2021-11-15 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 2 - Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan with tracked changes

The following actions will help progress the achievement of these outcomes:

 MANAGEMENT               ACTIONS FOR NOOSA HEADS – THE NEXT 5 YEARS
 RESPONSE
 AREA

 Land Use                 Review and update the Noosa Plan 2020 to ensure it aligns with State
 Planning                 Planning Policy requirements for inundation risks and to ensure development
                          is appropriately planned for and considered in the design and siting of new
                          development.

                          Investigate a range of backflow prevention methods and technology for parts
 Public                   of the stormwater network identified as vulnerable
 recreational,
 built, and               Investigate approach location, scale and design of adaptive landscape
 Infrastructure           structures (e.g. non-intrusive levees and raised foreshore footpaths38) to
 assets                   prevent frequent, shallow and low flow tidal inundation of parks and road
                          corridors.

 Foreshores and           Ensure landscaping and species management/selection appropriately
 Natural Areas            considers inundation risks

 Other                    No actions proposed.

         Table 1718 - Five -year action plan for responding to projected coastal inundation risks in Noosa Heads

Other shire -wide actions are also identified at the beginning of this Section 5.




38 Depending on the location requirements, these may range in height up to 300mm in the case of raised

footpaths, or a height consistent with safety regulations in the case of barriers (e.g. approximately waist high)
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