Poor Response from Redland City Council

The Group Manager, Environment and Regulation for Redland City Council has responded to the Delancey Street koala safety submission, which was backed by this petition, and the outcome falls short of what we asked for.

Declined:

• Exclusion fencing + culvert underpass (the recommended long-term solution) — ruled out due to driveways/intersections along the street and topography making an underpass "not feasible."
• Speed camera/radar enforcement — declined; Council says this is a Queensland Police matter, not Council's.
• Traffic calming measures —  Council says current data doesn't meet their warrant criteria.
• A dedicated Delancey Street ecological/koala movement assessment — not committed to; Council points to general city-wide monitoring instead.

"Offered:"

• Additional temporary wildlife signage has already been installed along Delancey and Dundas Streets.
• Continued "monitoring" of AI koala-detection tech, with no commitment to trial it here.
• Broader conservation program investment, rather than site-specific infrastructure.

 Council leans on cost and engineering constraints but doesn't directly address that Ormiston is a designated Koala Safe Neighbourhood, that the Ormiston College development triggered this risk, or that the State's own FSTID manual warns against relying on signage alone.
 

What's next: A separate Redland City Council petition, based on the same 5 page submission, has been tabled for the 19 August Council meeting, with Councillor Bolgary agreeing to present it. 

Thank you for your support - it's what keeps this on Council's radar.