Foreshore management plan addresses changing look for Redcliffe Peninsula beachfronts
INFLATABLE aquatic parks, coffee carts, market stalls, outdoor massage tables, ice-cream vendors and food trucks. Could it all soon be along one of greater Brisbane’s most popular foreshores?
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INFLATABLE aquatic parks, coffee carts, market stalls, outdoor massage tables, ice-cream vendors and food trucks. Could it all soon be along one of greater Brisbane’s most popular foreshores?
Residents and business owners are being urged to help shape the future of the Redcliffe Peninsula foreshore while they have the chance.
Public consultation on Moreton Bay Regional Council’s Redcliffe Peninsula Foreshore Management Plan opens tomorrow and closes on March 1.
Mayor Allan Sutherland said the plan was needed to manage the increasing number of requests from operators and to ensure the foreshore remained a major attraction.
“With more and more outdoor and roaming vendors popping up around southeast Queensland, we want to make sure we have the right planning tools in place that can fairly and transparently assess these types of uses in our region,” Cr Sutherland said.
He said council had received interest from mobile coffee carts, market stalls, inflatable aquatic parks, outdoor massage tables, ice-cream vendors and food trucks.
Commerce and Industry Redcliffe Peninsula president Nick Tzimas said: “If the proper steps are taken, pure gold will come out of this in the future.”
He said it was important established businesses were not negatively affected.
Mr Tzimas said it would be great to see the plan make use of the water such as more fishing pontoons.
Redcliffe Peninsula Chamber of Commerce president Ryan Elson said it was working on a report to submit to the council and it would be great to see the plan capitalise on the water.
Moreton Bay Region Industry and Tourism (MBRIT) chief executive Shane Newcombe said the plan was crucial.
“As the Peninsula’s biggest drawcard and driver of tourism, it is imperative that the Redcliffe foreshore has a master plan developed, in consultation with the community, to plan for the future growth and support the work MBRIT and MBRC are doing to attract greater visitation to Redcliffe and Moreton Bay Region,” Mr Newcombe said.
“By attracting a greater variety and scope of operators and experiences that the foreshore has to offer, locals and visitors will only further extend the area’s appeal as a visitor destination.
“MBRIT looks forward to learning about the outcomes of the community engagement and hearing what our locals would like to see included.”
Feedback from the public will form part of the draft which council aims to have finished by midyear.
The council has engaged Place Design Group to develop the masterplan after it achieved the highest score during the tender process.
Council strategic planning manager Kate Isles declared a conflict of interest, due to her husband Chris Isles’s involvement in Place Design Group, and was not involved in the tender evaluation.
KEY DATES:
■ Public sessions will be held at Scarborough Beach, the Redcliffe Visitor Information Centre, Suttons Beach and Pelican Park on February 11, from noon-5pm, and February 12, from 8am-1pm
■ Business owners will be invited to a session on February 22
■ Draft plan is due midyear
Have your say on council’s website.
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