Tom Tate , Gold Coast Mayor, said that the city’s 55 kilometres of ocean beaches withstood the force of ex-tropical cyclone Seth thanks to multi-million-dollar investments in major beach and foreshore protection works.
“For the past decade, we have increased our beach and foreshore preservation works to include new reefs, groyne extensions, dune planting, offshore sand dredging and creek dredging as well as the installation of a $8 million sand backpass pipe network,” said Mayor Tate.
Recent City-funded projects include:
“In the last decade, we have also invested more than $200 million in improving our major stormwater drain network to keep pace with urban growth,” concluded Tate.