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

 Koala                  Location/type             Description/Condition                  Access/ tenure                Koala fauna/evidence         Recommendations                                                      Photos               Comments
 Infrastructure
                                                       cannot extend fencing very far
                                                       south
                        Existing Barriers         No                                     -                             -                            -                                                                    -                    -
 Proposed soft          Signage                   No signage apart from one koala        -                             -                            •    Install high visibility koala signage on northbound and
                                                  sign at the northern end of                                                                            southbound on this section of road (collaborate with
                                                  McKinnon Drive                                                                                         DTMR on southbound location)
                        Speed                     60-80km/hr (increases to 80km/hr       -                             -                            •    Move 80km/hr back further north on McKinnon Drive so            9 – move 60km/hr     -
                                                  when just west of large box culvert)                                                                   motorists slow down earlier.                                    back
                        Lighting                  Only near Noosa Links estate           -                             -                            -                                                                    -                    No pinch point crossing
                        Road          verge       Predominately vegetated on both        -                             -                            •    Ensure regular roadside slashing particularly in breeding
                        visibility                sides.                                                                                                 season

4.3.2.           Hotspots for Soft Infrastructure
Table 12 Lake MacDonald Drive (near Lake Macdonald Bridge) (Figure 15a)

 Koala                  Type                      Location/description                         Condition/gaps                  Recommendations                                                                           Photos           Comments
 Infrastructure
 Existing soft          Signage                   ‘We live here too’ wildlife signage in       •   No specific koala signage   •   Retain existing signage and add high visibility reflective frame if koala sightings   Photos           Lake MacDonald Bridge is a good passageway
                                                  vicinity in both directions                                                      on road. Perhaps add wildlife/koala rescue numbers below existing wildlife                             however not feasible to install koala exclusion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         1-Lake
                                                                                                                                   signage.                                                                                               fencing as traffic volume only medium, no
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         MacDonald
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Bridge           recorded strikes on sightings on or near road,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          private access south of bridge, bridge often
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         2-3    Under
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          floods.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         bridge
                        Speed                     80km/hr (70km/hr advisory speed around       -                               -                                                                                         -
                                                  bend)
                        Lighting                  No                                           -                               -                                                                                         -                No pinch point crossing
                        Road          verge       Predominately vegetated.                     •   Roadside slashed in         •   Ensure regular roadside slashing particularly in breeding season
                        visibility                                                                 some section approx. 2-
                                                                                                   3m from road verge
Table 13 Noosa Drive (southern end) and Grant Street (Figure 15b)

 Koala                  Type                      Location/description                         Condition/gaps                  Recommendations                                                                           Photos           Comments
 Infrastructure
 Existing soft          Signage                   •    There is a ‘We live here too’ sign      •   Koala signage               •   Install high visibility koala signage southbound on Noosa Drive just after the        Photo       of   •       Climbing poles installed on Gabion walls
                                                       along Noosa Drive southbound near           southbound on Noosa             Junction.                                                                             climbing poles           along Grant St. In good condition.
                                                       Lunar Crescent                              Drive.                      •   Retrofit existing signage on Noosa Drive and Grant Street with high reflective
                                                  •    Koala signage northbound on Noosa                                           frames and koala/wildlife rescue no’s
                                                       Drive near the Junction roundabout
                                                  •    Koala signage in both directions on
                                                       Grant St
                        Speed                     60km/hr                                      -                               -                                                                                         -                Reduce to 50km/hr closer to RACV roundabout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          during breeding season
                        Lighting                  In   sections      (intersections      and   -                               -                                                                                         -                No pinch point crossing
                                                  roundabouts)
                        Road          verge       Predominately vegetated in sections          •   Heathlands Drive slashed    •   Ensure regular roadside slashing on Heathlands Drive particularly in breeding
                        visibility                                                                 in some sections                season




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Noosa Council
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