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Welcome to the ‘Have Your Say’ section. One of the most powerful things about our website is the ability for residents, business owners and interested parties to put forward ideas and start the conversation about what’s good for Manly.
Here you’ll be able to develop your argument, express your point of view, and share your thoughts with the wider community.
Choose an existing topic from the list below to contribute to the conversation, or just click on ‘new topic’ if you want to start a conversation.
We regularly update topics comments, opinions, and ideas are most welcome – no matter what they may be! Comments are moderated however, which means they are reviewed for potential offense, libel, and general unsuitability before ‘going live’ and please note that comments submitted are viewable by all on the internet! We look forward to sharing your ideas.
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Landscaping for dogs
It would be good to have more small landscaped areas around Manly CBD. Similar to the one between Whistler car park and the library. They only have to be a couple of metres in area, have some resilient plants, mulch etc. For instance the base of the trees along Sydney Rd pedestrian area could be slightlly enlarged to add some native grasses or low plants. This would be more attractive, also a place for dogs to wee on their walks. As there seem to be more dogs in the area.
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Fix Manly's appalling footpaths.
As at August 2020 when writing this... Manly Village footpaths are a patchwork of dug up and filled surfaces which are uneven and look UGLY. The use of bitumen to fill trenches is not a solution as they subside and are sticky on shoes and feet. Surely our rates can deliver a decent footpath infrastructure in busy Manly Village?!?!
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Please bring back our post office…
The Manly post office has been closed for months. It’s time to re-open it.
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Intergenerational Community Centre
The recent ABC program Old People's Home for Teenagers created a temporary Intergenerational Community Centre at North Head. Why not find a permanent home and sponsorship for such a great program?
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Carshare!
It's time the Northern Beaches to follow the other LGAs in Sydney and adopt a carshare policy to get a decent carshare network to reduce parking pressure and emissions.
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Repurpose Manly Town Hall into Performing Arts Centre
With the historic Manly Town Hall now surplus to requirements, I am working with the community to have this transformed into a performing arts centre with a flexible performing spacer (for theatre, concerts, live entertainment, dances), a 100 seat theatre and an 80 seat cinema. Do you support this idea? regards Candy Bingham
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Greening the Whistler St Cark Park and removal of the fire stairs in the Market Place
Greening of the Whistler St Cark Park and removal of the fire stairs in the Manly Market Place
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Norfolk pines
Hi Candy, A propos your note about Norfolk pines dropping their branches, I was at Forty Baskets this morning and just missed getting hit on the head by a falling pine cone. These cones are very big and solid and would do a lot of damage falling from a height. Children and families sitting at the picnic tables under the trees are particularly at risk. There were several nearby that had fallen to the ground. I feel people should be warned about the danger . Cheers, Jane Mundy
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expand Hop Skip Jump bus to North Balgowlah
We have no bus service between North Balgowlah and Manly. Expanding the current loop to North Balgowlah would solve this.
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Does the headland at Shelly Beach have a name?
Does anyone know the original indigenous name? Let's make it official.
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2 votes
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Council to audit the existing footpaths in Balgowlah Heights and where no footpath exists on either side of the street to instal a new footp
Council to audit existing footpaths and where no footpath exists on either side of the street, construct a footpath especially where there is a pedestrian safety issue. There are many streets in Balgowlah Heights where no footpath exists or only partial eg Vista Avenue to the south of Bareena Drive.and Cutler Road to mention just two examples
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Lost amenity at Little Manly Kiosk
We, the Little Manly locals, used to have a roomy shelter at Little Manly Kiosk, with seating, to escape the sun or the rain when picnicking or swimming. Now we are locked out, reduced to a piece of concrete floor, as shown in the attached photo. And why? To save a commercial company Ripples the effort of stacking away the chairs and tables each day, as has been done for many years past. Why does the council allow this loss of amenity to locals, without providing an alternative?
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Hand dryers in Beachfront Public Toilets
Hi Candy,
Good luck in the upcoming Elections.
I see you would like my vote in the Council Elections, and I wonder what your attitude is to reducing the spread of COVID and other infections during this Pandemic?
As a retired Pharmacist, it has come to my attention that almost every public toilet on the beachfront in the Northern Beaches lacks hand drying facilities and consequently discourages people from washing their hands.
I thought it might only be Manly where I live, but in talking to several of my friends from Palm Beach to Manly it appears that this is…1 vote -
More aesthetically pleasing bin storage in the market place precinct
I love the market place area, the increased alfresco dining and pedestrian laneways but the large number rubbish bins in the precinct are a great point of detraction. Could we find a way to hide these smelly, ugly but necessary items from public view?
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Why no restore the promenade and swimming that was destroyed many years ago.
I have been coming to Manly to swim and enjoy the area (both Harbourside and surf) since I was a very young boy in the ‘40’s and have particularly missed the promenade.
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Benchtop compost bins
Some councils give these out free to rate payers. I have used one and found it reduced the garbage in my regular bin significantly. Many people live in units or small homes and have no room to have a compost heap or worm farm. Each household also gets a roll of compostible bags which are used to line the little compost bins and these are put into the green waste bin every few days.
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Ban hydrofoils within Manly and Shelly beach
noticing lots of hydrofoils weaving in between swimmers and surfers at Manly. Very dangerous and will no doubt end in injury
1 vote
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