Deputations and public questions to council, each opening on what council's minutes record of it.
2025-03-20
Public question
Ordinary Meeting
Ken & Desley Nixon
Heard at the meeting. Council's recording has these questions from 1:22; our transcript is below.
▶ Hear it — council's recording, from 1:22
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
Will Council implement regulated parking on the eastern side of Kingfisher Drive North of Brolga Place?
Response from Shaun Walsh Director Infrastructure Services
Noosa Council is currently developing a Parking Management Plan, a key initiative under the Noosa Corporate Plan, designed to ensure equitable, sustainable, adaptable, and efficient parking and kerbside management that can be applied to centres across the Shire that are experiencing parking issues. This plan will establish a framework and clear guidelines for managing both kerbside and off-street parking, balancing capacity, demand, and community needs while providing a structured framework for evaluating future parking requests. The plan is being developed through a multi-stage process, including data collection, preparation of a decision matrix and kerbside hierarchy, feasibility studies, and stakeholder engagement. It is expected to be finalised in 2025. The outcomes of this plan will help assess parking demand in the area and identify the most effective management techniques to support the community and local businesses. Council is aware of critical parking issues around the Peregian Beach village, and will use your submission to help inform the Parking Management Plan
Question 2
Will Council provide a few more sets of bollards along the eastern side of Kingfisher Drive, similar to those that have been in place for many years adjacent to Brolga Place?
Response from Shaun Walsh Director Infrastructure Services
The traffic controls along Kingfisher Drive were placed many years near ago to Brolga Place and are a mixture of bollards, white and red delineator posts and boulders. As outlined above, assessment of new controls would await the Parking Management Plan and Framework to provide a consistent set of guiding principles that can be applied across the shire. Any new controls are also regulated by Austroads Guidelines and Australian Standards AS 1742.2 (Traffic Control Devices for General Use) & AS 1906.2 (Retroreflective Devices for Road Traffic Control).
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Transcript of the recording
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1:22 Mayor Wilkie: The first is an application from Ken and Desley Nixon who have requested Councillor Lorentzen to read the question which will be answered by Shaun Walsh, Director of Infrastructure Services. Councillor Lorentzen.
1:35 Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Question to Shaun. Will Council implement the regulated parking on the eastern side of Kingfisher Drive north of Rolker Place in Corrigin Beach?
1:47 Director Walsh: Thank you for the question. Noosa Council is currently developing a parking management plan, a key initiative under the Noosa corporate plan, designed to ensure equitable, sustainable, adaptable and efficient parking and kerbside management that can be applied to centres across the Shire that are experiencing parking issues. This plan will establish a framework and clear guidelines for managing both kerbside and off-street parking, balancing capacity, demand and community needs, while providing a structured framework for evaluating future parking requirements. The plan is being developed through a multi-stage process including data collection, preparation of the decision matrix and kerbside hierarchy, feasibility studies and stakeholder engagement. It is expected to be finalised in 2025. The outcomes of this plan will help assess parking demand in the area and identify the most effective management techniques to support the community and the local businesses. Council is aware of the critical parking issues around Corrigin Beach Village and will use your submission to help inform the parking management plan.
2:52 Councillor Lorentson: I think I have another question from Ken and Desley Nixon. Will Council provide a few more sets of bollards along the eastern side of Kingfisher Drive, similar to those that have been in place for many years adjacent to Rolker Place?
3:08 Director Walsh: Thank you for the question. The traffic controls along Kingfisher Drive are currently under development. Kingfisher Drive were placed many years ago near to Rolker Place and are a mixture of bollards, white and red delineator posts and boulders. As outlined above, assessment of new controls would await the parking management plan and framework to provide a consistent set of guiding principles that can be applied across the Shire. Any new controls are also regulated by AusRoads guidelines and Australian Standards AS 1742.2 Traffic Control Devices for General Use. And AS1906.2 Retroreflective Devices for Road Traffic Control.
3:48 Mayor Wilkie: Thank you Shaun. Thank you Amelia. Council Laurel, Director Shaun Walsh.
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