00:02David Bright used to feed cattle with his grandkids at his back fence at Innes Park.
00:07Now he watches bulldozers making way for housing developments.
00:12I guess it's sad in the sense that we're going to lose some of that.
00:15But, you know, people have got to live somewhere.
00:18Across the road is another proposed subdivision.
00:21Some lots are just 150 square metres.
00:25That's smaller than the average new Australian home.
00:28By having smaller lots, we make them affordable for first home buyers or people that are downsizing.
00:34We appreciate the fact that there are some people who are happy to just have a home,
00:40not have to worry about a yard, executive people in particular.
00:43The biggest developments include master-planned communities at Coral Cove and Elliott Heads,
00:49worth a combined $3 billion.
00:52Locals are concerned about the pressure on existing infrastructure,
00:56emergency services, health and aged care.
01:00We have an increasing older population, but there doesn't seem to be proper planning now
01:04for what will occur in 15 years' time or 20 years' time.
01:08The Queensland Government has provided $52 million towards upgrading major roads, water and sewers.
01:16It says the investment will help deliver almost 5,000 new homes in the region.
01:22It won't be the new Sunshine Coast in terms of high-rise,
01:26but it will be the new Sunshine Coast in terms of residential.
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