MCU14/0106 Appendix H - Bushfire Assessment Report

Noosa Civic Expansion
Bushfire Assessment Report



Specific Outcomes                      Probable Solutions                        Proposed Response

Road network

O12 Roads provide for the safe         S12.1    Cul-de-sacs or no-through        Complies - The proposed development
and effective evacuation of users of   roads are not used in the street          makes provision for the completion of
premises      and     access     by    network unless—                           the Hofmann Drive ring-road which will
Emergency services.                                                              also be connected to Walter Hay Drive.
                                                                                 The resultant road network will provide
                                       a) a perimeter road reserve with a        a safer and more effective routes for
                                       minimum reserve width of 20m and a        evacuation and the deployment of fire
                                       formed width of not less than 6m is       management resources than is the
                                       provided; or                              existing case.

                                       b) cul-de-sacs or no-through roads
                                       are provided with fire trails or access
                                       easements,       capable     of   being
                                       navigated by conventional vehicles,
                                       that link to through roads (see Figures
                                       13.3 and 13.4);

                                       AND

                                       S12.2 Roads have a maximum grade
                                       of 1 in 8 (12:5%).




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