Geraldine Woodward and Rebecca Woodward
2 McKensey St
Nulkaba
NSW 2325

Dear Ms Harragon,

Alterations and Additions to St Philip’s Christian College, Cessnock Campus
10 Lomas Lane and 210 Wine country drive, Nulkaba (SSD-10360337)

We refer to your letter dated 16 February 2022 in relation to the above.

We object to the application solely on the basis that no consideration has been given to the traffic flow through the intersection of Fletcher St and Wine Country Drive.

Logically, if the construction of a roundabout at Lomas Lane /Wine Country Dr intersection is required then one should also be constructed at Fletcher St due to the fact that the volume of traffic through this intersection will be significantly more than the traffic at Lomas Lane due to the residences that are accessed via Fletcher Street. There has also been an increase in traffic on Fletcher St due to the recent development on Valley View Place

Fletcher St is the only entrance/exit for all homes serviced off Wine Country Dr in these estates and the safety of traffic/queuing exiting is already a major problem.

As per the Scoping report prepared by Barr Property and Planning the only mention of traffic is point 6.1.2 and this has not taken into consideration traffic flow from Cessnock City direction or other areas.
Also as per point 6.3 with an increase of student numbers traffic flow along Wine Country Dr and through Fletcher St intersection has not been considered.
As per point 6.8 consideration of access has only been given to the Lomas Lane intersection and not to other access points along Wine Country Drive and the queuing aspects on Fletcher St which is directly impacted by the traffic to St Philip’s Christian College.
As per the requirements of SEARs (1)- SSD-10360337_Issued SEARs
– Traffic and Accessibility, neither SEARs (2)- Scoping Report - Cessnock SPCC and Appendix G9- Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment
have addressed the impact of traffic along Wine Country Dr other than at Lomas Lane intersection.

All residents in Nulkaba will be affected by the proposed development and as residents of 2 McKensey St (corner of Fletcher St) my daughter and I object to the proposal. Further study must be conducted on the impact of traffic and safety as outlined above.

Yours faithfully
Geraldine Woodward
Rebecca Woodward

I own the property at 307 Wine Country Drive, Nulkaba and I have an access road which I share with the owners of 305, 309 and 311 Wine Country Drive. The entrance to our access road is opposite where Lomas Lane intersects Wine Country Drive. There are 3 vineyards on these properties as well as a Cellar Door which I operate as part of my wine business. These business operations generate a fair amount of traffic.
Currently to exit from our access road during drop off and pick up times is time consuming and dangerous. To make a right hand turn on to Wine Country Drive during drop off times we have to cross the north bound lane and the right hand turn lane into Lomas Lane which is constantly blocked with traffic and then negotiate the traffic turning south from Lomas Lane. Also, to make a right hand turn into our access road when coming from the north we again have to traverse two lanes of traffic and when we are stationary and waiting to make the turn due to north bound traffic the south bound traffic has to stop or go on to the verge to pass. This is also dangerous as there is a slip lane into Lomas lane when coming from the north but no slip lane on the south side to re-join Wine Country Drive. Motorists are travelling at 80kms and realise that there is no room to pass a stationary vehicle making a turn into our access road and often have to make an emergency stop or run off on to the verge to pass. All in all a highly unsatisfactory situation.
I agree with the transport assessment that something needs to be done and done in the short term to address the problems at the Lomas Lane, Wine Country Drive intersection. However I cannot see any mention of how our road access has been considered in the plans to upgrade the intersection. Please see attached diagram.
Can you please ensure that our issues are given due consideration.
Regards
Ross Wilson
Ernest Hill Wines

The issue I have with the development is that the proposed upgrade to accessing Lomas Lane from Wine Country Dr does not take into consideration the safe right of entry to a number of the surrounding properties.
Neither proposed upgrades on page 41 of the submission take into consideration the access requirement to the four lots on the western side of Wine Country Dr.
The entrance into Lots 305, 307, 309 and 311 is on the western side of Wine Country Dr and approximately 40 metres south of Lomas Lane.
Access in and out of this easement is already problematic and dangerous in the mornings and afternoons on school days and this issue has been repeatedly pointed out to the council and the school. We have asked for a deceleration lane on the western side (as we originally had) and an extension to the deceleration slip lane on the eastern side of Wine Country Dr as access is very dangerous with the speed limit being 80km/hr. Neither of the two proposals have considered safe access or egress into the easement and as such are not adequate for the residents and businesses that are and could develop on the lots nominated.
Can any proposed development please provide appropriate and safe access to our properties.
Regards,
Neil and Debra McGuigan

Please see attached document

Please see comment provided in attachment.