The State Government has confirmed that funding for the M2M (stage 6) project to deliver a safer cycle and pedestrian pathway for the 1.2 kilometre stretch between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore has been removed from the four-year funding program. This is a broken promise from the Government and until they restore it to four-year QTRIP…
For those that haven’t already heard, late November we had win for the community with the Transport Department finally listening to what we have been asking for with an expanded dredging trial off Mooloolaba. Unlike previous programs which involved dredging the entrance to the channel, the trial will involve dredging sand banks to the west…
There’s a lot of money being spent on business cases for Sunshine Coast Mass Transit and Heavy Rail to Maroochydore, but the big question is how much of this money is about kicking the can down the road and deliberate delaying tactics? $15 million is being spent on the Sunshine Coast Mass Transit business case…
Translink and Council have agreed to re-route a bus route into the new Maroochydore CBD via Dalby St without any public consultation and the community is fighting back. Residents of Dalby Street are worried about loss of on-street parking and the narrowness of the road with the large buses. State MP Fiona Simpson said the…
On 9 October I completed the seventh annual Lift the Lid Walk for Mental Health. This walk was started by local mental health advocate, Vicki Stewart, with a vision to lift the lid on mental health, to make it ‘okay, not to be ok’ and be able to talk about that. The walk started here…
A PROJECT for a safer cycle and pedestrian pathway between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore has been put under a cloud, after the State Government secretly removed funds committed for construction from official government documents. The M2M Stage 6 project had been the subject of controversy due to poor design, but the community won the promise…
Congestion on the Sunshine Motorway at Mountain Creek is predicted to grow by more than 50% over the next decade, yet the Palaszczuk Government has no plan to fix it. Around 41,600 vehicles use the two-lane section of the Motorway every day, and Transport and Main Roads predicts that to grow to 68,000 vehicles by…
The rail link to Maroochydore, connecting the Sunshine Coast’s largest city to the SEQ rail network in time for the 2032 Olympics is at grave risk due to delay tactics by this State Government. State MP for Maroochydore, Fiona Simpson MP, is calling on the State Government to release a whole-of-project timeline for the Maroochydore…
THE Mooloolaba Harbour entrance may look like smooth sailing due to calmer weather and a temporary dredging fix at the moment, but calls for a permanent solution and consultation continues. State MP Fiona Simpson said: “It’s time for action and for transparency about the plans. “This can’t be kicked down the road and timelines stretched…
“Sunshine Coast Cancer patients desperately requiring urgent treatment are having their lives put at risk by waiting months longer than clinically acceptable. “The State Government talks about health funding and services in the future but fails to prioritise and deliver the most urgent care needed today. “Cancer patients can’t wait years for treatment they need…