Edgeworth Renewal Corridor Project - Lake Macquarie City Council

4.4.7 Opportunities for Industry in the Neighbourhood Centre PrecinctThe light industrial area is adjacent to the Town Centre, and has the potential to developmore intensive “urban services” type uses to complement the commercial and retail usesof the Neighbourhood Centre. On the other hand, its high transport accessibility(particularly to the Freeway) reinforces the relevance of its current transport and logisticsorientation. The industrial area has few vacant sites, and new development would bealmost entirely dependent on the redevelopment of existing sites. A number of existingsites are developed to a low intensity of use, and if these are redeveloped they are likelyto be more intensively occupied.4.5 Main Road Corridor - Residential Precinct 1.1This precinct is characterised by single storey detached residential development set onwide streets that generally form rectilinear blocks of 70m x 280m with the shorter widthfronting Main Road. There is scattered medium density redevelopment, usually in theform of single storey “villa” system homes. The size of lots varies throughout the areawith some streets containing larger lots suitable for small scale medium densityredevelopment without lot amalgamation. Lots in most streets require amalgamation tobe suitable for medium density redevelopment. See Figure 25 below.The subdivision of the area has occurred over several decades, and unfortunately thishas led to discontinuities in the connectivity of the street system. The streets aregenerally wide with grass footpaths and paved footpaths only in some locations.The section of Main Road from the Crossroads to Frederick Street is characterised by ahigh volume of vehicle movements and a strong commercial presence at the mainintersections. Whereas much of Main Road is characterised by through vehiclemovement, this section of Main Road features a large number of vehicles making turningmovements to other destinations such as the Glendale Regional Centre or the EducationPrecinct.Figure 25 Main Road West Residential PrecinctIn common with most of the Corridor, development is single storey. A small park locatedon Johnson Street provides a neighbourhood focus on the southern side of Main Road..A number of small commercial uses are scattered along Main Road, often located onformer neighbourhood general stores. In addition, a McDonalds fast away food outlet islocated on the northern side on Main Road at its intersection with Impala Street.Draft Land Use Review – Edgeworth Renewal Corridor – Version 2 Page 40 of 85F2011/00577/06/08 – May 2013