MINISTER FOR STATE DEVELOPMENT,
MANUFACTURING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PLANNING CAMERON DICK MP 29 NOVEMBER 2018
Setting sail towards community
consensus for The Spit
stakeholders, landowners, business owners
and local government.
My department has spoken with nearly 1500
people on the master plan options for The
Spit, which present 72 separate ideas across
the area’s seven unique precincts, while
more than 650 surveys have been
undertaken through our online hub.
Overwhelmingly, the community has been
telling us The Spit needs better access to the
Broadwater and improved pedestrian
pathways.
The Gold Coast is Queensland’s next world
city, and we want to have a world-class
vision for The Spit – an iconic part of our
state.
People want improvements at the Top of
The Spit, but they’d like it to remain largely
open space. They’re also supportive of the
southern end being reinvigorated for
business and commercial use, among other
things.
That’s why the Palaszczuk Government is
aiming to bring an end to the decades of
debate that have long clouded the future of
The Spit through a detailed master planning
process.
This is the first time in 15 years that any
level of government has engaged with the
community in a meaningful way regarding
The Spit – to enable a genuine exchange of
information and ideas in the pursuit of an
agreed vision for the area.
When we started this process, the Premier
asked me to bring people together to
establish a strong spirit of consensus about a
new plan for The Spit, and I am pleased to
say this is a plan being produced by the
community, for the community.
Additionally, people have commented on the
need to maximise the strong relationship
between what happens on The Spit and the
maritime activities that occur on the
Broadwater.
It’s about getting the balance right between
protecting environmental and community
values, while also allowing appropriate
commercial development on The Spit.
Our process has been met with enthusiastic
support from Gold Coast residents, key
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