The Sunshine Coast will be more prepared for future floods and storms with funding for new studies, risk assessments and warning intelligence systems.
More than $700,000 of federal and state government funding is going to Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils to help safeguard local areas.
See the full list of local projects below
Senator Anthony Chisholm said the grants would make parts of the region safer.
“By understanding the local risks, we can better protect areas from disasters before they strike, which is key to protecting lives and livelihoods, as well as reducing the overall cost of disasters,” he said.
“As we continue to support flood-impacted areas in the recovery process, we also need to look ahead to how we do better in the future.
“When finished, these flood studies will be a useful tool in the council’s toolkits.”
The funding is part of an $18 million-plus Queensland-wide package.
A total of 127 projects will be funded, via the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
Funding was open to 36 local government areas that were impacted during the 2021-22 disaster season.
This package is one of three made available through the $31 million Flood Risk Management Program, which is being administered by the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
Other packages under the program include support for community engagement and education around disaster preparedness; and for remote sensing technology to create 3D maps and models of environments, to better understand potential risks.
The Flood Risk Management Program is part of the greater $721 million extraordinary disaster assistance package delivered jointly by the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments through the DRFA following the 2021-22 season to address the medium and long-term recovery and resilience needs of Queensland communities.
Flood preparedness grants
- $27,734 for a Lake Entrance Boulevard, Noosaville, flood mitigation feasibility assessment
- $225,570 for an update to Noosa River flood study
- $123,438 for a Noosa total flood warning review
- $13,162 for a scoping study for flood warning intelligence system
- $53,739 for a new flood warning intelligence system with integration into disaster dashboard
- $16,772 for a scoping study on updating Noosa River and Six Mile Creek flood study hydrology
- $118,040 for the Sunshine Coast communities flood emergency management plans
- $92,000 for Maroochy River flood mitigation investigation
- $69,000 for a revised IFD (intensity, frequency, duration) data for Sunshine Coast flood studies
For more information go to Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
