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  Noosa Spit SEMP Final Report                                                                                                                                                                                   73
  Shoreline Erosion Mitigation Options

                                               Table 4-4         MCA Categories, Weightings and Scoring Descriptors Developed with the PCG


Category                             Weighting Highly Desirable (100%)           Desirable (75%)                  Neutral (50%)                     Undesirable (25%)                Highly Undesirable (0%)


                                                Solution provides highly          Solution provides effective     Solution provides effective       Solution provides limited      Solution provides limited
                                                effective reduction in erosion at reduction in erosion at Noosa   reduction in erosion at Noosa     reduction in erosion at Noosa  reduction in erosion at Noosa
                                                Noosa Spit for the duration of    Spit for the duration of the    Spit for the duration of the      Spit for the duration of the   Spit for the duration of the
                                                the planning period, is highly    planning period, is somewhat    planning period but may not be    planning period and may not be planning period, is not
Effectiveness                          30%      adaptable to future conditions adaptable to future conditions     adaptable to future conditions    adaptable to future conditions adaptable to future conditions
                                                and there are no adverse          and there are no adverse        and there are no adverse          and/or there are very minor    and/or there are adverse
                                                impacts to any other land         impacts to any other land       impacts to any other land         adverse impacts to any other   impacts to any other land
                                                parcels.                          parcels.                        parcels.                          land parcels.                  parcels.


Whole of Life Costs ($ / 20 years)     20%      Less than $1,500,000             Less than $2,500,000             Less than $3,500,000              Less than $4,500,000             Greater than $4,500,000
                                                                                                                                                    There is a high impact to local
                                                                                 There is minor impact to local There is moderate impact to                                         There is a high impact to
                                                Surrounding environmental                                                                           environmental values or
                                                                                 environmental values in the    local environmental values in                                       broader environmnetal values,
                                                values are undisrupted and                                                                          moderate, broad impact in the
                                                                                 short-term but long term       the short-term but long term                                        causing significant disrupuption
                                                improved. Including improved                                                                        short-term but long term
                                                                                 values are improved. Including values are improved. Including                                      or long term reduction. There
Environmental Values                   15%      fish habitat, improved flora                                                                        values are maintained.
                                                                                 improved fish habitat or       no negative impact on fish                                          is long term impact on fish
                                                habitat and no impact on                                                                            Including short term impact on
                                                                                 improved flora habitat and no habitat, flora habitat, migratory                                    habitat, flora habitat, migratory
                                                migratory shorebird or benthic                                                                      fish habitat, flora habitat,
                                                                                 impact on migratory shorebird shorebird habitat or benthic                                         shorebird habitat or benthic
                                                habitat.                                                                                            migratory shorebird habitat or
                                                                                 or benthic habitat.            habitat.                                                            habitat.
                                                                                                                                                    benthic habitat.
                                                Social values are significantly
                                                improved. Including providing a
                                                                                                                  Social values are intermitently   Social values are maintained.  Social values are reduced.
                                                usable all-tide beach,          Social values are improved.
                                                                                                                  improved. An all-tide beach is    Current narrow beach condition Current narrow beach condition
                                                reestablishemnt of bush walking Including providing a usable all-
                                                                                                                  generally maintained, while       is maintained, while           is maintained or reduced, while
                                                tracks, seperation of swimming tide beach while maintaining
Social Benefits                        10%                                                                        maintaining current boat          maintaining current boat       current boat passage capability
                                                and boat traffic zones while    current boat passage
                                                                                                                  passage capability. Visual        passage capability. Visual     is maintained or reduced.
                                                maintaining current boat        capability. Visual amentiry of
                                                                                                                  amentiry of the beach is          amentiry of the beach is       Visual amentiry of the beach is
                                                passage capability.             the beach is improved.
                                                                                                                  maintained.                       maintained.                    reduced.
                                                Visual amentiry of the beach is
                                                improved.

                                                                                 Average risk rating no more   Average risk rating no more than Average risk rating is no more Average Risk score is High or
                                                Average risk rating is Low,
Risk                                   25%                                       than Low and/or highest risk  Medium and/or highest risk       than Medium and/or highest     Extreme and/or the highest
                                                highest risk score is Low.
                                                                                 score is no more than Medium. score is no more than Medium. risk score is no more than High. individual score is Extreme.

Total                                  100%




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