Developer to deliver sewage treatment plant as infrastructure continues on waterfront site for 10,000 residents
Lendlease is working steadily in the background as it navigates three levels of government to put approvals in place for this massive new waterfront community.
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A $2 billion waterfront community with views to North Stradbroke Island is moving closer to reality as the developer delivers the first of major road works and secures land for a local sewage treatment plant.
Lendlease is working with Redland City Council, the State and Federal governments to obtain infrastructure approvals for Shoreline, set on 223ha straddling Serpentine Creek Rd, at the southern end of Redland Bay.
It’s prime waterfront land which has been farmed since bushland was cleared in the 1940s.
The masterplanned community, which has already been almost 10 years in the making, will likely take another 15 to 20 years to complete, with about 3000 homes expected to be occupied by up to 10,000 people.
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About 2km of foreshore will be set aside for the community, with Lendlease to deliver parklands, a town centre, new regional sport facilities, and hike and bike trails.
With more than 50 years experience in creating masterplanned communities, Lendlease will deliver Shoreline in collaboration with local land partners, Fiteni Homes and Fox & Bell Group, and Redland City Council.
Lendlease regional development manager Ian Murray said the key challenge now was securing infrastructure approvals.
“This (site) has a planning approval over it, but the infrastructure approval ... we still need more ticks in the boxes,” he said.
“As part of the development, we will be delivering for this project – and for the wider community – a new sewerage treatment plant.
“But that process has still got more than a year to go, it’s quite complicated. Local Government, State Government, Federal Government all have a part to play, so we are pedalling quite hard with that issue at the moment, that’s our main focus.”
Mr Murray said Lendlease had secured a nearby site for the treatment plant, to provide a buffer to the new residential area.
The developer is also working on road improvements and is particularly concerned about safety issues on Serpentine Creek Rd, which has a number of steep hills and crests which create visibility issues for motorists.
“The state Government approval with Main Roads dictates which parts of the road are to be done first,” Mr Murray said.
“Building expansions to that road are going to be quite tricky. So we are proposing some things to Main Roads which we hope will allow us to be able to deliver it in a safe manner, for us and for the community.”
Lendlease has already worked with the Department of Transport and Main Roads to help deliver a $5 million intersection upgrade at the corner of Giles Rd and Cleveland-Redland Bay Rd.
Upgrades included new traffic signals, street lighting, road widening, dedicated left and right turning lanes and stormwater drainage.
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