Coolum Beach - Sunshine Coast - Sunshine Coast Regional Council

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Pressure points. The Tickle Park public off-street car park is consistently busy on weekends, with peak occupancy levels
DRAFT LOCAL AREA PARKING PLAN

Coolum Beach parking Context and overview H E W IT T

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Ongoing growth in and around Coolum Beach and a growing visitor attraction are expected to lead to an increase in parking demand. A range of initiatives is proposed to ensure Coolum Beach’s parking infrastructure develops in line with future growth.

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Pressure points

Coolum Beach’s usual parking demand is driven by commercial activity with peaks during holiday periods. Existing parking supply is generally adequate for current demands on typical days. However parking demand will approach capacity in the next 5-10 years.

The Tickle Park public off-street car park is consistently busy on weekends, with peak occupancy levels of 85-90%. The duration of stay data showed that about 90% of vehicles stay for less than 3 hours. This indicates that despite the majority of these spaces being unrestricted, regular turnover of parking is still occurring.

Seasonal and weekly demand

The David Low Way 2P areas are well used throughout the week driven by the area’s close proximity to commercial uses and the beachfront.

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Parking utilisation reduces quickly with distance from the beach. Tickle Park off-street car park can be at or above 80% occupied across most of the day on a weekend. On-street public parking around the David Low Way shopping precinct displays occupancy at about 90% for the 2P spaces but less than about 80% occupancy for the adjacent unrestricted spaces. The unrestricted on-street parking around Birtwell Street is under used despite it being within walking distance to many local destinations.

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Surveyed information indicates that about 90% of all vehicles stayed for about 3 hours or less, whether it was a weekday or a Saturday.

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The David Low Way shopping precinct has just under 300 public parking bays with parking activity reaching 90% occupancy at times for the 2P parking but less than 80% occupancy for the unrestricted parking.

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Weekday parking occupancy (typical peak)

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David Low Way shopping precinct

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Private parking – about 650 spaces

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Public parking – about 1,100 spaces of which about 200 are time restricted

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For Public Consultation – March 2017

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Data reflects the combined growth figures for the combined area of Coolum Beach, Mount Coolum, Yaroomba and Point Arkwright.

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2016 to 2026 population estimates

+2091 (Total 16,744)

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Coolum Beach’s coastal location draws local residents and tourists to the beachfront, creating high levels of demand during peak holiday periods and on weekends. Demand growth may see current parking arrangements in high use areas approach capacity in the next 5-10 years.

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Weekend parking occupancy (typical peak)

Aerial Imagery supplied by NearMap

Coolum Beach daily occupancy fluctuations

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DRAFT LOCAL AREA PARKING PLAN

Coolum Beach parking Actions and interventions

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Accommodates projected future demands and supports economic growth

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Encourages return visits 3

Short term (1-5 years) 1 Formalise on-street parking spaces and provide

8 Extend 2P time-restricted parking on Elizabeth

Street in line with rising demand and increase turnover/access to commercial areas.

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signage on Elizabeth Street to improve capacity, legibility and help people know where to park signage on Williams Street to improve capacity, legibility and help people know where to park

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3 Formalise on-street parking spaces and provide

4 Formalise on-street parking spaces and provide

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signage on Coolum Terrace to improve capacity, legibility and help people know where to park

Way (between Margaret Street and Williams Street) in line with rising demand, to increase turnover/ access to commercial areas

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2 Formalise on-street parking spaces and provide

6 Investigate options for additional parking facilities

7 Extend 2P time-restricted parking on David Low

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signage on Frank Street to improve capacity, legibility and help people know where to park

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TARGETED ACTIONS

on council’s Park Street and Jack Morgan Park sites (if sufficient demand is demonstrated)

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Increases council’s ability to adjust to shifting trends in demand

Parking arrangements in Coolum Beach, have some capacity to cater for future needs. If existing trends continue, intervention will be required to ensure future demand can be accommodated.

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Continued use of park and ride arrangements for events.

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Increased legibility and parking information availability for easy and convenient use

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Continued monitoring of parking utilisation in the Coolum area

Implement value for money technologies to optimise local parking management

Higher turnover and availability of parking in commercial activity areas support economic activity

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Council will continue to require new development to provide for its own parking demand in accordance with the Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme

Promote existing off-street parking sites and investigate future expansion or potential new sites to accommodate growth

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Promote public transport, walking and cycling which reduces parking demand

Expand short term parking in high demand locations to support higher turnover and greater access to local businesses

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Monitor parking demand in the centre to provide council officers with the necessary information needed to respond

Formalised parking areas improve legibility and increase spatial efficiency

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Formalise on-street parking in key locations to increase spatial efficiency and enhance user legibility

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Parking demand in the Coolum Beach area will continue to grow, with additional demand concentrated around specific locations. In order to best reduce the impacts of this growth, a number of actions will occur:

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ONGOING STRATEGIC ACTIONS

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The aim is to make better use of Coolum Beach’s existing car parking infrastructure. A range of targeted initiatives are proposed to monitor observed parking trends and meet the additional demands of future growth.

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2P parking 3P parking Proposed 2P parking

5 Extend the 3P time restriction to some of the

Off-street public unrestricted parking

Tickle Park car park.

Formalise on-street unrestricted parking Proposed 3P off-street parking Shopping/retail Open space / recreation Community facility Parking actions – Coolum Beach

For Public Consultation – March 2017

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