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Subscriber only Sunshine Coast Council has refused to reveal usage and financial figures from Mooloolaba s paid parking amid calls for a review on the charges. The fee was touted as the best way to pay off the loan of $23.5 million for the construction of the building, instead of adding $18 a year for 20 years to every ratepayer s bill. Questions from the Daily on how many cars used the Brisbane Road facility went unanswered but a spokesman said it was well used on weekends and during events. Councillor Christian Dickson said multiple residents and businesses had told him the carpark was near empty most days.
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 was more a matter of ensuring residents were informed of the consultation.
Details of the playground upgrade at Albany Lakes Park in Sippy Downs. Picture: Supplied
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Subscriber only Construction has started on a $300,000 Sippy Downs park renovation which could lay the foundation for a further $1 million worth of upgrades for the area. Sunshine Coast Council division six councillor Christian Dickson said the first stage of the Albany Lakes Park upgrade, which included a children s playground, was expected to be completed in June. Other major additions to the 650 sqm site included park furniture, a connection pathway providing greater access to amenities, a playground safety fence to stop children running onto the nearby road, a drainage system and garden beds.
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Artist s impressions of Sekisui House s hotel and residential development at Yaroomba. Â A hearing is due to take place next month.
Development Watch Lyn Saxton earlier this month lamented the fact the revelations hadn t come out after the initial council approval, as they could ve launched a judicial review and sidestepped the costly process. She said she expected any issues raised with council processes would have to be dealt with separately, not as part of the ongoing legal case.
The revelations:
Within the thousands of pages released was an email trail which revealed council planning assessment officers had been preparing to recommend refusal of the billion-dollar development just weeks before it was eventually recommended for, and granted approval by councillors in June, 2018.