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Neville Newell MP State Member for Tweed

Media Release

10 January 2005

TWEED ULTIMA DEVELOPMENT TO REVITALISE TWEED HEADS

Member for Tweed and Chair of the Tweed CBD Ministerial Taskforce Neville Newell today announced that Assistant Planning Minister, Diane Beamer, has signed off on the $44 million Tweed Ultima development, heralding significant new investment and jobs growth for Tweed Heads.

The 227 room tourist/residential development in the Town Centre will include car parking, retail space, restaurant and bar, gymnasium and conference facilities, but will be subject to stringent conditions to ensure the local amenity is protected.

"The developer has paid attention to the planning guidelines in the Tweed CBD Masterplan and to the input of the local community, revising earlier designs to produce a better result. " Mr Newell said.

Project owner and developer Majeed Tabrizi and his Tweed Ultima team are to be congratulated on their ongoing willingness to work co-operatively with the Tweed CBD Ministerial Taskforce. Tweed Ultima is a landmark development, which is in-step with the Tweed Heads CBD Masterplan.

"Following public exhibition and assessment of the development application, the proposal's visual bulk and overshadowing were reduced and its design quality significantly improved. The new development will offer a lower and more elegant design.

"This project represents a new standard of building for the Tweed Heads region," he said.

"The development is a huge vote of confidence in the Tweed Heads community and represents an important investment which will create 40 construction jobs over the next three years.

"Tweed Ultima will help to build on the current strengths of the local area such as retail and entertainment facilities, while also injecting new life into the town centre", he said.

"This commitment by both the Ministerial Taskforce and the project owner and developer, will provide a point of reference for future development.

More than 100 conditions have been imposed on the development including:

construction management conditions to minimise the impact on the environment, including noise, vibration, sediment control, waste, hours of work and truck movements;
design conditions in regard to reflectivity, outdoor lighting and to ensure energy efficient fixtures are used;
de-watering procedures and soil protection;
safe vehicle, pedestrian and disabled access during construction; and dust minimisation.

The development's design objectives and amenity were outlined in the Tweed Heads Town Centre Masterplan, commissioned by the NSW Government in June 2002 as part of an overall Development Strategy to revitalise the town centre and surrounding areas.

"The development will have a very positive social impact by providing additional housing for residential and tourist purposes", Mr Newell said.

Media Contact: Neville Newell 0427 611 669 / Maryn Wagstaff 0403 136 994