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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA: Gold Coast City Council

LOCATION: The resource is located about 5.5 kilometres southwest of Burleigh and west of the Pacific Highway (see map KRA 96).

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE: Quarry Rock

EXTRACTIVE RESOURCE DESCRIPTION: The resource is dominated by greywacke rocks of the Neranleigh-Fernvale Beds and issurrounded by ridges. The resource has been investigated by drilling that has confirmed the quality and consistency of the greywacke.

SIGNIFICANCE: Investigations indicate a large resource, sufficient for over 40 years of supply depending on the final pit footprint and depth. The resource is the largest known greenfield resource in the southern part of Gold Coast City, and is strategically located in relation to the Gold Coast market. It therefore meets the criteria for State significance.

SEPARATION AREA: The parcel of land on which the resource occurs has the topographic features to almost completely buffer the resource, providing a separation distance of between 120m and up to 600 metres. Design of the pit would utilise the topographic screening provided by the surrounding ridges. The separation area is not extended beyond the parcel boundary as the land is zoned Residential or equivalent. In the north, the separation area meets the boundary of the West Burleigh Key Resource Area (KRA 70).

TRANSPORT ROUTE: A transport route has been proposed from the northern section of the resource to the Pacific Highway via the proposed Bermuda Street interchange. An alternative route along the Old Coach Road has also been nominated.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: The KRA contains areas of vegetation having State biodiversity significance under the Biodiversity Planning Assessment administered by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and forms part of the Burleigh Heads – Great Dividing Range bioregional wildlife corridor. The KRA also encompasses several cultural heritage sites of State significance. A small area of 'endangered' vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999, located within the property would be protected by any granted development approval conditions.