Properly Made submission (object) Wendy Machin - MCU13/0092

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    Traffic hazard. I am a staff member at Peregian Beach College in Emu Mountain Road, Peregian

    Beach. My commute to the campus from my Marcus Beach home takes me through the Woodland

    Drive intersection with the David Low Way, and the Rufous Street intersection. I then travel via

    Woodland Drive to Murdering Creek Road through The Peregian section of the Noosa National Park,

    and on to the campus at Emu Mountain road.


    The proposed shopping centre on the bowling club site would increase traffic volume during the

    peak, from school pick up until dark in the evenings and during school drop off in the mornings.
    Traffic volumes at peak times are already problematic in Peregian village. To increase traffic volumes

    in Woodland drive and Rufous Street would be untenable for residents, cyclists and pedestrians in

    terms of safety, noise and amenity.



    There are families of staff and students at Peregian Beach College resident in Woodland Drive, and

    adjoining streets who would be affected. Members ofthe Saint Andrews Anglican College and
    Peregian Springs Primary school communities also walk and cycle to their campuses via Woodland
    Drive, as do many recreational walkers and cyclists.


    The current zoning of the bowls club site is well suited to the activities of residents in that precinct. A

    commercial rezoning is not compatible with the existing kindergarten, tennis club, veggie village and

    Di Hurst oval, nor is it compatible with walking, running cycling and other recreational activities that

    take place there. To preserve the safety of Peregian residents, together with their quality of life, it is

    imperative that the Sunshine Coast Regional Council not approve a material change of use, and
    reject the Multi Span application for a supermarket and shopping centre in Rufous Street.