Enclosure 4 - Schedule 4a

                                                                             Public access - availability
 8.1 Prescribed tidal work does not have a           The design and construction of the prescribed tidal work is         Public access specifically within the footprint of the
 significant adverse effect on the availability of   consistent with the following standards—                            structure is limited as oyster reefs cannot be walked
 public access to foreshores, including public       (a) subject to paragraph (b), prescribed tidal work does not        on directly, but as the footprint is small they do not
 access proposed in the relevant planning            involve the erection or placement of any physical barrier           prevent public access either to the foreshore from the
 scheme.                                             preventing existing access, along a public access way, to the       water or along the foreshore.
                                                     foreshores near the work;
                                                     (b) if a relevant planning scheme standard is more stringent than
                                                     the standard mentioned in paragraph (a)—the relevant planning
                                                     scheme standard, to the extent it is more stringent than the
                                                     standard mentioned in paragraph (a);
                                                     (c) any other relevant planning scheme standard that is not
                                                     inconsistent with the standards mentioned in paragraphs (a) and
                                                     (b).
                                                                                Public access - safety
 9.1 The location and design of prescribed           Public access to foreshores near the prescribed tidal work is       Oyster shells can be sharp, particularly for people
 tidal work does not adversely affect the safety     consistent with each relevant planning scheme standard.             walking or wading barefoot on the foreshore. As the
 of members of the public accessing the                                                                                  reef units are in the intertidal range, they may be
 foreshores.                                                                                                             emerged or submerged. The following has been
                                                                                                                         incorporated in the design of the works to mitigate
                                                                                                                         these risks:

                                                                                                                         -   Oyster shells to be encapsulated in coir bags to
                                                                                                                             limit exposure of sharp edges in the short term.
                                                                                                                             As the oyster reefs develop into natural reef
                                                                                                                             systems and the coir deteriorates this benefit will
                                                                                                                             be reduced, but by this time it is expected that the
                                                                                                                             oyster reefs will be a more recognised part of the
                                                                                                                             natural Noosa River environment and public
                                                                                                                             awareness will have increased.
                                                                                                                         -   Coir bags have apertures sufficiently small to
                                                                                                                             retain whole oyster shells (and prevent scattering
                                                                                                                             of shells across the seabed)
                                                                                                                         -   Coir bags are stacked and clustered to minimise
                                                                                                                             the initial area of the reef units and trigger
                                                                                                                             awareness of the presence of reef units.
                                                                                                                         -   Coir bags are secured to the seabed to reduce the
                                                                                                                             risk of migration of the coir bags into other areas
                                                                                                                             as a result of waves or flows.
                                                                                                                         -   Adopted water depths are such that reef units are
                                                                                                                             expected to be visible during periods of


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Coastal Protection and Management Regulation 2003 – Schedule 4A – IDAS code for the development of prescribed tidal work