New boardwalk

COUNCIL is expected approve repair works on the decaying Park Road boardwalk from Little Cove to Noosa National Park at next week’s general meeting.
In a report to the infrastructure and services committee on Tuesday 21 July, the current state of the boardwalk is described as uneven, decaying and deteriorated.
Previous sections of the boardwalk from Hastings Street to Little Cove have been replaced under the Sunshine Coast Regional Council (SCRC), but the remaining 400m section of timber elevated boardwalk is in a deteriorated condition with “many footings exposed, uneven levels, and decaying timber”.
“The boardwalk structure has effectively passed its serviceable life and is due for replacement,” the report said.
If approved, council will engage with the community through a Project Reference Group to develop a suitable design that reflects the Noosa “look and feel”, as well as make sure sustainable materials are used in construction of the new boardwalk.
Blanfords to stay
COUNCIL is expected to leave the misspelling of a local street after consultation with the community found a name change would be too inconvenient.
Blanfords Court in Cooroy was named after the Blandford family but misspelled as Blanfords. The mistake was found by Noosa Council’s heritage librarian.
In a report to the infrastructure and services committee on Tuesday 21 July, staff recommended leaving the street name as it is.
The report said 18 home owners in the street were contacted regarding the possible name change, six of who replied and said they were not in favour of the change.
The reasons given included the cost of changing legal papers, the inconvenience of changing address details with institutions such as banks as well as the cost and inconvenience of having a different name for a property when sold.
“Given that a number of property-owners object to changing the name it is considered unreasonable to place such an inconvenience on these owners to correct the misspelling,” the report said.
The formal vote on the issue will take place at the Ordinary meeting on Thursday 30 July.