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I have reviewed the EIS document for Stage 1 of the New Maitland Hospital
. This duty was undertaken in my capacity as an officer of the Owner's
Corporation. A private interest component as one of the
owner/occupiers is declared.

The review period was short and clashed with end of financial year
duties. Hence the brevity of the submission and lack of a separate
personal submission. Closer and wider review of Stage 2 documents is
planned.

Generally I'm in favour of the selected site and usage proposed.
Medical services such as Burns and Cardiology Catheterisation would be
appreciated by the city and region.

More specific concerns and suggested mitigations are attached as file
attachment 1.

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In relation to your traffic data where many areas are predicted to have a
fail (F) level of service by 2032, if you conducted you're testing at
peak times now and not on an average you would find the system is
currently failing.

It is nothing to spend 8 to 10 minutes exiting Chelmsford Drive
roundabout at 8.30 AM or 3.00 PM and this is without the New Maitland
Hospital being open. I suggest the planned new traffic survey in July
and August 2018 will show the traffic flow problems are worse than
expected.

I note that the proposed corrective action is to modify the two
existing roundabouts by increasing the east to south side to two lanes
on the Chelmsford Drive roundabout and the addition of several extra
50 metre approach and departure lanes on both the Chelmsford and
Raymond Terrace road roundabouts.

The concerns with two lane roundabouts that go back to single lane
road creates problems with merging and slowing the traffic flow rate,
the fact that there will be three roundabouts on Metford Road within
1.1 kilometre this will also act as a check valve and again slow the
traffic flow rate down.

I note that it is recommended that parking will be restricted along
Metford Road, if this is to be the case why wasn't the road made a
little wider to make the road 4 lanes (2 lanes each direction)?

The fact it can at certain times take up to 10 minutes to exit the
Chelmsford Drive roundabout and the only corrective action is a
further traffic survey and a plan to sometime in the future to make
some modifications to the roundabouts. This shows a very reactive
approach.

The traffic flow rates are not going to reduce, the authorities should
take a proactive approach and future proof the traffic movement along
Metford Road and make Metford Road between Chelmsford Drive and
Raymond Terrace Road 4 lanes (2 lanes each direction). The traffic
along this road is only going to increase and not only with time but
with the number of new DA's already at council for new businesses
along Metford Road. Metford Road in its current form is just a
suburban road and the proposed changes don't look to address any
future traffic problems, this development and inevitable other
developments will create.

While I support the development of a new hospital, I don't believe
this is the right location and as a daily frequenter on this road, I
can not support this development in its current form as it does not
address or rectify any of the problems that will be created on the
roads.

Zone 1 be increased along the fence line at the edge of zone 2 so that it
is a continuous forest zone providing a noise barrier all along the
fence, helping to mitigate noise levels. At present Figure 9-2 on page
150 of the Early Works EIS shows a noise level of 70-72 dB(A) closest
the the residences of Foveaux Crescent. The continuous tree planting,
as soon as practicable, will help reduce noise during construction and
beyond. At present, according to the EIS, trees will be removed but
not replaced for up to 6 years. As a long time resident of Foveaux
Crescent, I can already discern the change in the noise level from
passing trains, as a result of trees being removed. Before this work
began trains were less audible. If a substantial barrier of trees was
planted all the way along the south fence, we would be less impacted
by noise.