CoastConnect Caloundra to Maroochydore Quality Bus Corridor
The CoastConnect project is creating opportunities for sustainable travel on the Sunshine Coast through a priority bus way and improved cycle facilities from Caloundra to Maroochydore.
CoastConnect is a Queensland Government initiative for sustainable travel on the Sunshine Coast. It is an important part of the Queensland Government’s long-term plan to meet the transport needs of the Sunshine Coast by providing faster and more reliable public transport options.
We are currently taking a staged approach to construction of the CoastConnect project based on funding availability. Delivery of CoastConnect Caloundra to Maroochydore will continue to be staged over several years. The remaining work will be considered in the future, after assessment of competing priorities and depending on funding availability.
Benefits
- Better active transport
- Improves safety
- Increases capacity
- Improves network efficiency
- Increases traffic flow
- Reduces peak hour congestion
Key features
- We are constructing a priority busway to improve public transport reliability.
- We are planning for and constructing improved cycling facilities to facilitate active transport between Caloundra and Maroochydore.
Current status
We are currently taking a staged approach to construction of the CoastConnect project based on funding availability. Delivery of CoastConnect Caloundra to Maroochydore will continue to be staged over several years. The remaining work will be considered in the future, after assessment of competing priorities and depending on funding availability.
The Queensland Government has released the final CoastConnect Concept Design and Impact Management Plan which contains an analysis of the project’s anticipated benefits and impacts, including details on how potential impacts can be mitigated in future detailed design and construction phases. The identified corridor is now protected under the provisions of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994.
The key benefits of the preferred corridor include:
- most direct route between the existing and emerging activity nodes
- complements future CAMCOS rail network
- better connections to community services, facilities and local activity centres with subsequent economic benefits
- opportunity to minimise impacts upon residential areas
- less environmental impact by using existing transport corridors
- reducing bus travel times by up to 13 minutes between Caloundra and Maroochydore
- reducing traffic congestion, pollution and noise by enticing people out of their cars and onto public transport (for every full bus, there are 40 less cars on the road)
- offering a congestion free alternative to private vehicle travel.
CoastConnect staging strategy map
CoastConnect preferred strategy map
