of opponents to the overwater section of the track and revealed […]
Boral looks to quarry in reverse
The scale of Bombo Quarry can be appreciated by learning that it will take at least five years to rehabilitate less than half of it with clean fill. That timing […]
