2019-12-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             16 DECEMBER 2019


As well as the above major intervention, it is recommended to implement a series of
complementary activities to reduce future erosion, including beach access management,
vegetation management and replanting as well as community education and consultation.




Figure 2: Proposed sand nourishment and sand plug program.

4.    Next Steps

Now that the technical phase of this work is completed, the next steps will include:
    Public Consultation.
    Stakeholder engagement.

5.     Erosion Update

Since the last quarterly report dated 10 September 2019, the shoreline at Noosa Spit has
remained fairly stable, with a review of recent aerial photography indicating negligible change to
the shoreline position at Noosa Spit. Currently the lower estuary is in a phase which appears to
be favouring the formation of a central channel, which typically alleviates pressure on the Dog
Beach section of Noosa Spit. However, there has been significant volumes of sand that have
migrated into the river from both the southern side, and more recently, the northern side which
may block this channel in future. At present the state of the lower estuary would make the
proposed mitigation solution easier to implement, given that the central channel is naturally
opening.



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