Council maintains all workers at its mass transit information booths are employees and impartial despite a man with links to the state transport department having been spotted at several locations. A Mooloolaba woman told organisers of The Beach Matters group, which is fighting the prospect of a light rail system along the beachfront at Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore, and at least one councillor that she had spotted a former transport department staffer at consultation sessions in Kawana and Mooloolaba earlier this month. The man she identified was Dan Koch, a former Department of Transport and Main Roads project manager and former CoastConnect project director based in Maroochydore.
Mystery over former official s role in mass transit talks
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Mystery over former official s role in mass transit talks
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Mr Down said from his experience on the Gold Coast light rail it had several key advantages which made it more viable. He said the much larger population helped boost its catchment as well as the fact the rail was on a major road which had replicas to the east and west which enabled the impact on road traffic to be minimised. Mr Down also said the Gold Coast had been clever not to run the light rail along the beachfront as they knew the value the visual beauty of the beaches held for the region. An artist s impression of trackless trams, which is one of the options presented in Sunshine Coast Council s Draft Options Analysis for a mass transit plan.