DTMR is responsible for the repair of damage caused to numerous road assets within the Logan City Council (LCC) and Scenic Rim Regional Council (SRRC) Local Government Areas.
Initial assessments undertaken by DTMR and BG&E, resulting from a series of Recording Asset Damage and Restoration (RADAR) entries, were evaluated against the Natural Disaster Program Design and Eligibility Guidelines (DTMR, 2020) to obtain road asset areas eligible for restoration works.
Major sites likely to interact with ecologically sensitive matters were identified and ecological assessments deemed necessary for a 20 major sites.
Our Services
The objectives of the ecological assessment of the 20 identified ‘Major’ sites were to:
- Undertake a desktop assessment
- Verify the extent and condition of vegetation communities
- Assess the likelihood of occurrence for threatened, near threatened and migratory species.
- Verify the extent and condition of habitat for threatened, near threatened and migratory species identified as known or likely to occur
- Identify potential and actual breeding places, including culverts, hollow-bearing trees and nests
- Identify potential offset obligations associated with the disturbance footprints with DTMR’s Koala Memorandum of Understanding and the Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions
- Detail mitigation and management strategies
- Complete significant impact assessments for MNES and MSES identified as known or likely to occur.
Detailed Services:
- Baseline Ecological Assessment
- Ecological Impact Assessments
- Threatened Species assessment and management planning
- Protected Plants Survey and Impact Management Plans
- Fauna surveys
- Regional Ecosystem Verification
- Threatened ecological community assessments
- Map production
- Data capture programs
- Data management
Outcomes
The client received the ecological assessment and protected plant reports needed to progress the project.
