Our Projects

Doug Jennings Park - Stage 3

Multi-million dollar Christmas gift to the Gold Coast

Construction of the Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility

Tipplers Passage boating facilities improvements

Keeping Doug Jennings Park beautiful

The completion of a $2 million facelift at Doug Jennings Park, The Spit.

Rehabilitation of Moondarewa Spit

Colman Road Ramp

Winders Creek Boat Ramp

Doug Jennings Park toilet block

A more efficient and effective maintenance vessel, the ‘Currigee’

Currigee: our new maintenance vessel

The Seaway Emergency Access Stairs have been welcomed by divers and snorkelers who have for many years accessed the water by climbing down the rock wall. The stairs mean safer entry and exit of the water and better emergency access to the Seaway in the case of a person needing to be evacuated.

Seaway Emergency Access Stairs

Early morning paddle anyone? A visit to our completed boardwalk and canoe launch adjacent to David Fleay Wildlife Park is well worth it.

Gold Coast Seaway: Annual Maintenance Painting of Sand Bypass Jetty
Paradise Point: Project Fact Sheet Paradise Point Pontoon Upgrade
Alberton Pontoon: Project Fact Sheet Alberton Pontoon
Broadwater: Labrador and North Channel Dredging Project
Main Beach: Improving operational efficiency of the Sand Bypass System
Coomera: Construction of the Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility
Gold Coast waterways: Dredging the Gold Coast waterways

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Currumbin: Osprey nesting platform
Canaipa Passage: Dredging the Canaipa Passage
Main Beach: Doug Jennings Park Stage Four
Main Beach: Doug Jennings Park Ongoing Infrastructure Improvements – Stage 3
Main Beach: Seaway South Emergency Access Stairs
Main Beach: Muriel Henchman Park Pontoon Upgrade
Main Beach: Improving operational efficiency of the Sand Bypass System
Broadwater: Improving safe access to Biggera Creek and enhancing the foreshore
Broadwater: Improving access to the Northern Broadwater: Colman Road Boat Ramp renewal
Broadwater: North, South, South Wavebreak Island Channel Maintenance
Gold Coast waterways: Currigee: our new maintenance vessel
Gold Coast waterways: Navigational Aids Major Maintenance and Renewal
Main Beach: Doug Jennings Park Toilet Block
South Stradbroke Island: Tipplers Passage Boating Facilities Improvements
South Stradbroke Island: Improving Tipplers Passage and providing safer access
Surfers Paradise: Surfers Riverside
Steiglitz: Improving Cabbage Tree Point waterways and providing safer access

Project News

Osprey Nesting Platform installed at Palm Beach

As part of our plan for managing the waterways environment, a new Osprey nesting platform has been installed on the foreshore at Palm Beach. The platform replaces a nest which had been naturally built by Osprey on a navigation beacon at the entrance to Currumbin...

Canaipa Passage dredging complete

Great news for our northern waterways with the completion of the Canaipa Passage dredging project in time for the busy summer season. The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has invested $500,000 in maintaining safe navigational access to the important link between...

Completing the missing links in the Broadwater

As part of the big picture solution to improve channel options, new navigation aid buoys have been established on the western side of the Broadwater. This is in line with a key action of the 10 year Waterways Management Strategy - enhancing the waterways by...

Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility one step closer

For many years, the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA), City of Gold Coast Council (CoGC), developers and managers of estates situated along Coomera River and nearby waterways and canals have been searching for a cost effective and environmentally sound solution...

Multi-million dollar Christmas gift to the Gold Coast

Christmas has arrived early for Gold Coast residents, with the official opening of the Doug Jennings Park following the Palaszczuk Government’s multi-million dollar makeover. Minister Mark Bailey officially opened the park today with newly elected Member for Gaven...

Surfers Riverside Edge Treatment gets special mention at Gold Coast Urban Design Awards

The Surfers Riverside Masterplan established a shared vision for a high quality public space that connects Surfers Paradise and the Nerang River and encourages enjoyment of the uniquely Gold Coast waterways. The Masterplan identified a need for an upgraded river edge...

Dredging the Gold Coast waterways

Since our establishment we've invested $8.5 million in channel dredging to ensure safe navigational access is maintained throughout our waterways. And there's more to come! Over $7.5 million worth of investment is currently planned across the city over the next four...

Contract awarded for Coomera dredge facility

The contract for the construction of a $3 million Coomera dredge facility to boost the Gold Coast’s multi-million dollar marine industry has been awarded to a Gold Coast based company. Acting Ports Minister Steven Miles said the contract to construct the Coomera...

Future of Coomera marine precinct secured with new $3 million facility

Green light for $3 million Coomera dredge facility creating marine industry jobs A significant project for the Gold Coast’s multi-million dollar marine industry is about to commence. Minister for Ports Mark Bailey, today announced $3 million funding towards the...