State Significant Development
John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct
Newcastle City
Current Status: Determination
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Construction and operation of a new seven storey Acute Services Building, refurbishment works to selected existing hospital buildings, and associated landscaping, infrastructure and road works.
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Notice of Exhibition (1)
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EIS (53)
Response to Submissions (21)
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Reports (2)
Independent Reviews and Audits (6)
Notifications (2)
Other Documents (4)
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Submissions
Steven Broussos
Support
Steven Broussos
Message
Robert Blake
Comment
Robert Blake
Message
Name Withheld
Comment
Name Withheld
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Name Withheld
Object
Name Withheld
Message
I am objecting to further expansion of the JHH for the following reasons:
1. It appears to be empire building.
2. There is inadequate parking for hospital staff even now, which forces parking to spill over to into our suburbs. Or, maybe staff have to pay to park. So, what will this expansion bring if the JHH maintains inadequate and/or paid staff parking.
3. Traffic is already at a standstill going to and from the JHH at certain hours, including on a busy main road. There appears to be little consideration given to the traffic impact of this expansion, and such as it may be, whether there are sufficient access points into and out of the JHH precinct.
4. I am aware that some ambos will not take patients to the JHH at times of high traffic non-flow.
5. The JHH is the only hospital serving the inner suburbs of Newcastle. A wonderful situation if more and more development in the precinct creates internal and external traffic gridlocks preventing people getting to the place.
6. Suburbs which could be impacted are New Lambton, New Lambton Heights, Lambton, Jesmond, Elermore Vale, and possibly Kotara and Wallsend.
7. However, if the development concept includes fixing things to prevent our suburbs remaining a free parking station for the JHH and alleviating or addressing as needed, the traffic gridlocks, whether or not the development takes place, I will be in favour of it.
kim plaizier
Object
kim plaizier
Message
Currently there is not enough parking for currently employees resulting in staff driving around looking for car spaces, trying to park on surrounding community streets, or parking in non-allocated car spaces within a campus car park and run the risk of receiving a parking violation of $83 and be late for commencement of shift.
There is more shifts and demand for car parking than just the morning, afternoon and night shift overlaps. There is increased demand for shift throughout the day with staggered shift times for staff working in clinics, emergency, and theatre and the hospital increases demand which as not been taking into account in the reporting figures. The report also does not take into account staff currently park in Visitor parking and pay additional to park on top of their already allocated pay deduction along with staff resulting to park in surrounding community streets due to the inability to find a park. If this figure is reliant on current and new staff utilising public transport, it has been reliant that employees will live close to the hospital with access to public transport, for example I live in Wallalong where we do not have a public bus and if I drive to the nearest train I would be able to get to Hamilton but how would I then get to John Hunter? Not a significant amount of employees live in close suburbs to the hospital to easily and time effectively utilise public transport.
In s4.1 of G_Traffic Impact Assessment_Part1 the parking demand study identified that the proposed JHHIP should provide for an additional 754 parking spaces on site by 2031/32, comprising 517 staff spaces, 9 VMO spaces, 25 fleet spaces and 203 public spaces….. by 2031/32 and current staff cannot park now and are deterred from utilising car spaces in the Visitor parking and yet an employee cannot park.
In s 8.6 G_Traffic Impact Assessment_Part1 it has been recommended construction workers commute with public transport where practical and to use surrounding streets to park and yet construction workers will commence shift prior to JHH morning staff and will have greater opportunity to access street parking and therefore have a compounding effect of reducing parking for current staff needing progressively park throughout the day.
Therefore, 517 parking spaces by 2031/32 is grossly underestimated and would greatly be beneficial now prior to an expansion, and secondly, the effect of construction workers on surrounding car parking ability is also grossly under-estimated.
If staff cannot park easily at a hospital how can people work in the hospital??????
Melissa Dagg
Comment
Melissa Dagg
Message
My current department has over 300 staff with nearly 80 staff on for a morning shift. Once the new hospital is built our department will be growing from 16 operating rooms to 22 operating rooms which will bring the required number staff required on the day shift to over 100.
Public transport is not practical for a lot of staff as the current routes and times do not match staff homes or start times.
With the increase size of the hospital please relook at the amount of parking available for staff. I believe the 517 staff parking spaces will not be enough for the increase number of staff.
The staff and patients will be worried concerned and stressed about the parking once the hospital and building is completed.
I know I am after reading about the parking.
Gregory Worrad
Support
Gregory Worrad
Message
What plans are in place for maintaining continued and unhindered access to these walking and cycling paths to bushland on the northern boundary of the JHH, which are currently enjoyed by so many local bushwalkers and cyclists ?
Nicole Barnes
Comment
Nicole Barnes
Message
Selwyn Dornan
Comment
Selwyn Dornan
Message
Name Withheld
Comment
Name Withheld
Message
Attachments
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY
Comment
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AUTHORITY
Message
Attachments
Kane Hitchcock
Comment
Kane Hitchcock
Message
Could consideration be given to a more convoluted North Road – East Phase section going south of the bush land pocket closer to the ASB building thus providing an efficient connection for these buildings and reducing the appeal of the rat run through the hospital grounds, with the bonus of not disconnecting the bush land pocket from the remaining bush land and reducing the road networks footprint.
Kind Regards Kane
Biodiversity and Conservation Division
Comment
Biodiversity and Conservation Division
Message
Regards Steve Lewer
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Name Withheld
Support
Name Withheld
Message
Need assurance from Developer and State Government any Damage to our property due to Construction Vibration will be adequately compensated.
Construction noise and Construction Traffic noise to be kept to a minimum.
No wastewater or Waste Removal from Hospital Renovation and New Hospital Development should impact our Property.
Heritage NSW – Aboriginal cultural heritage (ACH)
Comment
Heritage NSW – Aboriginal cultural heritage (ACH)
Message
Attachments
Subsidence Advisory NSW
Comment
Subsidence Advisory NSW
Message
Attachments
TRANSPORT FOR NSW
Comment
TRANSPORT FOR NSW
Message
Please be advised, to avoid duplicating TfNSW submissions, the collective TfNSW Response will be uploaded by Roads and Maritime Services Account in the Portal. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
Robert Rutledge, Transport Planning Manager, TfNSW