Properly made submission (object) Brett Kennedy MCU13/0171

       -The proposal will significantly add to the current traffic flow on Lake Macdonald

Drive which is already set to increase as trucks transport soil for a housing estate. Traffic

flow from the property will also partly consist of heavy vehicles.


       -The proposal is suggested as being only the first of the industries for the site at large.

Each additional use for the site will increase traffic flow along Lake Macdonald Drive. The

total volume of traffic that would be generated by the entire site being occupied needs to

be considered.


       Point 6 states


       ’The proposed museum featuring both Wimmers and Cooroy Bricks could develop a

tourist venue associated with Lake Macdonald and the Botanical Gardens.’ More traffic on

Lake Macdonald Drive could be expected.


       A tourist attraction across the road from me is unacceptable, particularly when you

consider that the entrance to the facility is as close as you can get, on the proposed site, to

my residence.


       Point 7 states


       ’Subject to community participation, the further uses on the site could be important
in the economic development and employmentfor the region.’ This statement only serves to

support the statements that I have already made about traffic above. It also points at a flaw
in the developer’s methodologies. "Community participation" has not at any time included

myself, as the long term resident who shares over a quarter of a kilometre of road frontage
with the developer, in any way in the development of this proposal and I doubt that it has

included any of my neighbours. Nor have I been included in any meetings to discuss the

future uses of the site. I find out about them after the fact, from hearsay and in media

releases.




In Conclusion




       Wimmers’ history is in the town itself. There are spaces in industrially zoned

developments where the company could be accommodated should they need more space
to expand.



       I speak against the development proposal (Council reference Number MCU13/0171)

and ask that my objections and suggestions are well considered. I would be eager to discuss

further any of the points that I have raised were it to help in any way, particularly with

Council with regards to more accurately evaluating the flood threat in the area.