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people off the roads and this has been successful in the city’s north. Along the western route we could see increased density and the best place for this will be in the western parts of our city.

If you take the light rail west to meet the heavy rail there would be stops at Stocklands and Treetops – which would open up those shopping areas to more people – as well as Marymount College. IT has always been the case that the light rail must be located where the maximum number of users are and the maximum benefits could be provided.

By extending from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads it will pick up on the key growth areas through that area, including Nobby Beach, plus it is the most direct route along what is a wide road corridor.

This will eventually create a link down the Coast to the Gold Coast Airport to the coastal nodes before linking to heavy rail at some point in the future.

This is catalytic infrastructure and there are indirect benefits such as urban renewal.

The priority right now is getting it to Burleigh and then on to the Airport. There will then be the potential for eastwest connections and ultimately from there we will have a fully functional, multimodal public transport system.