The Coast will hold several events including road cycling, the marathon and basketball and will also house many of the athletes in its own Olympic village.

But Jamieson said the coast was already facing population pressures and the expectation was that another 100,000 to 120,000 people would move to the region over the next 10 years.

“That needs critical infrastructure,” Jamieson said.

“The Sunshine Coast contributes a lot through taxation and spending that back here to keep the economy humming is extremely important.

“We want to see a lasting legacy and that will be things like improved transportation, a 24,000-seat stadium, a world class mountain biking facility.

“There will probably be 10 new hotels needed to be built on the Sunshine Coast. There are some approvals in place already but we will need to cater for a significant number of international guests coming to the Sunshine Coast and wanting to stay in world-class hotels.

“The fact we do have the international broadband submarine cable is a real benefit for us. People from around the world including non accredited media will be looking for places to work and use the best technology to transmit images.”

Jamieson said he believed two transport corridors, which included heavy rail to Maroochydore, were necessary and that service needed to link Brisbane within 70 minutes or people would never be convinced to get out of their cars.

But he said there was a long way to go to get State and Federal governments on board with that plan

A separate local transport corridor was also needed to transport people the last 1 to 5 km.