2016-08-09 S&O Agenda Item 8, Attachment 1 - CCIQ Noosa Convention and Cultural Centre Initiative Pre-feasibility Study

     CCIQ Noosa #3 Noosa Convention & Cultural Centre Initiative
     Pre-feasibility Study                                                                                                         April 2016


                          Specialist modelling of large transport vehicle access and egress has been identified
Physical Access           as essential. No cost estimate for any such modelling or works to facilitate access is
   Modelling46            known.

                          The performance space, gallery, convention area and exhibition hall require
                          pantechnicon access on-site. This may require street access turning space,
                          underground turntable mechanics and industrial heavy lift elevators.


                              a.     The J (a Youth and Community Centre) has approximately 45 car spaces.
                                     These are in addition to Council provided 25 permanent spaces along the
      Audience                       frontage to Cooroy Noosa Rd. All these spaces would be subsumed into the
        Access                       centre’s need for on-site parking and vehicle access.
                              b.     Adequate bus and coach arrival and drop off at the front and potentially sides
                                     of the facility will be mandatory.
                              c.     Other adjacent car spaces47 to be modelled may include Coles car park, the
                                     old Club car park and the parking behind the ANZ Bank and Noosa Five
                                     Cinema complex. It is suggested that these spaces be redeveloped to
                                     increase capacity arising from the transport analysis and centre transport
                                     demand model
                              d.     Dedicated parking for centre employees, bump-in/out trade services and
                                     short-term deliveries should be planned for
                              e.     Any transport study relative to this proposal should reach as far as the
                                     relatively new Transit Centre, Sunshine Beach Rd (Noosa Jct. South-East)
                              f.     All weather access from the centres to adjacent car parks would be highly
                                     desirable.


                              a.     Creation of the new dual purpose Centres gives rationale to further
       Further                       consideration of a possible free public mass-transit resource such as a fleet of
      Location                       appropriately sized electric buses, in conjunction with the identification of a
Transport Plan                       “Circle-Route” which would pass the major accommodation properties
Considerations                b.     A reliable and frequent Schedule could be developed, with regular departures
                                     no longer than every 10 minutes during periods of peak use (for example,
                                     from 60 minutes before the daily scheduled conference start time, and from
                                     60 minutes after the daily scheduled conference finish time)
                              c.     The development of such a critical piece of transport infrastructure could also
                                     deliver significant community amenity and benefit, to both residents and
                                     non-conference tourists utilising a refreshed Junction Precinct
                              d.     Any Transport Plan to be approved for the redevelopment of the Coles’
                                     Noosa Junction site should allow for the potential transport requirements of
                                     a prospective Convention Centre in the Junction
                              e.     An alternative transport solution could include a string of open-sided
                                     carriages towed behind an appropriate vehicle, turning the transit period into
                                     a tourist experience in its own right
                              f.     Expert advice warns us that underground parking as part of both facilities is a

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       Note pedestrian and parking observations under Audience Access
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       Including the price of a car park in the ticket price is a consideration with modern technology providing GPS direction to a predesigned
     reserved space.




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