Our region consists of many new and existing communities, each with their own heritage and sense of place. All neighbourhoods benefit from good planning that respects cultural heritage and creates complete communities with local services, choice of housing and nearby employment opportunities. They also need local green spaces, community and cultural facilities that let people play and relax without travelling far.

Transport planning contributes to this outcome by applying the Movement and Place Framework (New South Wales Government, 2023) which supports well-planned neighbourhoods through network planning, road hierarchy and corridor preservation. This results in movement corridors, such as the roads between our centres, that are built for freight, buses, cars, and cycle facilities. Examples include Oakey Flat Road and New Settlement Road.

Neighbourhood centres (places) with co-located land-uses benefit from improved walkability to provide an accessible, desirable environment for people to move between spaces and dwell in places. These areas have slowed traffic so people can feel more confident crossing the street where it’s convenient. This creates an increased sense of place and community. Examples include Redcliffe Parade and Lakefield Drive in North Lakes.

Council uses industry best practice frameworks such as the Austroads Movement and Place Framework to support the development of appropriate paths, streets and roads while reducing reliance on private cars for short trips. This improves community wellbeing and can reduce carbon emissions. These benefits align with the Community Wellbeing Strategy and Environment and Sustainability Strategy. Improved access between centres that increases opportunities for local employment also aligns with the Economic Development Strategy. There is a risk that additional or widened roads between centres can increase habitat fragmentation, adding further stress on our natural places and spaces.

This strategy’s aspiration is for short, local trips to be undertaken without the need or desire for a car. Walkable or rideable recreational, convenience or school trips provide positive health and wellbeing outcomes and decreases the pressure on road capacity. This means ensuring

our neighbourhoods have pathway connections from houses to local shops, parks, open

spaces and schools.

Increasing the uptake of public and active transport relies on the availability of appropriate infrastructure and behaviour change programs. Behaviour change is challenging to deliver and can take a long time to realise results. A successful behaviour change program is dependent on capturing a baseline and consequent changes in activity following the implementation of a behaviour change project.

A well-planned neighbourhood is an attractive place to live, work and play.

Planning and delivering multiple corridors that serve our communities travelling between neighbourhood centres. These include upgrades of Buchanan Road, Caboolture River Road, Oakey Flat Road, and Youngs Crossing Road.

• Plan and create or upgrade walkable neighbourhoods.
• Improve awareness, inclusion, and uptake of public and active transport within and to local centers.
• Engage with Traditional Custodians to better understand traditional transport corridors and how these might be incorporated into future actions.

• Improve walkable connections to community and cultural facilities by providing suitable pathways.
• Increase recreational active transport by extending the length of recreational routes.
• Increase the number of public places using a Movement and Place Framework (New South Wales Government, 2023).