PM Submission Object - Brian Jenkins - MCU18/0019

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    I    As the main commercial entrance to the site will be via Val Crescent, the proposed development will have a negative
    Itraffic impact on Val Crescent, as it will result in a significant increase in vehicles using the street, particularly commercial
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    l and trade vehicles. 12.5m long heavy rigid vehicles will also need to access the site, as well as refuse collection trucks.
         Val Crescent is a quiet local road and is only intended to service residents who live in the street. Cans are often parked on
    I both sides of the street, due to the shortage of hospital parking, making it difficult for two cans to pass each other. With the
    I increased traffic due to the development proposal, it will make this more difficult.
    I There are no footpaths on either side of Val Crescent, as such, the street is used for walking on by the people who live
    I there (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 senior citizens who live on the street.                                         I


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         IThe commercial site access on Val Cr is inappropriate and unsafe, particularly due to the access:
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                c)
                     being located very close to the roundabout;

                     having restricted sight distance (particularly when looking left when exiting the proposed site; and

                     being directly opposite three residential driveways (which includes my own).
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    I This will increase the risk that vehicles and trucks using the access will have an accident with other vehicles, cyclists or                        I
    I pedestrians on the street.
      As I live directly opposite the commercial access on Val crescent, it will have an advense impact on my amenity due to an
      increased number of trucks and vehicles accessing the site over a 24 hr period that is not typical of a local residential
    I street such as Val Crescent. This will be particularly the case early in the morning and late at night given the following
      traffic resulting from the proposed development:

    II          a) At the staff changeover in the moming between approximately             6.45am and 7.15am there will be approximately           55
                   vehicles using the site driveway; and                                                                                              1



                b)   Prior to the commencement     of the night shift there will be approximately     20 vehicles entering the site driveway at           I
    I                around 10.00pm

    I           c)   Following the completion of the afternoon shift there will be approximately        25 vehicles exiting the site driveway at
                     around 10.45pm

    I    The biggest problem will be the night shift change over of nearly 50 cans. As I am in my BO's and go to sleep before
         10.00pm, the noise and head light glare of these cans will greatly impact my sleep.

         Car parking

         The section of Goodchap St near the Noosa Hospital and Val Crescent are already under a lot of strain in terms of car
    I parking, with them being used as an overflow car park for the hospital's staff, patients and visitons. A 90 bed facility
      directly across the road which has up to 35 staff, visitons and commercial vehicles will exacerbate this problem with more
    I and more people parking on Goodchap St, Val Crescent and nearby side streets.
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         While the proposed development will have a basement car park, I believe it will not be sufficient to meet the car parking
         needs of the facility, especially at peak times.

         My family and friends who visit me at my house already find it difficult at times to find a park on Val Crescent. This will
         become more difficult for them if a 90 bed aged care facility is built across the road.

         Construction

         The Val Crescent residents will have to endure the constant noise, dust, machinery operation, trucks and trade vehicles
    I of building this huge facility for at least 14 to 16 months. Under the Noosa Plan, we should only have to put up with a
         detached house being built across the road, not an industrial like construction which includes a basement carpark. This is
         unreasonable given that we live in a detached housing zone.

         Need

         I understand the need for more aged care facilities on the Sunshine Coast, however, they should be located on a more
         appropriate site. Val Crescent is not an appropriate site for this development.



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