Funding announced for new Anchorage Boardwalk

26 June 2017

Mayor of Tweed welcomes State funding for project

Council has welcomed NSW Government funding to replace the ageing timber boardwalk on the northern side of Anchorage Island in Tweed Heads.

On Saturday, Member for Tweed Geoff Provest announced funding of $685,000 from the NSW Government’s Walking and Cycling Program (Cycling Infrastructure Fund).

The 200-metre boardwalk - which was built in the early 1990s - has been closed for some time due to safety concerns as several sections have reached the end of their lifespan.

Mayor of Tweed, Councillor Katie Milne attended the on-site announcement, along with Deputy Mayor Chris Cherry, Councillors Warren Polglase and Pryce Allsop and a number of Anchorage residents and community members.

“Council welcomes this fantastic news, which means we’ll be able to restore this wonderful environmental asset. The community has really shown how much they appreciate this magnificent waterway,” Councillor Milne said.

“Thank you to Mr Provest and Council staff, and well done to the community for their concerted campaign to save this boardwalk for the whole Shire. When communities face losing precious environments they really realise how much they value them.”

Richard Murray from the Save Our Boardwalk group also welcomed the news.

“It’s going to allow the education of this community who can come to a place where they can enjoy a mangrove and natural environmental experience,” Mr Murray said.

“For many people who walk from the entrance of the Tweed River, it is part of a circuit roundabout planned by Tweed Shire Council and the late Bruce Chick and conservationist Harry Butler.”

A tender for design and construction will go out in the next few months, with Council seeking best practice solutions for the longest life for the new structure, as well as environmental benefits.

Construction of the new boardwalk should start by the end of the year.

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Caption: On track for a new boardwalk - (from left, back): Mayor of Tweed, Councillor Katie Milne, residents Jenny Curran and Richard Murray and Council’s Unit Coordinator Natural Resource Management, Jane Lofthouse. Front: Councillor Pryce Allsop, Member for Tweed, Geoff Provest, Councillor Chris Cherry, resident Ian Young and Councillor Warren Polglase