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Councillors were sent a series of questions about the steps they'd taken to-date and were still to take to understand their division's views on mass transit to ensure they could accurately represent them in future debates and decision making, as well as their position on light rail, preferred method of mass transit and how they saw mass transit fitting into a broader transport system on the Coast. Here's what your Sunshine Coast councillors had to say: Cr Maria Suarez. Maria Suarez, Division 9: Ms Suarez said the mass transit corridor was well out of the Division 9 area, so for her it wa...

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 Tra...

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 C...

Sunshine Coast MPs have warned a $2.6 billion light rail system between Maroochydore and Kawana could ruin chances of having heavy rail from Brisbane to the region. Kawana MP Jarrod Bleijie and other Sunshine Coast MPs have called on the Sunshine Coast Council to prioritise heavy rail before throwing its support behind an expensive local public transport network. The council has released a comprehensive report into several mass transit options costing between $881 million to $2.6 billion to connect Maroochydore and Kawana. Residents have eight weeks to have their say on the draft options ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A comprehensive report on mass transit options gave light rail a perfect score when considering the best way to get people out of cars and into public transport. Sunshine Coast Council last week released its 316-page draft options analysis report for a mass transit plan which centres around five key options ranging from costs of $881m to $2.6bn. Mayor Mark Jamieson said the council was open to all options with the ultimate aim to bust congestion, reduce emissions and improve public transport. Mr Jamieson said there was a misconception that light rail was the...