Photo: Recent addition to coastal pathway-Warana. Edge effects from weeds & struggling revegetation apparent. The Sunshine Coast Council has released the Coastal Pathway Master Plan for comment. While elements of a coastal pathway have merit, some proposed sections along the 73km alignment represent unacceptable environmental and amenity impacts and should be avoided. Such impacts cannot be justified to simply fulfil the “vision” of a continuous, mostly concrete, pathway.
SCEC has initially assessed some of key northern links and prepared this attached pro-forma submission for the Stumers Creek Coolum to Birrahl Park Yaroomba sections with some points to assist you. submission-proforma-1- coastal-pathway We are also in the process of preparing a more comprehensive submission. The Coastal Pathway Master Plan community consultation period and survey officially closes on 23 December 2016. In recognition of the busy festive season, and in response to some requests from the community for an extension to the feedback period, Council advises that although the close-off date will not be extended, Council will accept late submissions up to and including 28 February 2017. Please address your submission to: [email protected] or Sunshine Coast Council Locked Bag 72, Sunshine Coast Mail Centre Qld 4560
See the full draft document here coastal-pathway-master-plan-report-9-dec16. If you have any specific thoughts or views, we would love to hear your feedback. Please contact Narelle – [email protected] or call 5441 5747 (Tues-Fri).