Our Projects

- Gold Coast: Seaway, North and South Channels dredging project
- Jacobs Well: Jacobs Well Boat Ramp & Pontoon Upgrade Project
- Alberton: Alberton Boat Ramp Upgrade Project
- Jacobs Well: Main Channel (North & South) Dredging Project
- The Spit: Sand Bypass System High Voltage Switchgear Upgrade Project

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Sand Bypass System: Sand Bypass System Jetty Upgrade Project
West Crab Island: West Crab Island Channel Dredging Project
Wave Break Island: South Wave Break Island Dredging Project
Gold Coast Seaway: Annual Maintenance Painting of Sand Bypass Jetty
Alberton Pontoon: Project Fact Sheet Alberton Pontoon
Coomera: Construction of the Coomera Dredged Sediment Management Facility
Currumbin: Osprey nesting platform
Canaipa Passage: Dredging the Canaipa Passage
Paradise Point: Project Fact Sheet Paradise Point Pontoon Upgrade
Broadwater: Labrador and North Channel Dredging Project
Main Beach: Improving operational efficiency of the Sand Bypass System
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

Work starts on major enhancement to Gold Coast waterways gateway

Preliminary works have started on a multi-million-dollar project to dredge an area near the Gold Coast Seaway entrance and in the adjacent navigation channels to improve access to the waterways network. A contract to undertake sediment sampling for the project has...

Multi-million-dollar project supports ongoing operations to keep Seaway safe and accessible

Our multi-million-dollar upgrade of the Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System jetty is complete, supporting ongoing Seaway and inland coastal waterways access for boaties and commercial operators. We've invested $3.35 million installing extra support beams underneath the...

Northern Gold Coast dredging benefits boaties

A $2.5 million dredging campaign in northern Gold Coast waterways will benefit boaties in one of the city’s fastest growing areas. Work is underway on dredging Main Channel (North and South) in the Jacobs Well area. The dredging is being done by south east Queensland...

Spit Master Plan projects injecting $5 million into local economy

We’re excited to be bringing the community’s vision for The Spit to life. Work starts next week on the Moondarewa Spit foreshore improvements and the Seaway Promenade and will be finished in time for the Christmas holidays. The construction tender has been awarded to...

West Crab Island channel dredging supports our waterways city’s marine industries

GCWA is pushing ahead with dredging works on the Gold Coast, ensuring vital transport links remain open for our waterways city’s marine industries. “Dredging is starting in the West Crab Island Channel in the section from the Ephraim Island bridge down to the...

Sand Bypass System Jetty Upgrade Reaches The Half-Way Mark

A major upgrade to the Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System jetty has just passed the half-way mark, with 5 out of the 10 concrete slabs poured. Once complete, the $3.35 million project will enable critical maintenance works to be carried out effectively and safely on the...

Design tender awarded to Southport-based firm

Creative challenge set for Spit Master Plan projects Creating welcoming spaces with a uniquely Gold Coast identity is the challenge that’s been set for the team awarded the tender to design the Moondarewa Spit foreshore parkland improvements and the Seaway Promenade....

Works underway to improve access to Sand Bypass System jetty

We’re making some more improvements to the Sand Bypass System jetty with a new access ramp being included in works underway at The Spit. The ramp’s been designed to meet current accessibility codes and standards and should be open to the public by December 2020. The...

Powerful upgrade to give Sand Bypass System a new lease of life

The Gold Coast’s Sand Bypass System is about to receive a new lease of life with work underway on upgrading its high voltage switch gear. We’ll invest about $1.9 million in upgrade works over the next 12 months. The upgrade is expected to generate about 20 direct and...