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

•    Walter Hay Drive
         o Audit A – existing (Map 14a)
         o Extension South (Map 14b)
         o Extension North 1 (Map 14c)
         o Extension North 2 (Map 14d)
•    Eenie Creek Road
         o Audit B – existing (including Links Drive) (Map 14e)
         o Audit C - existing (Map 14f)
         o Monks Bridge – west (Map 14g)
•    Weyba Road and Leslie Drive (Map 14h)
•    Cooroy Noosa Road/Beckmans Road (Map 14i)
•    McKinnon Drive (Map 14j)

Detailed tables listing defects, gap analysis and recommendations are contained in Section 4.3.1. Photos
referred to within the tables are contained in Appendix D.

The audit and gap analysis identified potential for additional soft infrastructure within 11 of the regions.
Figure 15 shows existing infrastructure and potential areas for additional infrastructure. The 11 regions
include:

•    Lake McDonald Drive (Map 15a)
•    Noosa Drive and Grant Street (Map 15b)
•    Noosa Heads (Park Road, Noosa Drive – northern end) (Map 15c)
•    Solway Drive, Bryant Street, Heathland Drive and Edwards Street (Map 15d)
•    Cooyar, Laguana and Noosa Springs Drive (Map 15e)
•    Cootharaba (Lake Flat, Junction, and Cootharaba Roads) (Map 15f)
•    Pomona (Pioneer Road) (Map 15g)
•    Cooran (Coles Creek Road and Traveston Road) (Map 15h)
•    Ridgewood (Cooroy Belli Creek Road/Old Ceylon Road) (Map 15i)
•    Wust Road (Map 15j)
•    Neusavale Rd/Sister Tree Creek Road (Map 15k)

Detailed tables listing defects, gap analysis and recommendations are contained in Section 4.3.2. Photos
referred to within the tables are contained in Appendix D.

A summary of estimated costs associated with the recommendations for each region is contained in Section
4.3.3.

Potential hard and soft mitigation measures have only been identified for major Council roads. Local roads
that have been identified as areas with very high connectivity and potential to be a high risk koala strike area
should be investigated further. Of interest are local roads that form part of a major tourist route and local
roads where speeding is an issue. Viewland Drive and Weyba Esplanade (Figure 8d) were identified in the
modelling and confirmed by local koala organisations as a high risk area due to high connectivity and
numerous koala sightings. The road is a tourist route that is located within Noosa National Park and leads to
Laguna Lookout. The speed limit along this road is 40km/hr, however, a high proportion of speeding motorists
have been observed. Weyba Esplanade has several koala signs and a reduced speed limit, however motorists
residents have complained about speeding motorists. It is recommended that koala signage is installed along
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