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This area is much needed green space. We have already lost the Koala's that used to frequent this corridor and the number of bird species is reduced. How much more wildlife must we lose, all of it? This area is also well used by residents for maintaining a healthy life by using the public pathways, with open space.
Reading over the plans I would like to see the following occurs:
- More than 4 visitor car spaces in total are allocated
- A plan to replace the trees/vegetation that will be knocked down because of the development
- Considering adding more playground equipment at the nearby parks to accomodate extra residents and enhance liveability
- Consideration of how traffic will enter and exit the new development onto Wivenhoe street to ensure pedestrian safety at all time
I think Fahey's Road West is a possible entrance for this development. Has the Council approached residents at 99 Fahey's Rd West, to possibly buy back land for the entrance? An entrance there would also be less disruptive as its located near an entrance to the estate that is off Fahey's Rd West.
An entrance at Wivenhoe causes a lot of traffic through the estate therefore it would be very disruptive. Wivenhoe and Gumview Streets do not have wide roads and the sharp corners already cause issues due to the additional traffic from the Units on Gumview.
A lot of children, families and bike riders use the pathways that the entrance will cross. An entrance that ensures a safer option to the public needs to be explored.
A lot of that area of land near 99 Faheys Road West is flood prone and would cause issues entering and exiting the estate, as well as the development probably increasing the flood issues existing properties already experience.
Also, the right turn out of Faheys Road West onto Flamingo Drive can be quite dangerous as cars hurtle around from the traffic lights, and there isn't much time to see them due to the hill and the bend.
Yes the land on 99 Faheys Rd is flood prone, as is the land where the intended access driveway is from Wivenhoe. A popular exit from Wivenhoe is Gumview Street. This exit is also quite dangerous as cars can speed around a corner not far from the exit. Sounds like Wivenhoe and Faheys Road are not a good choice according to residents who live in and know the area. If would be good if this is taken on board by the Council. The development might be an option years from now when more land is available around the site, to enable better access. Maybe the planning for this site should be delayed until it is less intrusive to residents.
30 Wivenhoe plans do not look in keeping with the intentions of the current or past planning schemes.
Under the Superseded Pine Rivers scheme, the entire lot 30 and 32 and the adjoining rural residential lots are classed as Class 4 remnant vegetation, and still almost all classed as environmental under current scheme.
Whilst this may be the lowest class, looking over the rest of the Biodiversity code map 1A , all other subdivision lots shown on class 4 remnant vegetation are all rural(acreage) residential. Acreage development of course allows significant retention of original vegetation and lower impact on fauna.
The plans submitted also show an optimistic indication of trees being retained in close proximity to the proposed buildings, including inside the bushfire exclusion zone.
If this development is approved it could be expected that when the building is completed, that more trees will be removed in the name of bushfire risk reduction and tree retention will end up being less than shown on the submitted plans, and far less than would have been expected for environmental areas.
Retention of trees will be the most significant factor for flora/fauna preservation and retention of the parkland character.
How will council assess this application in respect of the remnant vegetation issue?
Will higher density development generally be allowed on environmental classed land?
This driveway is going to cut across a pedestrian access way that's used by families and come out onto Wivenhoe at a bend on which everybody cuts to the wrong side of the road after a blind crest. Somebody is going to get hurt - either a child on a bike getting clipped by a car or a 2 car accident on the street will happen. There are always plenty of homes for sale in the neighbourhood and they don't sell quickly. This development isn't needed to satisfy demand and has more reasons not to go ahead than to approve it.
I would like to know the final outcome of this development. Has it been approved? or not?
I have recently been made aware of the proposed development for 30 and 32 Wivenhoe Avenue Albany Creek. As a long time resident of the area (20 years) I have always enjoyed the native wildlife which makes this particular area along the local creek quite unique. The proposed development and necessary construction activity will negatively impact the habitat of the local native wildlife eg platypus, koala, water dragons being just a few examples of the local wildlife. I would like to lodge a formal objection to this proposed development based on the negative impact it will have on the native wildlife. I trust good sense will prevail in the decision reached. Thank you.
I agree with most of the previous contributors’ comments.
In other areas of Moreton Bay Regional Council the Council is spending millions of dollars planting koala friendly trees. In this area they are allowing the destruction of an existing wildlife corridor by allowing the construction of a 10 metre wide access track through the existing bushland, felling many large trees in the process. Any native fauna will be more vulnerable to predators.
My other concern is the amount of large heavy construction traffic that will be needed to construct the so called temporary access track and then the large number of concrete trucks, large delivery trucks and the on going number of tradesmen’s vehicles for the time it takes to construct the internal roads, landscaping and 38 townhouses. All these vehicles have to access the site via Gumview Street or Wivenhoe Avenue neither of which were ever designed nor constructed for use by large heavy trucks. The so called ‘temporary access track’ will be constructed to withstand the loads imposed by fully loaded concrete trucks, delivery trucks and normal vehicles. The track also includes 11, 2.4metre wide by 2.4metre high culverts, making approximately 26 metres of the track, concrete culverts. Will the temporary access ever be closed? Why is access not being utilized from Fahey’s West Road?
The access track joins into Wivenhoe Avenue, and coming from the north, it is out of sight at the bottom of a blind vertical curve and around the corner of a blind horizontal curve. Coming from the south Wivenhoe Avenue intersects with Glenlyon Crescent. This would have to be one of the worst designed and dangerous intersections in the area. Also Wivenhoe Avenue is very narrow at the point where the temporary road will join.
