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                                                                                       Our Ref: 1510_DEL03

                                                                                            08 February 2021

Noosa Council
C/- Project Urban
PO Box 6380
MAROOCHYDORE QLD 4558


For the Attention of Glen Conforti

Application No: MCU20/0128
Street Address: 32 Viewland Dr Noosa Heads
Subject: Response to Information Request (08/12/20)


Dear Glen
We refer to the above application. This letter has been prepared in response to the traffic engineering items
(i.e dot points 1, 3 & 12 of your email 8th December 2020)


1.   Issue - Pedestrian connectivity
     Given the topography, please demonstrate the site location is suitable for its intended use having
     regard to the above Performance Outcomes.
         a. In this part of Viewland Drive the footpath is located on the north side of the road only. No
              pedestrian connectivity detail to this footpath has been provided.
Response:
Youngcare is a not-for-profit organisation that supports young people from 18-65 with High Physical support
needs in high quality purpose-built accommodation across Queensland. The general manager of Youngcare
has provided an overview of their operation including detail of the residents on site, their level of mobility
and parking demand (refer Attachment A).
Youngcare advise that:
     “Within our current portfolio of completed projects, residents with High Physical Support needs who
     Youngcare assists, do not drive and do not own vehicles. They primarily utilise taxis and Approved Care
     Providers vans to access the community.
     A proportion of Youngcare residents at Viewland Drive will have PowerDrive wheelchairs that have the
     capacity to travel up and down the sloped footpaths as experienced in Noosa.”


As a consequence, the demand for residents to walk to from the site to destinations within the area is very
limited and those that could, would likely be using power driven wheelchairs which could readily traverse
the topography. We note that the footpath is on the northern side of the road. This is common practice for
residential streets. Residents associated with all land uses on the southern side of Viewland Dr would cross


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Our Ref: 1510_DEL03                                                                           08 February 2021