Thank you for the opportunity of reviewing the proposal. Please find attached our submission.

I am opposed to the Moriah redevelopment proposal for the following reasons:
- the parking in the local area is already over-saturated and this is primarily due to students parking all along Alt St and adjacent streets, leaving no parking for residents and their visitors
- the traffic congestion at school times surrounding Moriah Collage is already at breaking point. It is impossible to use those roads during drop-off and pick-up times
- Queens Park has always had a quiet community feel. Moriah Collage has already impacted this unique, beautiful suburb. This redevelopment threatens to ruin it completely.

Moriah College has actively designed a proposal to improve traffic congestion within the Queens Park area including:
• A new internal ‘ring road’, which will ensure all High School vehicle drop off and pick up will improve traffic
flow, and keep more cars on campus and off local roads
• A Green Travel Plan, which seeks to create a modal shift, encouraging greater use of public transport,
walking, cycling, and car-pooling, rather than private vehicle use. This is expected to reduce private vehicle
use by 10% and will include more than 100 additional bicycle spaces, showers, change rooms and lockers.
• Staggered arrival and departure times for different cohorts of students will help reduce traffic congestion
during the peak traffic periods
• The redirection of vehicle access away from residents on Queens Park Road by relocating the main entry and
administration of Moriah College to York Road and Baronga Avenue, further reducing potential impact for
near neighbours
• Most importantly, as part of the proposal, Moriah College will be upgrading the Queens Park / York Road
intersection and the York Road / Baronga Avenue intersection further providing real and sustainable
solutions to the traffic issues facing the Queens Park precinct as a whole. Moriah has been working
collaboratively with Waverley Council to ensure these intersection upgrades will occur prior to development
of the new facilities.

I object to this project on the following grounds
1This is a gross overdevelopment of this site which is already over developed.
2The tree screening originally promised by Moriah to harmonise the site and hide the stark ugly prominent white roofing with the surrounding park has NEVER occurred.
3 Residents like myself experience extreme problematic traffic congestion and this will only increase enormously to unbearable proportions.
4 Pollution will increase .
5. Bulk of proposed buildings will seriously impact the visual amenity of our beautiful park , already impacted adversely and as above mentioned DID NOT take any of the tree planting steps it originally promised to alleviate this present visual impact indicating already an impervious attitude and total disregard for the surrounding neighbourhood .
6 More time is needed for informed responses as 3weeks is INADEQUATE!
7 Ripple on effect of congestion and pollution will be widely felt by those further afield who will have no idea this proposal is being considered and they have a right to be notified and to be able to respond.
8 Waverley council should conduct an independent and public traffic survey so all stakeholders can better understand this project
9 Near neighbour letter catchment was totally and absolutely inadequate.

Traffic congestion is already a major problem particularly between 7:30am and 9:30am and later in the afternoons. There is an almost continuous flow of traffic blocking local streets at peak times generated by student drop-offs and pick-ups.

The proposed upgrades enable Moriah College to grow sustainably at 1% per annum over 15 years.
The proposal will improve traffic flow for everyone including surrounding neighbours.
Moriah College is currently experiencing a shortfall of appropriate learning spaces, with some existing buildings inefficient and outdated. The College proposes to upgrade its school facilities to create contemporary learning spaces that inspire innovation.

Moriah’s proposal to upgrade facilities will create updated, contemporary learning spaces and recreational spaces.
Moriah’s new proposal will improve traffic flow for both school users as well as surrounding residents by staggering arrival and departure times for different cohorts of students,
redirecting vehicle access away from residents on Queens Park Road by relocating the main entry and administration of Moriah College to York Road and Baronga Avenue and by upgrading the Queens Park / York Road intersection and the York Road / Baronga Avenue intersection.

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