Attachment F - Carparking Evaluation -Noosa Carparking Study - McGagney report

                                                                                                       Noosa Council
                                                                                  Noosa Car Parking Study 2017 - 2032
                                                                                                         Final Report



1         Introduction
Noosa Shire Council (NSC) have engaged MRCagney to undertake a review of current and future carparking
capacity for major development centres within Noosa.

The main objective of this report is to examine of current and future on-street (public) carparking capacity for
major centres within Noosa, and to provide recommendations around potential parking management options
(including additional public parking facilities) and alternative transport options, as necessary.

Nominated centres for specific focus are:
   Cooran;
   Cooroy;
   Hastings Street;
   Noosa Junction;
   Noosaville;
   Peregian Beach;
   Pomona;
   Sunshine Beach; and
   Tewantin.


The overall outputs of this study are:
   An estimate of the potential parking demand against existing parking supply within the selected key Noosa
    Centres and an assessment of the ability of such parking provisions to meet current and future parking
    demand, based on population and visitor estimates, with recommendations around appropriate parking
    demand management strategies.
   An assessment of the existing Noosa Plan and its alignment with Noosa’s strategic documents, including
    the Noosa Design Principles and Noosa Transport Strategy;
   A review of best practice for parking management as it pertains to the Noosa context, including
    recommendations around the strategic direction for future parking provisions, including advice on the
    suitability of current parking rates for developments; and
   The suitability of parking contributions for the Noosa context, with advice around pricing and application of
    voluntary Infrastructure Agreements.

1.1       Methodology
The following steps were broadly undertaken to determine the performance and direction of Noosa’s parking
supply, now and into the future.
   Noosa’s current transport context was evaluated to assist in an assessment of potential parking demand
    management options, while the Noosa Design Principles (2015) and Noosa Transport Strategy 2017 – 2027
    were examined to align recommendations with Noosa’s broader strategic direction for parking;
   An audit of the on-street carparking supply in July 2017 as part of the Noosa Carparking Study 2017 – 2032
    was used to determine the existing supply of carparking within centres in Noosa;




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