Sunshine Coast Council

Current capital improvement projects are listed here. Other minor capital projects may also be underway.

The Sunshine Coast is again taking a nation leading position by unveiling Australia's first, high-tech, underground automated waste collection system for a CBD, to be installed in the new Maroochydore City Centre

Council is planning a streetscape upgrade and a new public park for the growing Bli Bli community. Together these will improve the look of the Bli Bli Town Centre

Council is currently investigating options to understand best uses for the Brightwater Sports Ground

Bulcock Street Streetscape Stage 4 design work has started

Council is extending Burke Street west through Pelican Waters Boulevard to improve traffic flow and congestion on Caloundra Road

Sunshine Coast Council is about to start the development of a Coastal Hazard Adaptation Strategy (CHAS) for the region

Work has started on the coastal pathway at the southern end of Oceanic Drive, near Moondara Drive to Driftwood Court in Bokarina

The construction of an infiltration basin at Earnshaw Street, Golden Beach provides an opportunity to protect Pumicestone Passage

To dredge within the Pumicestone Passage at Golden Beach council obtained Federal Government approval permits

Council will commence construction of the new iconic public toilet facility at Isaac Moore Park, Kenilworth in early March 2019

The installation of the exercise equipment and the associated works are scheduled to commence in early July 2019

Council is working with the community to develop a landscape plan for Lake Weyba Foreshore Park

Council is undertaking a place making master planning process in Landsborough. This is an opportunity for the Landsborough community to help shape the town's future

With the consultation process now complete for the replacement groyne field at Maroochydore, staff are now progressing the modelling, detailed design, approvals and tender construction documentation for the like for like renewal of the existing geobag structures

Council is progressing with the upgrade of a number of key intersections on Aerodrome Road and Maud Street, Maroochydore

McGilchrist Road will be sealed between Ilkley Road and Dales Road in two stages

Construction will commence in early 2019 to renew the Mooloolaba Spit Boardwalk

Council will construct a separated bikeway from Mooloolaba Wharf to Minyama. It will be the first separated bikeway to be built within an urban/business area on the Coast

The Mooloolaba Transport Corridor Upgrade Project will see the road between Culbara Street and Venning Street, Mooloolaba widened to four lanes

Council completed a transport corridor options analysis study in 2018. The Oval Avenue transport corridor upgrade was selected to progress

Council is planning to upgrade a section of Parklands Boulevard in Meridan Plains, between the IRT retirement village and approximately 100 metres west of Meridan Way

The fourth and final stage of the Sippy Downs Drive Upgrade – between the Sunshine Motorway and Siena College – will be constructed from September 2018 to December 2019

Council has completed the design for the proposed South Coolum Road Link between South Coolum Road and Suncoast Beach Drive

Plans progress for the Sunshine Coast Entertainment, Convention and Exhibition Centre

The staged ecological rehabilitation of the Pine Street section of Tom Rickards Park aims to reduce the potential risk posed by trees

Work is currently underway at Doonan Bridge Road to seal the road