Council releases renders of Currumbin Seawall Renewal and Oceanway project

A major southern Gold Coast project is about to break ground, closing a popular pathway for up to seven months.

Currumbin Seawall renewal and Oceanway upgrade before and after

A major southern Gold Coast extension of the Oceanway is about to break ground, closing a popular pathway for up to seven months.

Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) announced it would begin construction on the $6.9 million Currumbin Seawall Renewal and Oceanway project.

Under the upgrade, the existing path that runs from Pacific Parade between the Currumbin Vikings Surf Life Saving Club car park and Tomewin Street, Currumbin will be widened from 2.5m to 4m.

The upgrade will become a vital part of the Oceanway, designed to connect and enhance 36km of paths along the coastline.

Council releases renders of Currumbin Seawall Renewal and Oceanway project

A GCCC fact sheet said they would also be renewing the seawall to A-line standard.

Residents face a single-lane road closure, temporary beach and footpath closure, reduced parking and construction noise while work is in progress.

Pacific Parade between Tomewin Street and Murraba Street will have a half road closure and all northbound traffic will be diverted through Woodgee Street from May 7 to February 28.

“We will monitor (the noise) closely and do our best to minimise it where possible,” a GCCC fact sheet said.

The footpath around the Vikings Surf Life Saving Club car park and part of Pacific Parade will be temporarily closed to “accommodate the transport of rocks and machinery”.

A GCCC fact sheet said the Surf Club would permanently lose five car parks due to the reconfiguration of the area.

Currumbin seawall renewal & Oceanway upgrade

“Due to the seawall being set seaward, the Surf Club car park area was reduced slightly and reconfigured to achieve the maximum car park spaces possible while also providing safe turning paths for delivery vehicles and garbage trucks.”

The bus stop on Pacific Parade at Currumbin Beach will be closed and a temporary stop will be put in place near Murraba Street.

However, residents will have access to new beach stairs, showers and carparking.

Looking south as a major southern Gold Coast project is about to break ground, closing a popular pathway for up to seven months. Picture: Glenn Campbell

It comes as planning was set to begin on another section of the Currumbin Oceanway which will include a pedestrian bridge across Currumbin Creek.

Designs obtained by the Bulletin show the bridge, on the eastern side of the Gold Coast Highway, will curve left southbound around the creek linking up to the Oceanway.

Other transport plans released last year showed the proposed light rail Stage 4 crossing would be on the western side of the bridge.

First look close up, a new pedestrian bridge proposed for Currumbin Creek.

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