Claims of speeding The Village Building Company on Heysen Street went to the uncommon step of providing a Traffic Report as Queuing at main part of its July 2018 intersections consultation. Such level of Rat-running between detail is not legally required Molonglo and Woden until the submission of a Proposed development Development Application, which will make existing Traffic is also open to public problems concerns scrutiny. surrounding The report’s key finding was the site that the main intersections near the site (Streeton Drive Heysen St and Streeton Dr – – Unwin St Dixon Dr) will – require upgrades sometime between 2021 and 2041 regardless of whether the AFP site re-development goes ahead. Drawings did not Revised design drawings and give a clear images in July 2018 included indication of more imagery, including building facades, landscaping, external facades Lack of especially those and the appearance of imagery and fronting Heysen and townhouses. modelling of Unwin Streets the site Stepping and articulation facades, not just a wall of building Impact on light on Shadow diagrams were included surrounding in drawings provided online residents and as part of information stalls during July. This, combined with two storey building height limits fronting Heysen Street, Shadowing suggest that no existing homes on Heysen Street will experience overshadowing between 9am and 3pm on the winter solstice (21 June the – day on which the sun is lowest in the sky, and likely to cast longest shadows) Some residents As the site is zoned RZ4, wanted information commercial and retail uses are about commercial use not permitted. Potential opportunities on the The Village Building Company commercial / site, due to demand is not proposing to include retail uses at Cooleman Court commercial or retail uses on and facilities in the site the Molonglo Valley not yet being open
Traffic concerns surrounding the site Claims of speeding on Heysen Street Queuing at main intersections Rat-running between Molonglo and Woden Proposed development will make existing problems The Village Building Company went to the uncommon step of providing a Traffic Report as part of its July 2018 consultation. Such level of detail is not legally required until the submission of a Development Application, which is also open to public scrutiny. The report’s key finding was that the main intersections near the site (Streeton Drive – Heysen St and Streeton Dr – Unwin St – Dixon Dr) will require upgrades sometime between 2021 and 2041 regardless of whether the AFP site re-development goes ahead. Lack of imagery and modelling of the site Drawings did not give a clear indication of building facades, especially those fronting Heysen and Unwin Streets Stepping and articulation facades, not just a wall of building Revised design drawings and images in July 2018 included more imagery, including landscaping, external facades and the appearance of townhouses. Shadowing Impact on light on surrounding residents Shadow diagrams were included in drawings provided online and as part of information stalls during July. This, combined with two storey building height limits fronting Heysen Street, suggest that no existing homes on Heysen Street will experience overshadowing between 9am and 3pm on the winter solstice (21 June – the day on which the sun is lowest in the sky, and likely to cast longest shadows) Potential commercial / retail uses Some residents wanted information about commercial use opportunities on the site, due to demand at Cooleman Court and facilities in the Molonglo Valley not yet being open As the site is zoned RZ4, commercial and retail uses are not permitted. The Village Building Company is not proposing to include commercial or retail uses on the site
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