GETTING THINGS DONE
ON THE WATERWAYS
G
old Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has been busy
delivering several important projects over the last few months,
just in time for the busy summer boating season ahead.
Stage 4 of the Doug Jennings Park Improvement Project is about
to wrap up and adds to the enhancements already completed. Stage 3
of the works were finished almost a year ago, and the latest inclusions
complete the ring road upgrade, and a shared footpath around the
park, as well as adding more formalised car parking, picnic tables and
landscaping.
A landscaped grassy mound is currently being built in the park and
is due to be completed by December.
Boaties at Paradise Point will be pleased to hear that the upgrade
works to the Paradise Point pontoon are now complete and it is open for
use. The project focused on repairing and upgrading the structure, and
will reduce ongoing maintenance and repair costs. Solar lighting has
also been added to the pontoon.
The Canaipa Passage dredging project has now wrapped up,
contributing to GCWA’s commitment to maintain and improve
navigational access to our waterways. The $600,000 project saw two
areas of Canaipa Passage dredged, and the sand used to replenish the
beach at Slipping Sands.
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GCWA are working in collaboration with the Department of State
Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning (DSDMIP)
and the City of Gold Coast on the Spit Masterplan project. The project
has been underway, with extensive community consultation, since
August 2017 and an Options Report, based on the community and
stakeholder feedback received to date, has just been released, detailing
proposed options for The Spit.
The project team are calling for all Gold Coasters to now have their
say on the options presented, and these comments will help develop the
final draft Masterplan in early 2019.
You can have your say on this important project until November
25 by heading to the project website at https://haveyoursay.dsdmip.
qld.gov.au/the-spit or by visiting one of the several pop up community
engagement sessions.
For more information about GCWA projects head to their website
www.gcwa.qld.gov.au and follow them on Facebook.