Deputations and public questions to council, each opening on what council's minutes record of it.
2024-11-21
Public question
Ordinary Meeting
Andie Grant
Heard at the meeting. Council's recording has these questions from 18:56; our transcript is below.
▶ Hear it — council's recording, from 18:56
The feed timestamps the whole public question block rather than each speaker, so this starts at the top of that block.
What the minutes record
Question 1
Can data please be provided or collected to analyse how many families and children reside in the Beckman's Road, St Teresa's Catholic College, Lake Entrance Boulevard to Good Shepherd Lutheran College surrounding areas?
Response from Shaun Walsh, Acting Director Infrastructure Services
Thank you for this question. Firstly, Council acknowledges the challenges of crossing these busy sections of road. Council has currently not compiled this demographic data about families and children in these school catchments but can arrange for it to be collected alongside data currently being collected for the Noosa Traffic Study. Council is currently undertaking an update to the Noosa Traffic Study using contemporary traffic data and is expected to be completed by June 2025. This study is a critical technical document that will guide infrastructure planning for the next 30 years. Council will analyse the data to determine the need for various traffic improvement projects, including safer pedestrian crossings.
Question 2
Has a civil engineer consultation on a safe pedestrian crossing been done yet or when will it be scheduled to be done in relation to the design of a safe pedestrian crossing on Eumundi-Noosa Road?
Response from Shaun Walsh, Acting Director Infrastructure Services
Thank you again for this question. Firstly, Council acknowledges the challenges of crossing these busy sections of road. Council’s Walking and Cycling Strategy has identified the need for safer, more convenient pedestrian crossings on Eumundi-Noosa Road. This document was prepared by engineers in Council. In addition, the Noosa Traffic Study update is currently occurring, also overseen by engineers. This study is a critical technical document that will guide infrastructure planning for the next 30 years. Council will analyse the data to determine the need for various traffic improvement projects, including safer pedestrian crossings. Any proposed traffic improvements projects, such as new crossings, will be subject to Council’s budget deliberations in coming years. Council can also use the Traffic Study to support grant applications. Council will certainly undertake public consultation program as part of any approved projects.
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Transcript of the recording
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18:56 Mayor Wilkie: Next up we have four submissions for public question time. The first is an application with two questions from Andy Grant. Ms Grant are you here? Hello. Ms Grant come up to the lectern please and ask your questions which will be answered by Shaun Walsh who is the Acting Director of Infrastructure.
19:16 Deborah Walsh: Thank you. The first question is can data please be provided or collected to analyse how many families and children reside in the Evans Road, St Theresa's Catholic College, Lake Entrance Boulevard, Tewantin Shepherd Community College and surrounding areas?
19:34 Director Walsh: You got me to talk here?
19:37 Can everyone hear me? Is that okay? So my name is Shaun Walsh the Acting Director of Infrastructure Services. Thank you for this question. Firstly Council acknowledges the challenges of crossing these busy sections of road. Council has currently not complied this demographic data about families and children in these school catchments but can arrange for it to be collected alongside data currently collected for the updated Noosa Traffic Study. Council is currently undertaking an update to the Noosa Traffic Study using contemporary traffic data. And we're expected to complete that by June 2025. This study is a critical technical document to guide our infrastructure planning and we'll use the data to determine the need for and support for various traffic improvements including safer pedestrian crossings.
20:25 Deborah Walsh: Second question. Has a civil engineer consultation on a safe pedestrian crossing been done yet or when will it be scheduled to be done in relation to the design of a safe pedestrian crossing on this road?
20:38 Director Walsh: Thank you again for this question. Firstly we acknowledge the dangers of crossing this busy section of road. Council's walking and cycling strategy has identified the need for safer, more convenient pedestrian crossings on Yamanu Noosa Road. This document was prepared by engineers and Council. In addition the Noosa Traffic Study update is currently occurring, also overseen by engineers. Which will assist us in planning for the next 30 years. And determining the need for various traffic improvements. Any proposed traffic improvements such as new crossings will be subject to Council's budget deliberations in the coming years. Council can also use the traffic study to support grant applications from particularly the Department of Transport and Main Roads. Council will certainly undertake public consultation program as part of any approved projects.
21:30 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Andy.
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