2019-03-12 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 2 - Koala Infrastructure & Feasibility Report

1.2.            Project Area
The study area is bound by the Noosa Council Local Government Area boundary (Figure 1 in Appendix A).

Koala habitat areas are mapped at both a State (South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning
Regulatory Provisions (SPRP)) and local level (Noosa Shire Koala Conservation Plan 2016). The project focuses
on road infrastructure within mapped Koala Habitat Areas.

1.3.            Project Objectives
Key deliverables of this study include:

•    Review of available literature regarding the effectiveness of koala infrastructure
•    Geospatial analysis and mapping
         o Review of Council and State road infrastructure map for koala infrastructure
         o Identify roads in mapped koala habitat areas
         o Verify koala ‘hotspots’
•    Field assessment
         o Audit of current koala infrastructure
         o Determine koala presence at time of audit
         o Record any evidence of other fauna/feral species present near koala infrastructure
•    Report
         o Current condition of infrastructure
         o Infrastructure gaps at potential key crossing points
         o Infrastructure that can be retrofitted to TMR standard
         o Upgrade/renewal options and estimated costs
         o Cost of maintenance of existing and proposed infrastructure
         o Other potential innovations
         o Current benefits of existing and proposed koala infrastructure to other fauna species
         o Likely effectiveness of mitigating risk to Noosa’s koala populations by implementing a koala
              infrastructure plan




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