2014-03-25 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES MEETING AGENDA                                      25 MARCH 2014


5.   PROPOSED UPGRADE OF SHEPPERSONS LANE, KIN KIN

Author            Co-ordinator Assets and Investigations – Bryan O’Connor
                  Community Infrastructure

Index             ECM / Subject / 26.07 - Funding - Capital Works
                  ECM / Property /150 Sheppersons Lane, Kin Kin (property no 152121)

Attachments       Nil



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable.


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report from the Coordinator, Assets and Investigations to the Infrastructure
and Services Committee Meeting dated 25 March 2014 and:

A.   Resolve not to proceed with any further planning activities for the upgrade of Sheppersons
     Lane, Kin Kin to a bitumen surface; and

B.   Continue to monitor the condition and usage of Sheppersons Lane, Kin Kin as part of the
     ongoing management of the Noosa Council gravel road network.




REPORT
The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the proposal for the sealing of Sheppersons
Lane, Kin Kin by Noosa Council.

An existing section of gravel laneway was proposed to be upgraded and sealed with a bitumen
surface to facilitate the operation of the Kin Kin Quarry located at Sheppersons Lane, Kin Kin
based on an offer for cost sharing by the the quarry operator, Neilsens Quality Gravels Pty Ltd
(Neilsens). The proposed upgrade of the road was designed by Sunshine Coast Council and
resulted in approximately 1545 metres of an 8 metre wide sealed bitumen road formation from
the Kin Kin road intersection to the Kin Kin Quarry gate entrance. The works were estimated at
the time to be $1 million.

The offer from the quarry operator to Sunshine Coast Council was to share the costs of the works
equally on the basis that council covers the bitumen sealing costs and that the quarry supplies
the necessary road base materials at its own cost, with all other costs being shared equally. The
decision to accept this offer by Sunshine Coast Council was deferred pending the establishment
of the new Noosa Council in January 2014. As a result of this decision the quarry operator,
Neilsens, withdrew their offer to share costs of the Sheppersons Lane upgrade.

With the Sunshine Coast Council deferring their decision on proceeding with the project until the
new Noosa Council was established, and the withdrawal of cost sharing by Neilsens, the
Sheppersons Lane upgrade project was removed from the Sunshine Coast Council capital works
program based on the project only being viable with the equal cost sharing from Neilsens.



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