Community members and visitors have been invited to help shape the future of an increasingly popular coastal suburb.
Input is being welcomed for three Sunshine Coast Council projects: the Moffat Beach Place Plan, Moffat Beach Seawall Draft Landscape Plan and Moffat Headland Railing Renewal and Enhancement Project.
The seawall is set to be reconstructed after sections of it were damaged by severe weather in 2022 and 2024.
Councillor Terry Landsberg said the projects could lead to safety and sustainability.
“We are working with our community to nurture and enhance our environment and quality of life at Moffat Beach,” he said.
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“The Moffat Beach Place Plan project will capture our community’s values and create a long-term vision for the future direction of public spaces across the entire suburb.
“In the short-term, the park and landscaping behind the seawall will be impacted during the reconstruction project and will need to be reinstated.
“This is an opportunity to do so with improvements, to give the community back parkland that would otherwise have been lost because of the reconstructed seawall alignment.
“I encourage locals and visitors to the area to take the time to share their views before April 16.”
The first stage of the Moffat Beach Place Plan is now open for feedback.
Work on the seawall will start in May.
Council has worked with the community to understand their values, including the Norfolk Island pine trees, cultural heritage, local events, beach and parkland, to design the seawall.
A hybrid alignment moves the wall on to the beach, between the central and eastern ends, and back into the parkland at the western end.
Council stated that the layout balanced the loss of open space on the beach and gave the best chance to preserve the pine trees with the least impact to the beach and the park, while providing an opportunity to review the park area behind the seawall.
The draft design considers the location of picnic tables, seating benches, beach accesses and showers, garden bed areas and tree plantings in the parkland.
The layout also extends a wider, upgraded coastal pathway through the space and is expected to improve the safety of the pedestrian connection to the shops.
The draft plan looks at an option to reduce the existing footprint of the Eleanor Shipley car park and reorganise it to achieve a more efficient layout, while keeping the same number of parking spaces.
The draft plan also suggests succession planting of the Norfolk Island pine trees, by planting new trees near existing maturing trees.
Meanwhile, the railings along the headland need to be replaced and upgraded due to their condition, and to meet current standards.
Options are being considered to renew the railings and improve safety and amenity along the headland.
To provide feedback on the projects and for details about pop-up information sessions and a Moffat Beach Place Plan workshop visit the Have Your Say page on council’s website.
