Gladstone Coal Exporters Sports Complex

The Gladstone Coal Exporters Sports Complex includes Marley Brown Oval, the junior rugby League fields and touch football fields. The redevelopment of the complex is focused on the development of the site to deliver a new sports field stadium with improved capacity for events and high-level competition matches including broadcast games. Council commissioned Otium Planning Group to undertake the Gladstone Coal Exporters Sport Complex Master Plan and this work was completed in August 2019. The next phase of the project is to undertake a Business Case to investigate whole-of-life costs, options, risks and benefits to ensure they are thoroughly understood before proceeding with developing a Major Multi-Purpose Sports and Events Complex within the Gladstone Region. The development of the Business Case will include wider community engagement on the Master Plan design as well as to seek comment on the development of the facility.

Harbour Arbour

Council engaged the services of JFP Urban Consultants Pty Ltd to prepare options and concept designs for a Harbour Arbour in Goondoon Street, Gladstone (Lord to Yarroon Streets). The Arbour is to be innovative, unique and sustainable, create a vibrant streetscape and encourage pedestrian movement to and from the waterfront.

This work was completed in late 2019.

Council is currently considering the options presented before proceeding.