Four tips to help Cairns property owners prepare for G20

If you’re a property owner in Cairns, then you must be prepared for the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting next month, according to Archers Body Corporate Management’s North Queensland regional manager Stephen McCulloch.

This is particularly the case for those in the CBD, usually unit owners, who will be facing increased security, traffic and some restrictions.

However, McCulloch said that Cairns residents will not face quite as many inconveniences as Brisbane from their G20 meeting.

“While the impact on the city will be minimal for the Finance Ministers’ Meeting compared to the G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane, we are encouraging all residents to just be prepared and keep in mind that it won’t be a typical weekend,” he said.

“Now is the perfect opportunity for all residential complexes, especially those around the CBD and Cairns Convention Centre, to review security, Work Health and Safety and emergency procedures to ensure everything is up-to-date.”

Here are their four tips for residents in the lead up to the meeting:

1. Take this opportunity to review complex policies including security, insurance, Work Health and Safety and emergency procedures to ensure everything is current in the unlikely event of an emergency.
2. Plan travel carefully for the duration of the conference – traffic will be heavy around the Cairns Convention Centre and there will be some restrictions so keep in mind that there may be some non-typical delays to your travel.
3. Monitor parking at your complex – if you don’t have a controlled or secure car park it’s a good idea to consider hiring a security or parking officer to keep across parking issues that might arise from the influx of traffic such as unauthorised use of your parking areas.
4. Be aware but not alarmed – visible security will be tighter in the city and around the conference vicinity. Police presence is expected to triple for the event as an extra 700 police officers move into the city so residents shouldn’t be concerned if they see extra police and security around.

Source: Archers Body Corporate Management.

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