Premium Content Subscriber only More than $8m has been spent by the Sunshine Coast Council and the State Government in the past decade to maintain and upgrade Palmwoods roads. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has invested more than $4m over the past ten years in and around the area. The council has spent more than $4.3m in just five years. Business and residents have voiced their concerns over the past month with a petition launched calling for several prominent intersections to be upgraded as well as the speed limit lowered throughout the main street. Sunshine Coast Daily Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign logo.