Wide array of opinions at community information stall

Visitors to last weekend's community information stall about Kingscliff Central Park expressed a wide variety of opinions about the park's proposed features.

Persistent rain did not stop more than 40 people from attending the information stall, held at the NSW Surf Life Saving Championships in Kingscliff on Saturday 19 March.

The project manager, Council Senior Design Engineer Warren Boyd, said the stall generated a lot of constructive discussion about Kingscliff Central Park.

"Many of the visitors to the stall were very positive about the concept of Central Park. However, there was a lot of valuable comments about possible changes to fine-tune the park design," Mr Boyd said.

"That really is the purpose of this community engagement campaign.

"A previous round of public consultation in 2007, to create the Kingscliff Foreshore Master Plan, identified what the community wanted at each section of the town's foreshore. There was clear-cut support for a reduction in the size of the Kingscliff Beach Holiday Park and the creation of a community park in the land it vacated.

"The online forum and other initiatives in the current engagement campaign aims to take planning to the next stage, to decide what will go in that Central Park."

Mr Boyd said the foreshore master plan mapped out a staged upgrade of the whole Kingscliff foreshore from Cudgen Creek to the Kingscliff North Holiday Park.

"It specifically identifies the site between the Cudgen Headland Surf Life Saving Club and Kingscliff Beach Club for the Central Park, which will serve as a community hub and strategic link between the beach and Kingscliff's central business district," he said.

Many of the visitors were divided in their opinions about a half basketball court including in the concept plans. Some welcomed the sealed ball games area, which also provided a location for kids to ride skateboards rather than the town's car parks, while others were not sure it was conducive to a family-orientated park.

What do you think about the half basketball court and other features in the concept plans? Sign up for the online forum and have your say before 12 April.