Noise complaints slow down Brisbane’s KittyCat ferries

But in the two weeks since the KittyCats began operating on November 15, the council had received 70 complaints about excess ferry noise from the faster, more agile vessels.

“Council acknowledged these concerns were legitimate and began working with the operator to investigate what could be done to reduce the noise and, in the interim, applied a speed reduction to the vessels,” Cr Murphy said.

“Since this has been done, complaints drastically dropped with just 16 complaints received between November 30 and December 27, with no complaints received in 2021.”

Cr Murphy said of the complaints received, eight were residents who complained multiple times and one resident contacted the council five times.

“Council is continuing to work with the…