Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy

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Consultation has concluded

Thank you for your participation in the development of the Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy. All feedback is currently being reviewed and will aid in the writing and collation of the Strategy.

This is your chance to help us develop the Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy!

Redland City Council has identified the opportunity to develop a smart and connected city strategy to help improve the liveability, prosperity and sustainability of Redlands Coast.

Smart solutions can include new technology or new ways of applying existing technology. They can also include new ways of doing things or working

Thank you for your participation in the development of the Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy. All feedback is currently being reviewed and will aid in the writing and collation of the Strategy.

This is your chance to help us develop the Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy!

Redland City Council has identified the opportunity to develop a smart and connected city strategy to help improve the liveability, prosperity and sustainability of Redlands Coast.

Smart solutions can include new technology or new ways of applying existing technology. They can also include new ways of doing things or working together and encourage new ways of thinking. Examples include the use of remote sensing technology for monitoring assets or informing the community, using recycled products in road surfaces and partnering with communities in environmental management.

By embracing new partnerships, policy, infrastructure and digital technology, Council will be able to adapt, innovate and improve how we respond to changes and challenges. This is especially important for our island communities, where innovative solutions could be explored to help address future infrastructure needs.

We want your input! Tell us what you think is important to:

  • drive innovation in Council’s service delivery through policy, partnerships, infrastructure investment and technology
  • build on the city’s capabilities and opportunities
  • attract new businesses and investment to deliver real solutions to local issues.

Looking at Redlands Coast through a smart city lens

By becoming a smart city, Redlands Coast could consider a variety of ways to:

  • make decisions based on real time data
  • increase community-centric engagement, using intuitive website methods, mobile applications, self-service portals and convenient online accounts
  • use technology to enhance community access to information like land use data or storm or fire risks
  • use active monitoring and real time information to reduce our environmental footprint
  • deliver better transportation through real-time public transport applications, intelligent traffic signals, autonomous vehicles and smart parking management
  • create local jobs through new innovative business opportunities
  • save money by reducing waste through actively monitoring water and energy use
  • create community-centric business opportunities that recognise and support local advantages.

Join the conversation to shape the smart city agenda for Redlands Coast.

Have your say before consultation closes on 22 November 2019.

Consultation has concluded

  • Smart strategy identifies smart initiatives

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    February 26, 2020


    Redland City Council today received a progress report on the development of the draft Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy.

    The report reveals that the draft Redlands Coast Smart and Connected City Strategy focuses on four key areas: liveability, well-being and inclusion; productivity and innovation; sustainability; and governance and planning.

    In developing the strategy, consultants Delos Delta identified three initiatives that demonstrate how Redlands Coast is already using data and technology to improve the city’s liveability and place it at the forefront of intelligence, productivity and sustainability.

    The RACQ Smart Shuttle driverless bus trial, smart koala monitoring, and intelligent water monitoring programs have been recognised as examples of smart city operations.

    Development of the draft strategy also reflects global learnings from cities across the world including Seoul, Barcelona, New York, London and Tokyo that have engaged in smart city projects over the past 10 years.

    Learnings from these cities’ endeavours include the importance of emphasising a focus on initiatives that empower citizens, are collaborative, reinforce privacy and security, provide real benefits for the community and encourage innovation.

    Consultants will consider these learnings to further develop the strategy, while also incorporating input received from a range of engagement activities during the recent community consultation period.

    Engagement activities included workshops with business and industry, the community, Redland City Council staff, Councillors and the Redlands Economic Development Advisory Board, and an online survey and discussion forum which was open from 16 October 2019 to 22 November 2019.

    The purpose of the engagement activities was to gather information from participants about smart city priorities and values in the context of Council’s strategic priorities.

    Engagement identified that community priorities include the economy, the community, leadership, collaboration, the environment, transport and connectivity.

    A draft strategy is expected to be presented to Council for consideration later in the year.