The financial viability of Gold Coast’s proposed $450 million cruise ship terminal is being questioned by the city’s councillors and community groups after a confidential Queensland Government report reveals the size of the project would have to be bigger than planned.
The commissioned report was produced last December, but was only released on Tuesday, and outlines updated plans for the 900-metre terminal jetty to more than double its width over land which means more than 300 car parks would be lost for beachgoers and 25 hectares of open space would be lost.
Gold Coast Councillor Glenn Tozer, who has consistently voted against the project, says the right thing needs to be done by the public by making sure they understand that perhaps all the money needed to go into this hasn’t been counted up and it needs to be worked out if there are other major projects that could be more important and be better delivered.