Gold Coast cultural precinct stage 2 unveiled by Mayor Tom Tate at HOTA

THE $80 million second stage of the Gold Coast cultural precinct has been unveiled, showing of the city’s new art gallery and bridge from Evandale to Chevron Island.

COUNCIL is about to tick off major changes to the cultural precinct.

Councillors at a transport and infrastructure committee meeting starting at 9am have begun looking at the new designs for the green bridge and art gallery.

HOTA at night

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The green bridge designs show a much straighter and smoother design linking Chevron Island. It will have a 4.8m clearance allowing for craft to pass under.

The art gallery.

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The arts gallery will no longer see a fruit tingle tower.

The new design is much greener and fits in with the surroundings.

Images will be released after the meeting.

The bridge to Chevron Island.

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Councillors were told a contract for design and construction of the bridge had been signed. It will cost $19.5 million.

A 2015-era artist impression of the cultural precinct.

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An officer’s report reveals a time line which shows the art gallery will open in January 2021.

The green bridge is scheduled to be completed in October 2019.

The precinct at dusk.

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Mayor Tom Tate, who is attending the committee meeting, is expected to brief the media this morning.

The view from the top.

He has told councillors about the need to remove a substation from the site.

It will cost $670,000 and be debated at the next special budget meeting.

Councillor Tate said savings had been made on the green bridge which was originally thought to cost $34 million.