Fast-track construction of the light rail’s Burleigh Heads-to-the-southern border extension
Mayor Tom Tate used the recent SGC Chamber event to announce he wants to build the light rail to the airport as fast as possible.
Our recent Southern Gold Coast Tourism & Events luncheon was a big success, with CEO O'Callaghan from Destination Gold Coast and CEO McCormick from Major Events Gold Coast speaking to members about the important steps in the road ahead. Th big news, however, came when Mayor Tate took the opportunity to put the region’s most divisive issue up for discussion on the dinner plate.
Mayor Tom Tate admitted he had stirred a few people up with his suggestion that if Palm Beach protesters opposed the tram, it would run express to Tugun. He says that "at the moment the consultation will end in about eight months. The speed of it, I’d like to have that contract awarded, everything done, so that when the end of Stage 3 is complete we continue on with the next stage. I think that will be quick enough for the Olympics (in 2032), and I think there’s support from the community to keep going.”
Light rail stage 4, which will run down the coastal strip through Palm Beach to Coolangatta via Gold Coast Airport, is expected to be one of the critical transport projects supporting the southeast Queensland bid for the 2032 Olympic Games.
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