FEBRUARY 2024
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FREE TREES Responsible recycling encouraged
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WORK TO PROTECT AND REPLENISH THE SPIT CONTRACTOR SELECTED FOR URGENT NOOSA SPIT EROSION WORKS
Noosa Council has selected a preferred contractor to tackle severe erosion along the dog beach section of Noosa Spit. Mayor Clare Stewart said the aggressive erosion needed urgent action with Council to invest significantly to restore the battered shoreline and rebuild the beach. “These issues aren’t new. Noosa Council has been fighting erosion at the Spit ever since it was constructed in the 1970s and it remains an ongoing tussle with Mother Nature,” she said. “Unfortunately, the erosion Eastern Beaches News - February 2024
has been so severe along the dog beach section recently that substantial work is needed to replenish and bolster the shoreline to protect the Spit.” A call for tenders went out last year, with Council this week endorsing Hall Contracting as preferred contractor – to be ratified on Thursday - and authorising CEO Larry Sengstock to oversee contract negotiations. The new contract will include sand nourishment and reprofiling of the beach. “The project will create two sand plugs – one at each end of the beach – to redirect flowing water away from the shore and back to the centre of the channel,” Continued on Page 3
DOUBLE TROUBLE DELIGHT Coolum Theatre Players present : One Man, Two Govnors
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GRANT ALERT 2024 Quick Start Grants Open
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