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GMAQ NEWS
NUDGEE GC GRANTED
REDEVELOPMENT
APPROVAL AFTER
GOVERNMENT LAND
REDUCTION
The Nudgee Golf Club north of Brisbane received their much
anticipated approval from the Brisbane City Council last month to
proceed with the redevelopment of the course after the government
forced reduction in course land.
T
he club lodged the application to
redesign the golf course in October last
year after the club lost four of its 36 holes
when the Federal Government resumed 8.84
hectares for the Gateway Motorway upgrade a
few years earlier.
With funding assistance from the Department of
Transport and Main Roads, the now approved
proposal suggests to replace the holes lost,
which will require a total redesign of up to 70
per cent of the current 85.82ha site.
Club President Paul Rigby said he had been
waiting a long time for the good news and that
the future was now bright.
“This has been a long wait for the Board and
members but we can now finally see some
action,” he said in a notice to members.
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“The Club’s
Board has
been actioning
a number of
matters in recent
months in terms
of seeking tenders
for a large part of
the earthworks
associated with the Course re-development and
on that basis we are looking forward to being
able to get started in the near future.”
Designed by James Wilcher of Golf by Design,
the Operational Works proposal is for the
remodel and reconstruction of the golf course
over 7 stages. The development will see
significant changes to the current 25 holes,
and will reinstate the course to 36 holes of a
comparable standard to that pre-existing the
resumption.