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Options for Delivering the Coastal Stategy
The Tweed Coast Holiday Parks (TCHP) has been operating in the Tweed for over 50
years. Its charter is to provide affordable tourist accommodation, the profits from
which are applied to assist in maintaining the Tweed coastal reserves. All of the
TCHP are located on coastal Crown land; as such they form part of the 37kms of Tweed
coastline.
Currently the TCHP provide Tweed Shire Council with approximately $1M
per annum to help Council meet the costs (approximately $1.7M pa) of maintaining
the coastline beaches, parks and reserves. The balance of costs is met by general
rates.
The recently completed Tweed Coastal Strategy, which was subject to extensive
community consultation and input, identified a variety of works to embellish and
improve the 37kms of coastline. These works have been costed at $15M.
It is suggested
that if the TCHP business can be expanded, the additional profits thus created can
be applied to helping to finance the costs of implementing the Tweed Coastal Strategy.
There are 2 main projects proposed by TCHP.
The first is to develop a new resort
style park south of Norries Head. This park will encompass contemporary design and
services so as to be aesthetically pleasing and to meet client demands. It will
offer a range of accommodation options and facilities to suit all tastes and budgets.
The park will comprise some 200 sites and will employ approximately 10 full-time
equivalent staff positions. It is envisaged the park will generate significant demand
for goods and services from the Cabarita / Tweed area.
The second project is the
re-development of the Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park.
The re-development envisages
reducing the overall size of the existing park by some 10,000m², to be accomplished
by relocating the present southern boundary approximately 100m north towards the
Kingscliff Bowls Club. The new park entrance will be adjacent to the Bowls Club,
thus eliminating the need for caravans to be towed along the whole length of Marine
Parade. The new park will have approximately 70 sites, made up of a variety of cabin
styles, ensuited powered sites and also tent sites.
These proposals are believed
to be consistent with the objectives of both Tweed Shire Council and the Tweed Coast
Holiday Parks Reserves Trust; that is to provide for an improved coastal reserve
system that ratepayers and visitors alike can enjoy.
The developments detailed above
will enhance and sustain the position of the TCHP business in the marketplace, concurrent
with providing a mechanism to help fund the Coastal Strategy without requiring greater
ratepayer contribution and/or foregoing other planned works. |
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