2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 81-167

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                25 MARCH 2014


Due to the known requirements of threatened species in the area for hollow dependent denning
and breeding, the retention of hollow bearing trees on the site should be maintained, in the
absence of any definitive data concerning their usage. The retention of hollow bearing trees
within each precinct and in the road reserves precludes a large portion of the proposed
residential development.

Environmental Corridors

The submitted Ecological Report includes the plan below identifying the proposed fauna corridors
and a range of “safe fauna passage infrastructure”, comprising underpasses (culverts) and
overpasses (canopy bridges such as posts with connecting ropes).




                               Figure 14 – Fauna Passage Plan

The fauna corridors proposed are limited in width, contain stormwater treatment infrastructure,
adjoin high density urban development and are bisected by roads, sewer, power and bikeways.
Some wildlife access mitigation will be provided along some roads, but these measures do not
offset the current existing seamless north/south movement across the landscape. The
development will also remove the majority of the “broad acre” habitat for Grey Kangaroos and
many “open country” birds.

Retention of the north/south tract of land adjacent to Lake Weyba in a rural setting is necessary
to ensure the on-going function of this tract as an important ecological corridor. Severing this
corridor with urban development will force fauna to cross Walter Hay Drive. Other fauna will
remain within the newly isolated tracts of land, thus limiting normal fauna dispersal movements.




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