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1. The bankstown/Canterbury council should conduct an assessment on how many childcare in this area , it is more than the school. All the application are in this area . The road is so busy specially its near the high school . There is also one application in Rowland near the school as well and one approved in Kennedy Street. The traffic become congested and childcare becomes the Business of the community. The road becomes narrowed specially more cars parking in the street and thats not included the single duplex with two cars .

2. Childcare centres in the area are needed as most of exiting centres have long wait times despite being quite expensive. Parents / carers should be discouraged from driving to and from centres and encouraged to walk / cycle / using public transport. Eg new childcare centres should provide bike racks.

3. There are currently lots of childcare centres within close proximity to this proposed site (there are centres on Kennedy St, Richard St, River Rd, Ramsay Rd) that all have some type of availability such as the service found at centre on River Rd, this currently has availability. This new proposed site on ferndale is going to be a traffic nightmare with many parents conducting dropoffs for De La Salle college, plus bus stops on this already congested road Ferndale Rd, which is very narrow with the inclusion of street parking. During pickups and drop offs there is alot of double parking and even parking infront of residents driveways which clearly should not happen!! if the centre were to go ahead, traffic will be at a standstill at those locations especially on the turn off River rd into Ferndale, intersections of Clive St and Ferndale and Kinross Place and Ferndale. Traffic and impact of the centre needs to be considered. There are no major street crossings or zebra crossings on this road, as well as no footpath of where the centre is to be located. It is appalling that local residents were not informed of such a proposal. Surely more than just the direct neighbours should be notified. Turning out of side streets into ferndale is already a task where the driver has limited visibility when turning onto ferndale due to already parked vehicles on sides of roads, and is a main issue that results the driver having to creep out into path of oncoming traffic to ascertain if its safe to turn. This added change will definitely impact local residents and be cause of concern. This centre should not go ahead when there are a vast number of centres in Revesby . https://www.careforkids.com.au/child-care/revesby/2212 shows 17 out of 20 centres in the local area have availabilities. With various centres offering long and short day care. Therefore there should not be a need to establish a new one with so many centres that can accept new children.

4. A Childcare in the same street as a high school within few meters will congest the street specially for those who drop their children at the same time. We have to consider traffic and safety of children walking in this street. There is only a footpath on one side of the street being the highschool, and not for the side of intended childcare. The traffic entering and exiting this facility will not only strain the traffic but cause a dangerous situation for those using the footpath and as well as drivers on the road.

5. I highly disagree with another childcare facility opening up especially when there are plenty in the area. Ferndale road is very congested and does not need another contributor. It is bad enough with parents parking on the street and the side streets bottle necking the flow of traffic. On numerous occasions I have witnessed parents parking across residential driveways including my own and have had to advise them to move on. Student drivers have increased thus also contributing to the parking congestion.
   On a few occasions I have encountered students running across Ferndale road into oncoming traffic, what traffic management is in play?
   It is a traffic nightmare. Parents picking up and dropping off their kids, parked buses and inconsiderate people who park right on the corner of the side streets making it difficult to merge onto Ferndale road.
   This is a safety hazard and Ferndale road is used like one of the main arteries of revesby.

6. Fernandale St and Clive St are already congested with traffic due to drop offs at De La Salle college. Living in Clive St we deal with this problem everyday, our street is narrow as it is and this will just double the amount of traffic and will cause accidents due view obstructions when driving in and out of these 2 streets. I personally think there is no need for another child care centre in our area. There are 2 centres located on River Rd alone, which are included in the list of the 20 child care centres in Revesby and surrounding areas. We don't need anymore noise and congestion in our street.

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