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1. Traffic Flow:
   The morning peak hour traffic is chaos and in the evening it is worst on macarthur street as this is the only road which connects to the M4 in the western suburb.
   By introducing the shops and extra 14 units this introduced extra traffic with the trucks and customers cars in addition to the residents.The shops adnd extra 14 units make it nearly 100 apartments this is going to be the nightmare for the residents to get in and out of the 68 MacArthur street. It would be better to propose only the exit lane from MacArthur street and entry lane from Victoria road or vice versa. This will reduce the traffic on MacArthur street.

   Natural Lighting and Airflow:
   The Part of the 68 MacArthur street facing towards the Victoria road have a main windows on that side so the units have a proper lighting come into the house. Because of this proposal this will impact the people living on all 3 floors but it get worsts for the people living on the ground floor.So I am against in increasing the FSR and height to facilitate 14 units. This has been opposed on the previous DA and this should not be included as an amendment.

2. Dear Denise,

   RE: DA/54/2018

   We refer to the proposed development of 85 Victoria Rd (Cnr Macarthur St) Parramatta. This letter is from the Executive Committee of 68 Macarthur Street Parramatta, which adjoins the proposed development site.

   We, on behalf of the residents at 68 Macarthur Street Parramatta, wish to raise some concerns in regards to the proposed development and ask for consideration in regards to the below points: -

   • The proposed development of six stories seems too high for the location. The maximum height of current buildings in the surrounding area is only three stories high and this development would change the current look of the area.
   • The row of units directly adjoining the development is only two stories and the proposed development will tower over these units.
   • We have concerns the height of the proposed building will have a massive impact on our residents privacy and sunlight resulting in higher power bills.
   • The proposed building will be very visible from our pool area, again resulting in loss of privacy.
   • Our complex has extensive garden features which may be impacted by loss of sunlight.
   • Our complex has always been marketed as ‘resort style living’ and a neighbouring complex towering over our complex could very likely negatively impact the value of our units.
   • We are concerned that a development of this size is going to have only one entry & exit point for vehicles at a major intersection and will be prone to vehicle & pedestrian accidents.
   • We also have parking concerns by so many more units being added to the area. Parking around the area is already restricted everyday of the week. This oversized development will require in excess of 108 parking spaces for residents alone, additional spaces for a secondary vehicle & their vistors, car spaces for commercial residents, their customers & deliveries.
   • Finally traffic around this area is already extremely congested especially in peak times. Our residents already experience delays in entering and exiting our complex. This particular corner is an obstacle course. The bus lane on Victoria Rd ends & traffic attempts to compete & merge into the far left lane on Victoria Rd to enter Macarthur St. Once you have navigated this obstacle you are going to be confronted with vehicles entering & exiting the proposed development. Then the third obstacle are vehicles entering & exiting 68 Macarthur St. Traffic is often congested along the full length of Macarthur St and along Victoria Rd. This proposed development will only add to the existing problem.

   As you can see we have many concerns relating to the size and height of the proposed development. We welcome positive and appropriate development of the area. We wish to thank you for considering our concerns when assessing the proposed application.

3. RE: DA/54/2018
   We refer to the proposed development of 85 Victoria Rd (Cnr Macarthur St) Parramatta. This letter is from the Executive Committee of 68 Macarthur Street Parramatta, which adjoins the proposed development site.
   We, on behalf of the residents at 68 Macarthur Street Parramatta, wish to raise some concerns in regards to the proposed development and ask for consideration in regards to the below points: -
   • The proposed development of six stories seems too high for the location. The maximum height of current buildings in the surrounding area is only three stories high and this development would change the current look of the area.
   • The row of units directly adjoining the development is only two stories and the proposed development will tower over these units.
   • We have concerns the height of the proposed building will have a massive impact on our residents privacy and sunlight resulting in higher power bills.
   • The proposed building will be very visible from our pool area, again resulting in loss of privacy.
   • Our complex has extensive garden features which may be impacted by loss of sunlight.
   • Our complex has always been marketed as ‘resort style living’ and a neighbouring complex towering over our complex could very likely negatively impact the value of our units.
   • We are concerned that a development of this size is going to have only one entry & exit point for vehicles at a major intersection and will be prone to vehicle & pedestrian accidents.
   • We also have parking concerns by so many more units being added to the area. Parking around the area is already restricted everyday of the week. This oversized development will require in excess of 108 parking spaces for residents alone, additional spaces for a secondary vehicle & their vistors, car spaces for commercial residents, their customers & deliveries.
   • Finally traffic around this area is already extremely congested especially in peak times. Our residents already experience delays in entering and exiting our complex. This particular corner is an obstacle course. The bus lane on Victoria Rd ends & traffic attempts to compete & merge into the far left lane on Victoria Rd to enter Macarthur St. Once you have navigated this obstacle you are going to be confronted with vehicles entering & exiting the proposed development. Then the third obstacle are vehicles entering & exiting 68 Macarthur St. Traffic is often congested along the full length of Macarthur St and along Victoria Rd. This proposed development will only add to the existing problem.
   • As you can see we have many concerns relating to the size and height of the proposed development. We welcome positive and appropriate development of the area. We wish to thank you for considering our concerns when assessing the proposed application.
   Should you have any queries please direct them via the office of the Strata Managing Agent
   Strata Committee
   On behalf of Strata Plan 53909 – 68 Macarthur Street, Parramatta.

4. We refer to the proposed development of 85 Victoria Rd (Cnr Macarthur St) Parramatta. This development plan for 100 apartments is terrible idea.
   1) Traffic management on Victoria road leading to Parramatta station is nightmare with only MacArthur street going being jammed between 8:00 to 9:15 am and from 15:00 to 17:30 pm. There will be additional 100 -150 cars that will now be added in.
   2) There is one school to cater for the local residents. School ground is now being encroached upon to build more classes to accommodate students, thus robbing them of s secured play area. What is your plan on building more schools where children are not confined to walls of classrooms and are able to access lots of play area without flooding classrooms with students. Currently there are 330 students in years K to 6 that is average of 48 students per year.
   3) There is only one play ground to cater to entire population in area. This ground is out of bounds to locals as touch footy and cricket season gathers momentum. What is your plan to create green space and playground for locals in walking distance?
   4) There are limited number of GP's and medical centres. Wait time at GP's is typically around an hour to 80 minutes. This problem is due to population density.
   5) There are no parking spaces left on side streets for people to be able to drive out to cafe's or to even be able to drop people off near a public transport.
   6) Population density has already sky rocketed and pose health and safety issues.

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