The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is delivering the School Active Transport Infrastructure Pilot (the pilot) at Caloundra State School (CSS) and Caloundra State High School (CSHS), in collaboration with Department of Education and Sunshine Coast Council.

The pilot is developing and testing an approach to rapidly plan safe, fit-for-purpose bike riding and walking infrastructure and initiatives around Queensland schools to encourage more children to ride and walk to school. This includes a planning study investigating school transport behaviours and attitudes and the physical environment within 2km of the pilot schools. The study is also considering the successes and learnings from Caloundra State School’s existing RideScore Active School Program.

TMR has allocated up to $3 million to support the delivery of high priority infrastructure improvements and behaviour change initiatives identified through the planning study, to address key challenges and opportunities for encouraging more children and families to ride and walk to school.

During term 4, we invited the pilot school communities and the broader Caloundra community to provide feedback on 8 key routes, each with a range of potential options for improving infrastructure and supporting students and families to actively travel to CSS and CSHS.

Thank you to everyone who provided valuable feedback.

We are now carefully considering the feedback received and will be working with Sunshine Coast Council, Department of Education and the pilot schools into early 2026, to refine, assess and prioritise the routes and options supported by the community.

This work will conclude the pilot’s planning study.

At the conclusion of the planning study, the pilot will move into the implementation planning stage.

This will result in an implementation plan that will identify the prioritised infrastructure improvements and behaviour change initiatives for further investigation, and outline how these could be rolled out in the future using the $3 million funding TMR has committed to the pilot.

The pilot is independent of other projects underway in the Caloundra area. Any infrastructure improvements delivered through the pilot will integrate with active transport facilities planned and delivered by other projects.

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