2018-10-18 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING REPORT                                                                                                                         18 OCTOBER 2018


Risks & Opportunities
Traffic congestion during peak holiday periods is the cause of significant community concern. This concern has been growing over the past decade and
is one of the reasons that Council has developed its Transport Strategy. Having developed this strategy staff have now prepared a range of actions for
Council to consider.

Before considering the risks associated with each individual action as described below it is important to highlight that there is a significant risk if Council
either takes no action or moves to expensive infrastructure solutions without any evidence of their effectiveness. These trials are aimed at testing a
whole of precinct management approach to the problem of congestion rather than an infrastructure solution. If successful this managed approach could
be significantly cheaper and more effective than building additional road infrastructure.

 Peak period free holiday buses (5 TransLink services & 1 Peregian bus)
                           Risk                                                                Mitigation
 Scope/Deliverables        Risk that bus movements are restricted by heavy congestion.         The use of traffic management will partly mitigate this risk, however
                                                                                               given the road network this risk is not able to be fully mitigated.
 Opportunity               Current 13% year on year patronage growth with additional focus     Liaise with Translink on options for more bus services.
                           for Park & Ride may result in crowding of buses.

 Queensland school holiday free buses (5 TransLink services & 1 Peregian bus)
                           Risk                                                                Mitigation
 Programme                 May create confusion regarding which buses are free                 All marketing material will advertise dates and routes for free travel

 Information Management Systems – Park & Ride and Car parking availability
                           Risk                                                                Mitigation
 Finance                   As systems are not fully developed, risk that costs may be higher   Regularly review solutions to ensure value for money within budget.
                           than estimated.
 Political                 New process of directing more cars to the Junction may result in    Mitigate through consultation with The Junction Traders Association
                           congestion.                                                         with message this years is a trial and learnings are to be made.
                                                                                               In extreme case consider introducing additional park and ride
                                                                                               location.
 Programme                 Short time frame to get systems up and running which may result     Utilise experience from members of GovHack teams to begin
                           in system errors.                                                   systems development asap.



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