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Shoreline Erosion Mitigation Options

                                                                       Table 4-2    Rapid Assessment Criteria

                                            Environmental                                   Reversible /
              Capital        Recurrent                             Community                                    Effectiveness           Legal / Approval             Technical
                                              or Social                                      Adaptable
              Costs           Costs                                Acceptability                                 Over Time                    Risk                    Viability
                                               Impact                                         Future

                                                                     Unlikely to be                                                                                Is unlikely to be
                                                                                                                                         Will require an EIS
                                                                     acceptable to              Option is                                                         technically viable
                                                                                                                                      and/or Govt program to
                                                Will impact         community and          irreversible once    Option does not                                         without
               Very             Very                                                                                                         implement;
                                               negatively on    politically unpalatable;     implemented;      provide long term                                      substantial
             expensive        expensive                                                                                                There is a residual risk
 STOP                                          environment,     Extensive community           Option limits         solution;                                      engineering (or
             ($500K to        ($500K to       community or                                                                            that approval will not be      other) design
                                                                       education,             alternatives     Only effective over
              millions)        millions)      beach amenity                                                                              obtainable for the       investigation and
                                                                   endorsement by            options in the        short term
                                                                                                                                         proposed works /           capabilities for
                                                                    Minister(s) and              future
                                                                                                                                               strategy            implementation
                                                                   Council required

                                                                                                                                         Will require Govt
                                                                                                                 Option is only a
                                                                                                                                          approvals to be
                                                                Would be palatable to                          short term solution,                                  Is likely to be
                                                                                                                                         implemented, or
                                                                  some, not others             Option is          but has other                                   technically viable
             Moderately      Moderately                                                                                                 assistance through
                                                                 (~50/50 response);          reversible or         benefits; or                                     at the site, but
              expensive      expensive                                                                                                existing Govt program;
SLOW         ($100,000 -     ($50,000 -
                                              No net impact          Briefing to           adaptable, but at     Option requires                                     would require
                                                                                             considerable                                    Generally                    further
              $500,000)      $500,000)                          Councillors, GM and                            further resources /
                                                                                              cost / effort                            approvals/assistance        investigations to
                                                                community education                              changes to be
                                                                                                                                         would be granted                  clarify
                                                                      required                                 effective over long
                                                                                                                                      assuming requirements
                                                                                                                       term
                                                                                                                                              are met
                                                                                             Option can be
                                                Will benefit                                easily adapted
                                               environment,       Is very politically           for future
                                              community or      palatable, acceptable      circumstances or
                                                                                                                                          No or minimal              Is technically
            Limited cost     Limited cost     beach amenity         to community;           should impacts     Option provides a
  GO        (<$100,000)      (<$50,000)        (e.g. improve                               not occur, option   long term solution
                                                                                                                                      government approvals        viable at the site /
                                                                 Minimal education                                                    required to implement             location
                                              beach access,                                     would not
                                                recreation,            required                 negatively
                                               habitats etc.)                                 impact future
                                                                                               generations




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