MCU10/2116 Notice of Submission Spencer Jacob

Council are well aware of the deterioration of the Sewer System in this locality. During Construction
of the Units at 15 Opal St Council's Contractors, InterFlow, deployed Field Inspection Teams with in-
pipe test equipment on no less than seven (7) observed separate occasions. The System here fails.

Diamond Lane Vehicle Carrying Capacity, Maintenance & Indicated Upgrade

This narrow, unkempt and poorly maintained mostly single-lane Laneway is already wholly unsuited
to its existing traffic volumes.

It has failing verges, rough asphalt edges crumbling into weed-choked open sections of stormwater
drain, and clogging erosion from the toxic former Energex Depot's 100m of rear Lane frontage.

Overhanging and untended foliage require Waste Collection and all other high trucks or commercial
vehicles to cross to the open Southern side of the narrow asphalt strip. The edges beyond the 3m
total width of asphalt Laneway are either an open drain on the Northern side with a drop of up to a
car-disabling 400mm, or soft clay soil on the other which routinely bogs all except 4WD vehicles.

Council levied a number of Developer-funded Upgrades from the Developer of 15 Opal Street as a
condition of Development Approval on this adjoining allotment.

No other Residential Property other than the 5 Units at 15 Opal St are obliged to use this Lane - an
experience which is sub-standard, at times dangerous, and crying out for proper Road & Traffic
Planning/Regulation.

DA Approval will more than double the essential daily Resident Vehicle movements along the
Laneway from the proposed Six (6) Unit Development in this DA Application.        An engineering
study needs to evaluate Total Laneway Reconstruction for responsible safety and amenity.

It is submitted that the increased traffic movement which Council are favouring in this sub-standard
Laneway require the Lane to be brought to a standard at least meeting the Australian Standards.

Loss of Opal Street Parking

If Diamond Lane is not used for Vehicular access to a redeveloped Lot 5 there is the consequential
loss of at least Four (4) existing Public Parking Bays in Opal Street - constructed and funded to meet
the parking requirements of the existing Bowls Club Patrons, who must be displaced if existing car
parking spaces are lost to new Residential Development's Driveway Apron, Residents and Visitors.

Community Health, Safety & Amenity

Further load on a deteriorating and failing system of Stormwater & Sewage - with its financial
impacts on affected properties, Public Health and Resident Well-being - clearly risks the charge of
gross irresponsibility, and certain exposure to litigation for which Council must make provisions.

If the MCU is Approved, Council and/or Developer Contributions must bring the Cooroy Stormwater
Management & Sewage Systems and Laneway within proper health and safety compliance levels
and these Public Services and Laneway are not in breach of the applicable Australian Standards.