Today in the GC Bulletin a great story showing how the light rail is already destroying the nature of Palm Beach.
"THE once quiet beachside suburb of Palm Beach has been transformed into the Gold Coast’s newest development mecca.
Nine building cranes have gone up along the Gold Coast Highway this year alone, making up half of the new projects across the city.
And more will be needed, with a fresh report revealing Palm Beach and its immediate surrounding suburbs will experience a 36 per cent population boom in the next 25 years."
Developers claim
"It had to happen sooner or later, The people who are down there are obviously upset as you would understand because the character is changing.
“Now these high-rise that are coming in, it’s inevitable. It had to happen. It’s going to continue to happen. The character is changing down there, they can’t stop that.
“Ultimately, I think it’s going to be good for the Gold Coast. With these high rises comes better facilities normally and it’s going to upgrade the whole of that area down there and bring it into the 20th century.”
Apparently you can no longer expect to live in a normal suburban home on the Gold Coast. Good for a small group of people: The Developers.