Noosa council is considering charging visitors to enter the region to ease chronic gridlock plaguing the popular Queensland town.
If you have been to Noosa, you have probably raged at the traffic woes that plague the south-east Queensland holiday hotspot during busy periods.
"People are saying that it's really affecting their livability. It's negatively impacting their lifestyle and it's having mental health impacts.Noosa's idyllic beaches and natural beauty attracts tourists from around Australia and overseas — not to mention Sunshine Coast locals who sometimes visit for the day.The road into Hastings Street, the area's main shopping strip, becomes clogged with vehicles and can cause queues several kilometres long.
"If we do this, it can probably actually pay for the sustainable transport options like the free bus, and we could take that $30 transport levy off the rate bill," Cr Stockwell said.Griffith University transport expert Matthew Burke said beach parking was a "scarce resource"."God isn't creating any more land in Noosa and certainly we're not able to create more road space.
"The lowest tech is a boom gate and then a literal toll booth where people pay via a credit card or cash," he said.
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