Breakwater Group pushes new Gold Coast cruise ship terminal plan at The Spit

THEY fell at the first hurdle in 2015 — but a proposal for a huge cruise ship terminal and development of The Spit is being dusted off.

AN AMBITIOUS $4.4 billion plan for a cruise ship terminal and development of The Spit has been dusted off and resubmitted to State Government.

The Coast-based Breakwater Group are having a second crack at getting traction for a proposal which controversially includes developing The Spit north of Sea World.

The Breakwater Group’s plans for a cruise ship terminal

Anywhere north of the theme park was declared off-limits by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk late last year.

The Broadwater, Seaway and The Spit on the Gold Coast.

A similar Breakwater plan was submitted as a market-led proposal in 2015 and was immediately denied entry to the market-led process by Labor.

But in a letter with the project brief, submitted this week, Breakwater Group boss Craig Perry said politicians should allow the public to consider the merits of the proposal.

Mayor Tom Tate’s proposed offshore Gold Coast cruise ship terminal. Photo: Supplied

Mr Perry said Mayor Tom Tate’s pro terminal election mandate had encouraged them to have another go.

“If the government is sincere in building sustainable infrastructure, creating jobs, an income stream and social benefits, it should read and objectively consider the Breakwater Group proposal.”

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ruled out considering development of The Spit north of SeaWorld but the locally-based Breakwater Group is resubmitting their plan for a major cruise ship terminal and land development, saying Mayor Tom Tate’s pro-terminal election mandate has given the renewed confidence. Photo Steve Pohlner

It has four cruise ship berths in a sheltered harbour north of SeaWorld, super yacht marina, ferry terminal and 175 land development sites to be sold off to third-party developers.

Breakwater Group has proposed a five-storey height limit. A tunnel from The Spit to Wavebreak Island with a new bridge across the Broadwater to Labrador, would ease Main Beach traffic congestion.

“Public space on The Spit and Wavebreak is enlarged, landscaped and enhanced to become a safe, functional ... environment,” he said.

The proposed offshore Gold Coast cruise ship terminal. Photo: Supplied

The Breakwater Group’s cruise ship terminal and superyachts berths and land development plan for The Spit, linking to Wavebreak Island via underwater tunnel and then with a new bridge across the Broadwater to Brisbane Road, Labrador.