FAQs - Miami site

A new Miami Satellite Depot is required due to the vacating of the existing depot, with occupancy targeted by late 2027 to avoid service gaps in the beachfront suburbs. 

The Frank Murray Park proposal is the preferred site due to a compact footprint, landscape buffers, compliant lighting, and noise/traffic controls, plus a stormwater solution that ensures no adverse offsite flood impacts.  

Approximately 70 staff members will be working from the new Miami depot. A majority of these staff will be field workers and not based at the depot full time.  

Construction is planned to commence in early 2027 and aimed to be completed and open for operation late 2027 into early 2028.

The strategically located Miami Depot site has been leased by the City to be transformed into a dynamic creative industries hub. This development will foster the screen, tech and gaming sectors, driving economic growth and creating jobs for the Gold Coast and the local Miami community.

The City of Gold Coast understands:  

Frank Murray first purchased property in Elder Entrance, Burleigh Heads in 1948. From then, until his retirement, he was continuously engaged in a supervisory capacity for major construction works on the Gold Coast and other areas of Queensland. This included construction of the Coolangatta Airfield.  

His first association with the then Gold Coast City Council was during the construction of the access road to Little Nerang Dam, a job fraught with challenges, but completed in 12 months.  

Frank Murray was also closely aligned with the construction of the Miami Works Depot and, just prior to his retirement, was involved in the initial construction work on the Pizzey Park Complex.  

Alderman John Laws requested that a 6172m2 piece of land situated on the corner of Pacific and Sonia Avenues, Miami, be called “Frank Murray Park” in recognition of his services to the community.  

It was viewed as fitting that the piece of parkland, facing both the Miami Works Depot and Pizzey Park, be named in his honour.  

At the meeting of the City’s Health Committee, held 9 June 1977, it was recommended that the name “Frank Murray Park” be put forward to the Queensland Place Names Board for the area of parkland on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Sonia Avenue, Miami, and a suitable park name be designed incorporating a plaque.  

Details can be found at: Gold Coast City Council Meeting Minutes 17 June 1977.