A member of the group pointed me to an interesting map of anticipated congestion in 2031 in the "Gold Coast Road Network Plan 2018-2028". Have a look at the map, and note:
1. The Coomera Connector is not here. It was mentioned in the document multiple times, but only in terms of joint strategic planning, without a timeframe. According to plans from 2018, it was not expected to exist yet in 2031.
2. Note the over-capacity congestion (black lines) on multiple roads that Coomera Connector would not ease in any way: Southport, Surfers and Broadbeach.
The Plan also sets these, in my opinion not ambitious enough for public transport, targets for 2031:
• public transport to be 12% of all daily trips across the city (up from 4.7% in 2016)
• cycling to be 6% of all daily trips across the city (up from 1.3% in 2016)
• walking to be 8% of all daily trips across the city (at 9.2% in 2016)
• car travel to be 74% of all daily trips across the city (down from 84.7% in 2016).
• a five-year plan to reduce the annual numbers of deaths and serious injuries on the city’s roads by at least 30 per cent.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200301145731/https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/documents/bf/road-network-plan.pdf
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