Gold Coast Light Rail’s Stage 3A To Run From Broadbeach To Central Burleigh Heads

THE light rail’s next stop will be Burleigh, with plans for a $600 million connection from Broadbeach set to take trams along the beachfront.

Under plans being formulated by city leaders, light rail “Stage 3A” will roll out following the 2018 Commonwealth Games and will take one of two routes ended in central Burleigh Heads.

The routes, which will be put to the public through a community consultation process include:

Down the Gold Coast Highway with a series of stops, terminating in the central business district.
Down the Gold Coast Highway before turning east at Kratzmann Ave to North Burleigh Surf Life Saving Club and continuing south on The Esplanade before terminating at Burleigh Heads.

The proposed extension of the route is expected to go before city leaders within a fortnight and will go out to public consultation for three months from June.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate confirmed the plans and said the staged rollout of the southern leg would offer a “value for money” solution.

“I believe the Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads option is the most viable and affordable route,” he said.

“At Burleigh the mode of transport will change and people will take the bus down to the airport before they too are eventually replaced by the future stage.

“At Burleigh Heads I also anticipate having a multi-level council carpark so people can go there, park and hop on to the rail which will be able to take them all the way to Helensvale or down to Burleigh by bus.”

The council have called tenders for “business case advice” for Stage 3A which closes on April 11.

The Bulletin understands the splitting of stage three into two sections was determined to be more feasible and would give engineers longer to determine the easiest way of getting the tram around Burleigh Headland and across Tallebudgera.

Stage 3B will run from Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta stretch of the line.

Funding for Stage 3A is expected to be discussed during the upcoming budget deliberations.

More than $1.4 million has been spent in the past financial year by city hall to investigate the light rail’s future southern route.

Construction of stage two is moving rapidly, between Griffith University and Helensvale, with the first trams set to run along the route by the end of the year.

The northern extension, which connect with heavy rail at the Helensvale transport hub, will open to the public early next year before the Games.

Source: Gold Coast Bulletin 20 March 2017

 

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