GO NOOSA TRANSPORT INITIATIVES 2023/24 EVALUATION AND 2024/25 IMPLEMENTATION · Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                           12 AUGUST 2024


   •   Wayfinding signage
   •   Variable message signs
   •   Park and Ride signage
   •   Paid newspaper advertisements
   •   Noosa Council media channels – Facebook, website, newsletter, messages on hold, media
       releases.



6. GO NOOSA HOLIDAYS EVALUATION

The performance of the Go Noosa peak period traffic management plan is evaluated against
previous years’ data and assist in refining future peak period traffic management plans as part of
continuous improvement. Sources of data include but are not limited to:
   • Bus patronage data
   •   Bus travel time information
   •   Pedestrian and cyclist counts
   •   Traffic counts
   •   Vehicle queue length data
   •   Car park technology trial
   •   On ground observations by Council staff
   •   Stakeholder feedback.
A snapshot of the Go Noosa Holidays evaluation is contained in Attachment 2: Go Noosa 2023-24
Evaluation


7. PAID PARKING - NOOSA HEADS LIONS PARK

For over 20 years, the Noosa Heads Lions Park has been used as an overflow paid car park during
the Christmas and Easter school holidays as part of a fundraising campaign by the Tewantin Noosa
Lions Club. The public land is a reserve for recreation under the trustee of Noosa Council.

It is noted that representatives of the Noosa Heads Lions Club met with Council representatives
recently and made submissions for ongoing use of the temporary carpark over the forthcoming
Christmas and Easter. The submission included an outline of the of the charitable pursuits
undertaken by the Lions Club with generated funds. A copy of the submission can be provided to
Councillors.

The continued use of the park reserve for temporary carparking for the 23/24 Peak period was
subject to significant Council deliberation at its meeting in March 2023 with the resolution as follows.

Ordinary Meeting Minutes, 16 March 2023
NOOSA HEADS LIONS PAID PARKING – EXTENSION OF PARKING TO 1 MAY 2024
That Council note the report by the Project Manager Special Projects to the General Committee
Meeting dated 13 March 2023 and
       A. Note that Council’s resolution on 17 September, 2020 allowed temporary parking in the
       Noosa Heads Lions Park on long weekends and school holidays during the Queensland