SLINK FEEDBACK

The Development Application submitted for Slink in March 2026 includes the results of community consultation undertaken by Gales.

Stakeholders and the public were given the opportunity to review the preliminary plans and provide comments. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive in favour of the new Slink connection.

Following completion of the new Tweed Valley Hospital and approval of Cudgen Connection the community desire and the need for Slink is clear and Gales hopes that Council and the NSW Government will support this critical link road.

The form below was used for the EIS Survey.

ABOUT SLINK

Slink will:

Provide a direct link between Tweed Coast Road and Turnock Street at the Elrond Drive roundabout

Relieve traffic congestion, especially once the hospital opens in 2024

Be built on Gales land

Generally separate development to the north and environmental conservation to the south as shown in the Kingscliff DCP

Slink alignment was adopted by Council in the DCP and KLP 2020 after extensive community consultation

See report and extracts from Bitzios Traffic Assessment 2021 below the Survey

Above: Bitzios Traffic Analysis (2021) for Cudgen Road

Above: Turnock Street

Graphic from Council KLP DCP 2020 p227

‘.. the primary gateway entrance into Kingscliﬀ from the Tweed Coast Road …a character deﬁning collector road integrating cycle and pedestrian movement, parking, shade and lighting with landscaping including street trees’

Link to Bitzios Traffic Assessment 2021

Extracts from Bitzios Traffic Assessment 2021

‘The link road would greatly reduce traffic capacity issues on Cudgen Road, which will occur irrespective of the Gales development and be exacerbated by the opening of the Hospital in 2023.’ (Bitzios Traffic Assessment August 2021)

‘The proposed link road, widening Tweed Coast Road to four lanes, and intersection upgrades are all required to ameliorate future capacity issues associated with anticipated growth within Kingscliff including the Hospital.’

‘By 2023 following the opening of the Hospital, Cudgen Road is expected to reach its theoretical capacity as the only road connection for traffic between Tweed Coast Road and Kingscliff.’

'Improve emergency vehicle access to the Hospital by reducing through traffic volumes and associated delays at Cudgen Road intersections.’

‘The early construction of the link road would provide significant immediate benefits to local road capacity, reduce congestion and ameliorate safety and amenity impacts associated with significant ongoing traffic growth forecast for the surrounding road network. This will subsequently greatly improve access to residences and businesses in Kingscliff Village with consequent commercial / employment benefits.’

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Extracts from Bitzios Traffic Assessment 2021

‘The link road would greatly reduce traffic capacity issues on Cudgen Road, which will occur irrespective of the Gales development and be exacerbated by the opening of the Hospital in 2023.’ (Bitzios Traffic Assessment August 2021)

‘The proposed link road, widening Tweed Coast Road to four lanes, and intersection upgrades are all required to ameliorate future capacity issues associated with anticipated growth within Kingscliff including the Hospital.’

‘By 2023 following the opening of the Hospital, Cudgen Road is expected to reach its theoretical capacity as the only road connection for traffic between Tweed Coast Road and Kingscliff.’

'Improve emergency vehicle access to the Hospital by reducing through traffic volumes and associated delays at Cudgen Road intersections.’

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VISIT GALES-KINGSCLIFF WEBSITE

CONTACT

FEEDBACK FORM

Extracts from Bitzios Traffic Assessment 2021

‘The link road would greatly reduce traffic capacity issues on Cudgen Road, which will occur irrespective of the Gales development and be exacerbated by the opening of the Hospital in 2023.’ (Bitzios Traffic Assessment August 2021)

‘The proposed link road, widening Tweed Coast Road to four lanes, and intersection upgrades are all required to ameliorate future capacity issues associated with anticipated growth within Kingscliff including the Hospital.’

‘By 2023 following the opening of the Hospital, Cudgen Road is expected to reach its theoretical capacity as the only road connection for traffic between Tweed Coast Road and Kingscliff.’

'Improve emergency vehicle access to the Hospital by reducing through traffic volumes and associated delays at Cudgen Road intersections.’