Pembrooke
,
New South Wales
Message
I am making this submission as a neighbour of the Cairncross Wast
Management Facility. My farm and home are located approximately 2.5km
from the facility in a direct line.
In my experience I can attest that the facility has been well run and
has had limited detrimental impacts on myself or our local community.
I can see no reason to deny the development approval.
I would like to request 3 issues to be considered.
1) From time to time we can hear the reversing warning beacons from
mobile plant operating at the facility. Without measuring the sound
level I am confident that it is most likely below EPA requirements.
However given that the noise is irregular- that is the beacon cycles
between sound and silence every second or so, and that the background
noise here is rural, It is somewhat of a minor disturbance.
I appreciate the need for these warning beacons, but ask that when
replacing beacons or plant could consideration be made to installing
warning beacons from which the noise is less likely to travel this far
or is more continuous in nature.
2) From time to time we have detected odours from the site, often
after rain events. We inquired once and were told the odour actually
came from a ti tree plantation to the east of the facility. I remain
unconvinced as the odour I smell at home is the same as I smell on
site when delivering material, yet I do not smell it on approach or
over closer to the Ti tree farm. I cannot confirm the exact source,
but suspect the most likely to be the stockpiles of green waste
material or composted material. I would like to see the facility to be
more accountable for odours and more proactive in ensuring best
practice management of them.
3) This item does not relate to the operation of the facility, but is
a request for added benefits to the Pembrooke and neighbouring
communites. Access to the facility is currently off Telegraph Point Rd
(Ex Pacific Hwy). From the rear of the tip site at Pembrooke Rd this
is approximately a 6.8km journey for any vehicle travelling to the
facility via Pembrooke Rd (and from Reid's Rd). A short extension of
the facility access rd around the perimeter of the site (approx 1km)
would reduce this travelling distance by 5.8km. Further to this if the
gates at the facility access Rd were moved from the intersection with
Telegraph Point Rd back to the weighbridge at the site entry this road
could then be used by residents to travel into Port Macquarie,
removing the need to travel 2 long sides of a triangle via Telegraph
Point with a resultant reduction in trip distance of approximately
3km.
