2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

25. Flood Hazard Overlay
Table 25.1: Submissions on first round of consultation
 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                             Planners’ Response                                                                               Recommendation
 20863970    Riverlands Village was constructed more than thirty years ago, and during that time has never been               The Flood Overlay extends slightly into the property at the north eastern corner. This area is   That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             negatively affected by flood or by landslip, we cannot support Council's projections regarding such events, on   used as open space. The mapping reflects the drainage conditions and contours in this area.
             the grounds that the assumptions made are unsubstantiated.
             In April 1992 a violent East Coast Low dropped 42 inches of rain in Tewantin in 36 hours. During that event
             the Harbour Town Marina carpark was flooded and Doonella Bridge to Hilton Terrace was impassable. The 2
             large gas bottles located at the Marina were swept out into Laguna Bay, along with a number of houseboats
             which had broken their moorings. The road in front of Gympie Terrace shopping centre in Noosaville was
             flooded to approximately one third of a metre, and Hilton Terrace (including Noosa Lakes Motel) was
             inundated by approx. one metre.
             The Noosa River flooded from the Barge landing right up to the first section of the Glades, and the Caravan
             Park had to close down. Weyba Creek flooded out into Creek Road in Noosaville which was inundated by
             half a metre of water. The low set homes on the low side of Creek Rd were flooded. Water came up to just
             under the floorboards of the Davidson's home in Laburnum Street Noosaville.
             My home at 60-62 Hendry Street Tewantin which was located on a hill, and was elevated on stumps, had
             about 300 ML of water rushing underneath and down to the valley in Pine Avenue. The rain was horizontal,
             winds were violent, and the event lasted for a few days as I recall.
             At that time the general consensus was that homes which had never before been flooded went under
             because Noosa Waters (which had always been a huge "sink" for floodwater), but which had been raised for
             development by 2 metres, resulting in many low set homes in that area having been flooded for the first time
             in memory.




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