WHAT YOU SAID ON FACEBOOK

The majority of Cairns Post readers backed the idea of trial shutdowns of the Esplanade to vehicles on Friday nights.

Yep. Is so nice for the restaurants to extend their seating allocation when there are festivals. Tanya Jamieson

The council needs to invest more high density undercover parking instead of selling off the few plots it has left. Easy access and parking to the CBD is the first part of any sort of recovery and a source of passive income for the decades to come. Bobby Hollister

Yes, but put some decent parking in to compensate. Not enough parking now and you need a cut lunch and flask of tea to walk there from where you park your car. Amanda Holmes

I’m a regular visitor many times a year. I’d love it, but the local populations needs and wants should be listened to first. Anthony Eishold

Just do it. They were talking about a car-free esplanade when I moved to Cairns in 2004. Fifteen years is long enough to make a decision I think… Danny Weiser

There’s inadequate parking as it is. How’s that going to change. Donna Cobus

Get some night life back in there while you are at it, it has a real lack of vibrancy. When you consider that Cairns relies almost solely on the tourism dollar, you would assume there would be something for them to do other than go to bed early so they can catch their reef trip the next day. Brett Kennerley