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1. I have grave concerns re this development purely from a traffic safety angle. As a resident of Swansea Grove, the only access to my Street is from Strachans Rd. I have spoken to many of my neighbours all of whom have had increasing concerns re the safety of navigating Strachans Rd. from all of the streets, including Mariners Retreat Estate. Over the past two years as a result of the vast increase in residential development in streets within the boundaries of Nepean Hwy. ,The Esplanade and Strachans Rd. we are constantly required to ‘hit the dirt’ when faced with oncoming traffic, including buses and more particularly trucks and trade vehicles involved in this area’s never ending residential development. This volume of new housing is also bringing an increase in the number of cars owned by those residents. The Nepean Hwy. end of Strachans Rd is far too narrow to safely accomodate the current volume of traffic let alone with these additional vehicles, plus an even larger increase due to parents and staff accessing a child care Centre. The corner is often a bottleneck as cars turn left into the Hwy, cross the Hwy to turn right towards Mt. Martha also having to give way to vehicles turning right from the Hwy and crossing into Strachans Rd and heading towards The Esplanade. There is a bus stop on the opposite corner directly opposite the driveway of the proposed Child Care Centre and the driveway itself is often blocked by a line of cars waiting to cross the Hwy. My fear is that this development could contribute to an already congested and extremely busy corner and has the potential to be the site of a tragic accident. I would ask that the Shire seriously consider the impact of allowing this to proceed, without exploring some genuine alternatives to ensure the safety not only of local residents, but consumers of this proposed Centre.

2. After reading Sue Kavanagh's response, I tend to agree with some of her comments. Firstly, Strachan's Rd definitely needs an upgrade (widening) at the Nepean highway end. Strachan's rd is far too narrow when Buses/large vehicles come through and I myself have also had to end up with one side of car in dirt so there is enough space between on-coming vehicles. Also regarding the child care centre, if this is to proceed, I would expect there to be an intersection upgrade required on the corner of Nepean & Strachans rds. Upgrades I would recommend are for traffic flow to enter & cross Nepean Highway, but also for heavy duty metal safety barriers around the child care site to protect centre from any wayward cars running off Nepean Highway. Even though Nepean Highway at this location is only a 70km/hr speed limit, coming from Mt Martha the centre would be on a gradual arc in rd and cars frequently speed through this area. I would hope the centre is built on the site as far off the road as possible with heavy duty metal barriers installed to protect both corners of site on Strachan's & Nepean rd's.

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