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Maleny gets its own under road tunnel |
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Written by Les Fawkes
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 |
Sunshine
Coast Regional Councillors have been concerned about the possibility of
small animals crossing Mt View Road, Maleny in the close proximinity of
Mary Cairncross Park.
Council has now provided an underground passage which now provides a safe link for local fauna between the Mary Cairncross Reserve and nearby state forest.
Division 5 Councillor Jenny Mckay said the $160,000 project had been funded by the Federal Government’s Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program.
“This is but one of a number of fauna crossings that council has constructed on the Sunshine Coast to aid the welfare and sustainability of many species of local wildlife,” she said.
“The passage itself is a concrete culvert with soil base that can be used by lizards; pademelons; snakes; echidnas; bandicoots, possums and a variety of other mammals,” she said.
“Secure green diamond mesh fencing has also been constructed on both sides of the road to direct fauna traffic in and away from the passage and further native plantings have been established around the tunnel to provide cover protection,” she said.
Council staff will monitor fauna activity in and around the tunnel using a variety of techniques which include sand tracks and infared cameras.
One local resident who did not wish to be named said that she had not personally seen the bodies of any dead animals on that section of Mt View Road, Maleny. She continued that she would have rather have seen the money used to repair some of the large pot holes that litter the same roadway nearby to the underroad tunnel.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 04 March 2011 )
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