Hi,

I'm an owner/resident in the Lidcombe Botanica estate and I want to express my disapproval with the State Government for first selling the Lidcombe Hospital site to a property developer for residential use then plans to build a Coroner's Court and Morque inside that very same site with residents less than fifty metres away.
All the residents here in the Botanica are struggling to understand how the proposed development fit in with our neighbourhood.

My other grounds of objection are is the increased traffic and concerns with pedestrian and driver safety. The increased traffic will put the children in the estate at an even higher risk as they all have to cross the mains roads to get the park,childcare centre and bus stops.

Finally, we're already surrounded by a freight terminal, juvenile centre and a cemetery. Please do not devalue our property even further by building a Coroner's Court and Morque inside the complex.

Regards

As a resident in Botanica I object to the proposed entry and exit to New Forensic and Coroners Court be Main Avenue.

I demand an alternate entry as the proposed entry will increase traffic throughout the estate and compromise the aesthetics of Main avenue that is subject to heritage listing .

I care for the safety of our children and our elderly and believe there is a risk to our residents due to the heavy flow of traffic to the estate.

I object to the only public entry and exit being via Main Ave Lidcombe which falls within the Botanica residential estate bordering the development site. This will cause undue excess traffic within Botanica, affecting the residents living within the estate. Traffic travelling northbound along Joseph St will have to drive through the narrow streets of Botanica to gain access to go north. There is a perfectly viable alternative, to build ALL entry and exit roads, for staff and the public via the existing driveways on Weroona Rd. This site will then not impact at all on the residents of Botanica.
Main Ave is also of significant heritage value and is listed as such on the Heritage register. The kerbs and guttering are original brickwork and a great deal of work went into preserving this road, kerbs and the palms and verges when development of the estate began, It is unacceptable that the government wants to destroy this.
Your environmental impact statement and development application state that alternatives are available. It is not necessary to impact on the neighbouring residents as you plan to do. The simple solution is to use Weroona Rd for entry and exit of all vehicles. The M92 bus also travels along Weroona Rd for members of the public using public transport. This bus run every 10 minutes at peak times but your impact statement fails to address this, instead concentrating on the 925 bus which goes through Botanica and runs every hour during the middle of the day. Why is this not obvious?
I urge the government to reconsider the traffic chaos it will create and to use Weroona Rd. I urge the government to reconsider the destruction of a heritage significant road. I urge the government to reconsider the impact on the neighbouring residential estate. The solution is clear.

Public entry/exit via Main Avenue is inappropriate because it would compromise road safety and dramatically increase traffic movements throughout Botanica both during the construction phase and after it moves into the operational phase.
We are already seeing damage to garden areas (semi trucks trying to negotiate the narrow roads) within the estate during the construction phase for the apartment block being built on Main Ave.
Options could be - Joseph Street (best option) with lights to assist only for traffic moving south to North (turning into Main Ave) or Weeroona Road should be the designated access to reduce the impact of this development on existing residences and roadways.
· Public entry/exit via Main Avenue would increase traffic on local, narrow residential streets in a suburb that has been designed for local traffic if access is not granted off joseph Street for Northbound traffic.
· The Botanica Estate has been designed with a Central Park. It is a popular children's playground within easy walking distance of residents' homes. It is inappropriate to direct traffic to a high profile government facility through a peaceful residential housing estate.
· Ferguson Lodge, is located within the Botanica Estate. It is the only supported accommodation for people with a spinal cord injury in NSW offering both a permanent home as well as respite accommodation. This development proposal will bring increased traffic to Botanica placing disabled residents at risk.
· By its very nature, the Coroner's Court will receive clients from across New South Wales. Many of these visitors will be distressed and there is concern that disorientated visitors to the Coroner's Court will be driving through the unfamiliar streets of Botanica Estate, placing residents at risk.
· This is a development that is unusual by its nature. Its hours of operation can be 24/7 and, at times, will involve distressed relatives, emergency services and media attention. This is a serious issue for Botanica residents who are concerned about the impact this will have on their residential amenity.
· There is also concern for the safety risk to residents of Botanica if Main Avenue is used for the delivery of chemicals for the mortuary and laboratories.

Traffic and Access

· Public entry/exit via Main Avenue is inappropriate because it would compromise road safety and dramatically increase traffic movements throughout Botanica.

· Joseph Street or Weeroona Road should be the designated access to reduce the impact of this development on existing residences and roadways.

· Public entry/exit via Main Avenue would increase traffic on local, narrow residential streets in a suburb that has been designed for local traffic

· The Botanica Estate has been designed with a Central Park. It is a popular children's playground within easy walking distance of residents' homes. It is inappropriate to direct traffic to a high profile government facility through a peaceful residential housing estate.

· Ferguson Lodge, is located within the Botanica Estate. It is the only supported accommodation for people with a spinal cord injury in NSW offering both a permanent home as well as respite accommodation. This development proposal will bring increased traffic to Botanica placing disabled residents at risk.

· If the public entry/exit to the new Forensic Pathology and Coroners Court is via Main Avenue then any visitors heading north will need to find an alternate route through the residential streets of Botanica as Main Avenue only provides an exit southbound onto Joseph Street.

· By its very nature, the Coroner's Court will receive clients from across New South Wales. Many of these visitors will be distressed and there is concern that disorientated visitors to the Coroner's Court will be driving through the unfamiliar streets of Botanica Estate, placing residents at risk.

Heritage

· This development proposal disregards the heritage value of Main Avenue, which was the formal entry c1896 to Lidcombe Hospital when Rookwood Asylum was established. It is graded in the 2002 Lidcombe Hospital Site Conservation Management Plan (CMP) by Godden Mackay Logan as an element of exceptional significance.

· The avenue of hoop pines and phoenix palms along Main Avenue is also graded as an element of exceptional significance in the CMP. Construction of the proposed public entry/exit from Main Avenue, Botanica will require demolition of the historic brickwork and verges and interrupt the streetscape.

· The Gatehouse at Botanica on the intersection of Main Avenue and Joseph Street is heritage listed. If Main Avenue becomes the access road for the public car park the intersection of Main Avenue and Joseph Street will become manifestly more dangerous and expose the Gatehouse to the risk of damage.

Amenity

· This is a development that is unusual by its nature. Its hours of operation can be 24/7 and, at times, will involve distressed relatives, emergency services and media attention. This is a serious issue for Botanica residents who are concerned about the impact this will have on their residential amenity.

· There is also concern for the safety risk to residents of Botanica if Main Avenue is used for the delivery of chemicals for the mortuary and laboratories.

I object on construction site Forensic Pathology and Coroner's Court being built

I object on construction site Forensic Pathology and Coroner's Court being built

I object on construction site Forensic Pathology and Coroner's Court being built

i object on construction site of Forensic Pathology and Coroner's Court being built.

Firstly i submit that the proposal is inappropriately located -being adjacent to what has now become a medium density residential area.
There should be no access to the site from Main st -that will create significant risk of injury to locals & children often seen walking in and around the area.
These risks can be avoided by limiting access to weeroona Rd..The increased traffic poses a significant danger to the many locals that live around the site.
The operation of a 24hr morgue interfers with the residential amenity of the local area.