A community group fighting to have its say on a controversial coastal bike path fears upcoming consultation on a mass transit solution will pay nothing more than lip service. Concerns were raised after Sunshine Coast Council awarded a $330,000 tender for the public consultation to Brisbane-based firm Articulous. Articulous has been tasked with delivering a community engagement strategy for the mass transit business case, which has light rail as the preferred option to run along the coastal fringe. The Beach Matters, a group of Alexandra Headland residents formed in a bid to secure better designs of the M2M Cycleway project the Department of Transport and Main Roads was currently engaged in, feared they would not be heard during the upcoming consultation.
Here aresome of the biggest revelations that came out of council this year:
Whittaker walks: On the cusp of caretaker mode ahead of the March election a bombshell was dropped when former council CEO Michael Whittaker s resignation was announced. His sudden resignation due to ill health came just two days after the
Daily put a series of questions to council about the reasoning for Mr Whittaker s recent absence and the status of an investigation into allegations of bullying within the organisation. A cone of silence has been in place since, with details about the sudden resignation, or the investigation fiercely guarded.
The wording of a motion voted in to introduce paid parking in Mooloolaba s new multideck carpark is loose enough to leave it open to challenge says local councillor Joe Natoli. On December 10 councillors voted at the final ordinary meeting of the year to introduce paid parking into the new Brisbane Rd carpark and an at-grade carpark in the Maroochydore CBD. Cr Terry Landsberg, one of five to vote against the final motion, said all councillors were fully aware that to deliver the multideck carpark paid parking was required. The initial council officer s recommendation was to receive and note the report and then amend the register of cost-recovery fees to set the pricing for the new Brisbane Rd carpark and the Maroochydore CBD facility.
Daily thrives on delivering to its readers. From health scoops amid the coronavirus pandemic to revelations from the inner sanctum of council to breaking news of heartache and crime, we were there first, documenting the region s biggest stories this year. Here s some of the biggest exclusives the
Daily broke in 2020.
Coast covid fever clinic confirmed: The coronavirus pandemic has been the story of 2020. It claimed lives and completely changed others. The Coast was not immune to the fallout either.
Daily s Matty Holdsworth reported leaked emails had confirmed a coronavirus ward had been established at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and fever clinic plans were in place.
Daily thrives on delivering to its readers. From health scoops amid the coronavirus pandemic to revelations from the inner sanctum of council to breaking news of heartache and crime, we were there first, documenting the region s biggest stories this year. Here s some of the biggest exclusives the
Daily broke in 2020.
Coast covid fever clinic confirmed: The coronavirus pandemic has been the story of 2020. It claimed lives and completely changed others. The Coast was not immune to the fallout either.
Daily s Matty Holdsworth reported leaked emails had confirmed a coronavirus ward had been established at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and fever clinic plans were in place.