PM Submission Object - Alyssa Davis - MCU18/0019

 

Traffic and ¢ access to site

As the main commercial entrance to the site will be via ia Val Crescent, the proposed development will have a negative
traffic impact on Val Crescent as it will result in a significant increase in vehicles using the street, particularly commercial
vehicles.

‘The: additional traffic generated by the proposal will include commercial vehicles such : as delivery ‘trucks, vans sand trade
vehicles. 12. 5m ‘long heavy | rigid vehicles will also need to access the: site, as well as refuse collection trucks.

Val Crescent i is a quiet local road and i is only intended to service residents who live in the street. There are no footpaths
on either side of Val Crescent and the street is used for walking on by the local residents (and also all the people who
currently park in the street to access the hospital). The increased traffic on the street will make this more dangerous,
particularly for the children and the senior citizens.

The site access for commercial vehicles, staff and visitors on Wn Val Cri is inappropriate. Iti is located near ‘the roundabout and
directly opposite three residential driveways. There will be an increased risk that vehicles and trucks accessing the
proposed ; site will have an accident with other vehicles, , cyclists or “pedestrians.

Car parking

' The section of Goodchap Stne near ‘the Noosa Hospital and Val Crescent ar are already under ¢ a a lot of strain i in terms of cz car

_ parking, with them being used as an overflow car park for the hospital's staff, patients and visitors. A 90 bed facility
directly across the road which has up to 35 staff and visitors will exacerbate this problem with more and more people

| parking on | Goodchap St, Val | Crescent and nearby side Streets.

While the proposed development t will have a basement car park, 1 believe it will not be sufficient to meet the cs car ar parking
needs of the facility at peak times.

‘The Val Crescent residents will have to endure the constant n¢ noise, _ dust, machinery operation and trucks of building the.
facility for at least 14 to 16 months. This is not the building of a detached house we have to put up with, but a major
‘construction site directly opposite our homes. This i is unreasonable given that we livei ina detached housing zone.

Need

| understand the need for more aged care 5 facilities. on nthe "Sunshine Coast, ihoweveE they should be located on amore
appropriate site. Val Crescent i is not an appropriate site for this development.

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