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INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROCEDURE – EMERGENCY ACCESS NOOSA SPRINGS




    DEPARTMENTAL PROCEDURE

    Emergency Access – Noosa Springs Drive


    Corporate Plan Reference:             Council and the Noosa community are resilient in the face of
                                          emergencies and disaster events.

    Approved by:                          Allan Hull, Civil Operations Manager

    Procedure owner:                      Civil Operations Manager


PURPOSE
The purpose of this procedure is to outline the action required to provide emergency access for
residential communities on the southern side of Eenie Ck Road in the event that the Noosa
Springs Drive Overpass Bridge is unusable.

SCOPE
This procedure applies to Operations and Maintenance staff of the Infrastructure Services
Department in relation to creation of an alternate access and to Communications and Community
Engagement staff in relation to provision of information to the community through formal Council
channels.

RESPONSIBILITY
The Civil Operations Manager is responsible for approving this procedure.
The Works Coordinator is responsible for reviewing and communicating this procedure.
Operations and Maintenance staff – are responsible for following this procedure to facilitate
emergency access.

BACKGROUND
The Noosa Springs Drive Overpass Bridge provides the only formal access a residential
community to on the southern side of Eenie Creek Road. Should circumstances render this bridge
unusable, there would be no formal access to these estates.
There are two alternate access points to the area. The first is directly onto Eenie Creek Road from
Noosa Springs Drive via a set of gates and the second is through Girraween Sports Complex via
a dirt track at the end of Wallum Lane.




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