12. Code Assessment

Performance outcomes                             Acceptable Outcomes

   4. minimise changes to the hydrological       AO12.3
      regime, including drainage patterns, run-off Roads avoid native vegetation and provide
                                                                                                     Not applicable.
      and water quality;                         appropriate fauna movement corridors and
   5. avoid crossing watercourses, drainage      protection measures.
      lines and wetlands, but where such
      crossings are unavoidable, disturbed areas Editor’s Note— Measures may include fauna
      are reinstated and revegetated on          underpasses, ropes, fencing and the like.
      completion of works; and
   6. minimise bulk earthworks.                  AO12.4
                                                 Road infrastructure within or adjacent to native    Not applicable.
                                                 habitat incorporates fences which allow for
                                                 protected wildlife movement and controls
                                                 unrestricted access of domestic cats and dogs.


                                                 AO12.5
                                                 Native vegetation is protected from clearing or     Not applicable.

                                                 construction activities by—


                                                      1. clearly marking vegetation to be retained
                                                          with flagging tape;
                                                      2. installing protective fencing around the
                                                          dripline of vegetation; and