The internationally renowned music festival, 'Blues on Broadbeach' has been the worthy recipient of the 2011 Queensland Tourism Award in the category of Best Festival and Event at this years Queensland Tourism Awards.

State Member for Mermaid Beach, Mr Ray Stevens joined in the celebration and congratulated the Broadbeach Alliance team on winning the award for such an outstanding achievement for the renowned blues music festival that is part of the global musical calendar.

Member for Currumbin Jann Stuckey MP has labelled the Bligh Government's 2009 pre-election promise to restore Kirra as a cruel stunt designed to win votes after a public forum revealed there were no future plans for the remaining half a million dollars promised prior to the election.

"As is so often the case with Labor, there was no plan to fix Kirra, just a hurried $1.5 million promise during an election campaign in an attempt to garner votes," said Ms Stuckey.

Member for Mudgeeraba, Ros Bates MP, is advising residents to have their say into the planning study currently underway to link the Pacific Motorway at Exit 87 to Old Coach Road.

 "Residents in Reedy Creek are well aware that connecting Old Coach Road to Exit 87 would be an enormous help in managing the local traffic flow.  There are 4,000 cars every day that use the Old Coach Road & Kingsmore Road roundabout with 2,000 of those cars travelling south," said Ms Bates.

Currumbin MP Jann Stuckey has congratulated two clubs in the Currumbin electorate for securing close to $480,000 in State Government funding.

"The latest round of Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Program funding has delivered $479,447 to the Currumbin electorate," Ms Stuckey said.