Riverside Marine to begin Gold Coast Seaway dredging June 10, 2021, posted by Zlatan Hrvacevic
Safe, ongoing access to the Gold Coast Seaway and adjacent navigation channels will be underpinned by a $6.3 million dredging campaign which will be underway within weeks, informs the Gold Coast Waterways Authority.
The dredging contract has been awarded to a south-east Queensland firm, Riverside Marine.
The Seaway is the gateway which connects the Gold Coast’s inland coastal waterways network to the open ocean.
This dredging project will remove sand which has built up near the entrance to the Seaway and in the adjacent North and South Channels.
Safe, ongoing access to the Gold Coast Seaway and adjacent navigation channels will be underpinned by a $6.3 million dredging campaign which will be underway within weeks.
GCWA, City of Gold Coast: Tackling climate change March 4, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority and the City of Gold Coast are partnering to plan and develop new technologies, infrastructure and environmental management practices under a new agreement aimed at tackling climate change.
As a first step under the partnership, GCWA and the City are commissioning a project to prepare a business case for managing coastal hazards, including rising sea levels and extreme weather events, in order to protect vital infrastructure including the Gold Coast Seaway, the Sand Bypass system and Wave Break Island.
According to GCWA, the project will look at the social, environmental and economic impacts of climate change and consider a range of options for responding including developing new technology for monitoring changes, building new infrastructure or altering environmental management practices.
Protecting Gold Coast waterways and lifestyle at centre of climate adaptation partnership
Published Thursday, 04 March, 2021 at 10:45 AM
Minister for Transport and Main Roads
The Honourable Mark Bailey
The Palaszczuk Government and City of Gold Coast will partner to plan and develop new technologies, infrastructure and environmental management practices under a new agreement aimed at tackling climate change.
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) and the City are collaborating on a project to manage coastal hazards including rising sea levels and extreme weather events to protect vital infrastructure including the Gold Coast Seaway, the Sand Bypass system and Wave Break Island.
Major upgrade of the Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System complete December 21, 2020, posted by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The Palaszczuk Government’s multi-million-dollar upgrade of the Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System jetty is complete, supporting ongoing Seaway and inland coastal waterways access for boaties and commercial operators.
Transport and Main Roads Minister
Mark Bailey said that the $3.35 million Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) project involved installing extra support beams underneath the jetty deck and widening the decking to enable more modern and bigger cranes to be used for maintenance.
“The Palaszczuk Government is investing more than $34 million to upgrade and maintain our waterways on the Gold Coast and also support close to 100 jobs as part of Queensland’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan,” Mr Bailey said.