2022-10-24 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       24 OCTOBER 2022


2.    Reconstruction Plans

 Funding Source                                                                   Application      Amount
                                                                                  Status
 a.   Counter Disaster Operations – at the time of disaster
      Provides support for setting up disaster evacuation sites, supporting       Assessment        $202,535
      residents with equipment such as sandbags, closing roads for road
      safety and cleaning up where possible.

 b.   Emergency works – soon after the event
      Focuses on the necessary remediation of essential assets such as            Assessment        $304,336
      roads, waterway crossings and footpaths. For Council this was mainly
      the repair of potholes and regrading unsealed roads.

 c.   Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets (REPA)
      The remaining program of work that needs to be carried out. This work is the technically more
      difficult, more resource intensive and more costly. Currently, 6 groups of projects have been
      identified which are estimated to be worth $44.75m. This does not include the additional supporting
      costs of project management and contingency costs.


       i.    One Major Landslide (Black Mountain Road)                            Pre-approval –       $25M
             o    Construction expected to be finished by June 2024.              based      on
             o    Due to the value additional approval process at a Federal       estimated
                  level will be needed. This step has been considered in the      value
                  timing plan.
             Project Status: Final Design sourcing is in progress and based
             on this the next step is to obtain QRA approval via a market
             tender.
      ii.    Ten landslips of high priority                                       Assessment         $3.26M
             Black Mountain Road, Black Pinch Road, Musa Vale Road &
             Weyba Esplanade as well as the work started at Sorbraon Street
             (this includes betterment funding)
             o     Targeted for reconstruction in early 2023.
             Project Status: Final Design sourcing is in progress and based
             on this the next step is to obtain QRA approval via a market
             tender.

      iii.   Further 18 landslips at various locations                            Development –      $2.33M
             o    Reconstruction in the second half of 2023 – early 2024.         for submission
             o    Funding Status: submission is in development for lodgement      October 2022
                  in October 2022
             Project Status: The final design is progressing and the plan is to
             go to market via a tender in Q1 2023.

      iv.    Schreibers Road, Cooran                                              Development           $6M
             A roadway over a waterway was damaged which has some
             complex water pipe infrastructure. Staff are working on a plan to
             rebuild a more resilient road. There are also plans in progress to
             undertake interim works to protect the asset during the coming
             storm season.

             o   Timing is to be determined based further stakeholder
                 approval.
             o   Prior to lodgement of application, QRA is pre-assessing the
                 betterment value needed for the intended design to protect
                 the water main.
             Project Status: The design options are currently being
             developed with input from the Water Utility Owner prior to further
             submission to QRA.

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