STAR Southern Transport Alternative Routes

The new “GC SURFER”
Love it or loath it, you have to admit, when it comes to protecting the unique, pristine environment of the southern Gold Coast and delivering a transport solution that moves people efficiently, the
GC SURFER ticks many of the boxes.
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KEY BENEFITS:
Stronger connectivity: From Coolangatta with direct links to Gold Coast Airport, Burleigh, passing more schools and shopping centres (Stockland’s, Treetops, Robina), connecting to both heavy rail stations, Varsity Lakes and Robina and with major road upgrades already in the pipeline.

NO visual pollution: unlike the light rail, the GC SURFER avoids intrusive, ugly infrastructure such as overhead powerlines, poles and fixed steel tracks.
NO reduction in traffic lanes: Road capacity is preserved.
NO loss of parking: Existing parking remains available.
NO land resumptions: Communities and businesses retain their space and amenity.
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A WIN FOR THE SOUTHERN GOLD COAST
You only have to look at Surfers Paradise to see the real impacts of poor transport planning with the construction of light rail. Broadbeach to Burleigh stretch, not quiet what the community expected; visual clutter, lost parking, and way too many traffic lights. And those kerbside yellow lines…. not sure if they were a planning decision or the result of someone’s big night out.
The end result, the GC SURFER delivers efficient, environmentally sensitive transport solution that supports growth without compromising the character, liveability, or natural beauty of the southern Gold Coast from Burleigh to Coolangatta.
That’s a WIN WIN .... Love it!