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Submission<br />

No.<br />

Summary<br />

Response<br />

10. • Supports the construction <strong>of</strong> the Drysdale Bypass.<br />

• Does not support the removal <strong>of</strong> the round-about.<br />

• Does not support the development <strong>of</strong> 3 storey buildings within the town<br />

centre.<br />

• Footpaths and safe bicycle lanes are essential.<br />

• With the introduction <strong>of</strong> Aldi to Murradoc Road footpaths, curb and<br />

channel, bicycle lanes, nature strips should be constructed through to<br />

Sproat Street.<br />

• The existing nursing home in Wyndham Street is on prime real estate.<br />

This site should have been used for town development and parking.<br />

11. • The time frame for reviewing and assessing the UDF is unreasonable.<br />

More time should have been given for the community to review the<br />

contents <strong>of</strong> the document with a report being presented to Council in<br />

2013<br />

• The information sessions should have been held between 7 and 9 pm<br />

with ward councillors, state members and the roads corporation in<br />

attendance.<br />

• There should have been a visual presentation at the information<br />

sessions.<br />

Issues relating to the bypass and the round-about removal<br />

have been responded to in the body <strong>of</strong> this report<br />

The UDF support the construction <strong>of</strong> footpaths throughout<br />

the town centre and identifies locations for bicycle paths as<br />

per Council’s Cycling Strategy.<br />

The UDF encourages buildings up to 3 storeys in height. It is<br />

recommended that the third storey be recessive so as not to<br />

visually dominate the street. A second or third storey would<br />

increase the number <strong>of</strong> businesses that could locate within<br />

the town centre helping to create a more vibrant centre in the<br />

long term.<br />

The nursing home is located outside the investigation area<br />

for the UDF. This Council report is not the appropriate forum<br />

to comment on previous development approvals.<br />

Details on the public consultation process have been<br />

discussed within the body <strong>of</strong> the Council report. It is<br />

considered that the 6 week submission period was sufficient<br />

time for the community to review the UDF and make a<br />

submission.<br />

The comments in relation to traffic and the bypass have been<br />

previously discussed.<br />

The UDF identifies future parking, footpath and bicycle<br />

connections within the town centre.<br />

• More work needs to be done to look at how traffic flow can improve prior<br />

to the bypass being constructed.<br />

• Plans should show where parking, foot and cycle paths will be located.

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