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Construction drives ahead at Tee Trees golf course
CONSTRUCTION of the $20 million-plus golf course at the Tee Trees estate at Arundel is steaming ahead.
Contractors moved on site in May this year and, after setting up haul roads and dewatering programs, they are now moving on to the construction of the first golf holes.
Ingles Group managing director Graeme Ingles said the early works had also included some clearing and the installation of nesting boxes for wildlife.
“In the next couple of weeks we will be installing nest poles for white breasted sea eagles and for other birds of prey,’’ said Ingles.
“We have started earthworks on the 16th hole and we are also well advanced on the earthworks for the 10th hole.”
Mr Ingles urged residents of the area to avoid entering the construction site.
“People are naturally curious but it is a construction site and there is a lot of potentially dangerous equipment and conditions in the area,’’ he said.
“I would urge people to stay out of the site because from a safety point of view, we simply cannot have people wandering through the area putting themselves at risk.’’
Meanwhile, the Ingles Group is in the process of completing the last homes at the associated $300 million Tee Trees residential community.
Mr Ingles said the golf course was approved in principle as part of the development’s masterplan a decade ago.
The Ingles Group bought the 108-hectare site at Arundel in the mid 1990s. The property, with its central location was an ideal development site and, as the area's premier development, Tee Trees quickly proved popular with Gold Coast families.
He said that despite long delays in the golf course approval process, the 700 home Tee Trees estate had been one of the Ingles Group’s most successful developments in its 26 year history.
Ingles Group in July last year appointed leading property identity Bret Crowther to oversee the golf course development.
Mr Crowther was previously the project manager for the construction of more than 10 Jack Nicklaus designed golf courses around the globe. These included projects in Japan, the Philippines, Mexico, Spain and New Zealand.