Our Publications

May 2015: GCWA Scientific Research and Management Strategy
May 2017: Review of known shorebird habitats, distribution and threats in Gold Coast waterways (SRMP-013)
October 2017: ‘Evolution of the Broadwater’ presentation by Professor Rodger Tomlinson at GCWA’s Meet the Board session 16.10.17

Broadwater: Improving safe access to Biggera Creek and enhancing the foreshore (completed)
Broadwater: Improving access to the Northern Broadwater: Colman Road Boat Ramp renewal (completed)
Broadwater: North, South, South Wavebreak Island Channel Maintenance (completed)
Coomera: Construction of the Coomera Dredge Sediment Management Facility
Gold Coast waterways: Currigee: our new maintenance vessel (completed)
Gold Coast waterways: Navigational Aids Major Maintenance and Renewal (completed)
Main Beach: Doug Jennings Park Ongoing Rehabilitation Project
Main Beach: Doug Jennings Park Toilet Block (completed)
Main Beach: Muriel Henchman Park Pontoon Upgrade
Main Beach:Improving operational efficiency of the Sand Bypass System
South Stradbroke Island: Tipplers Passage Boating Facilities Improvements (completed)
South Stradbroke Island: Improving Tipplers Passage and providing safer access (completed)
Surfers Paradise: Surfers Riverside (completed)
Steiglitz: Improving Cabbage Tree Point waterways and providing safer access (completed)

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Annual

Buoy Moorings

August 2017: Buoy Mooring Management Strategy
July 2014: Buoy Mooring Review – Consultation Outcomes and Recommendations, GCWA
July 2014: Buoy Moorings – Review of Mooring Infrastructure Technology, RPS APASA Pty Ltd

Dredging

December 2010: Report for Gold Coast Waterways Access Needs Study – Final Report
October 2017: Dredging – Navigation Channels, Anchorages and Destinations Plan

Independent Review of Labrador Channel

January 2016: Labrador Channel Extension Project, Aurecon
February 2016: Labrador Channel Extension GCWA Response to Final Report
January 2016: Media Release ‘Independent review on Labrador Channel Extension released’, Hon. Mark Bailey MP

Marine Facilities and Infrastructure

March 2018: Marine Facilities and Infrastructure Plan, GCWA

Science and Environment

May 2016: Gold Coast Seagrass Sensitivities and Resilience (SRMP-003), GCWA & Griffith University

Speed and Behaviour

February 2018: Speed Limits and Behaviour Management Strategy 2018-2020, GCWA
February 2018: Who’s Who in the Blue handy guide, GCWA
December 2016: Speed and Behaviour Management Strategy:Consultation Report with Appendices, GCWA
December 2016: Speed and Behaviour Management Strategy Consultation Report, GCWA
October 2016: Speed and Behaviour Management Strategy Draft, GCWA
August 2016: Vessel Wave Wake Study relevant to the Speed and Behaviour Management Strategy for GCWA, Australian Maritime College
May 2014: Speed Limits Review Discussion Paper, GCWA

Value of the Waterways

Sep 2017: Socio-economic uses and economic value study of the Gold Coast Waterways, NCEconomics and GCWA

GCWA Customer Service Standards

Gold Coast Waterways Authority is committed to upholding the Queensland Government’s highest standard of professional and ethical conduct. The GCWA Fraud and Corruption Control Policy explains what to do if you want to make a complaint which you think may involve fraud and/or corruption and sets out how we will deal with a complaint or allegation that may involve fraud and/or corruption. An allegation of fraud and/or corruption should be submitted in the same way as other complaints regarding the Authority. Visit the ‘Compliments, Feedback and Complaints’ section of our contact page for more information.

GCWA Fraud and Corruption Control Policy

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Last updated: 22 October 2018