Aerial view of Gales-Kingscliff holdings facing west, showing holdings immediately west of Tweed Coast Road. Photo www.galeskingscliff.com.au.
The debate over the movement of fill via the Tweed Coast Road and through Kingscliff to fill future development sites has been considered by residents, Tweed Shire Councillors, and staff at the last two planning meetings and a workshop in between.
Councillors Warren Polglase (Conservative) and Pryce Allsop (Conservative) have both been pushing hard for the development application DA20/0965 to allow free fill from the M1 roadworks to be trucked in to be used as fill by Gales Holdings. This would be used for filling land on and around Turnock Street and would replace the Land and Environment Court (L&EC) approval for bringing fill from their existing local quarry site. The DA seeks truck and dog movements every two minutes for six and a half days per week for a minimum of 28 weeks to bring in the fill.