Queensland Residents draws to the attention of the House the urgent need to upgrade the car park at the Coomera Railway Station to accommodate the huge increase in population in the Coomera-Pimpama area. This area has been identified, in the recently released Shaping South East Queensland, Draft South East Queensland Regional Plan, October 2016, as “the area that will accommodate the largest proportion of the sub-region's planned greenfield growth”. This growth is a continuation of the past five years. A significant increase in car park spaces, from the current 565 spaces, at the Coomera Railway Station is therefore essential for the provision of services to the residents of the Coomera-Pimpama area. Furthermore, the Coomera-Pimpama area is already a well located and planned urban settlement and, as such, must be serviced by the appropriate infrastructure.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to do all in its power to ensure Queensland Rail upgrade and increase the car park size, at the Coomera Railway Station, as a matter of urgency.