Residents living on a quiet road in Ormiston have put pen to paper and filed a petition against their street becoming an entry point for a 45 unit development.
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Bev Clarke has been active in gaining more than 300 signatures from residents living in and around Francis Street .
"The road is only 5.1 metres wide, and runs next to a wildlife corridor which is home to koalas, ducks, wallabies... now there will be more cars traveling on the road to get to the estate at the end of Francis Street.. it is too narrow to accommodate the influx in traffic," she said.
The 45 unit estate is earmarked for the property bordering Francis and Dundas Street. The area was zoned residential in 1998.
About 30 residents gathered on Monday to speak to Cr Wendy Boglary about their plight.
Young mum Wanda Williams is concerned about safety.
"I worry there will be traffic incidents with children, pedestrians, people walking their dogs... kids are always out and about in the street, but they can't do that when it gets busy. There aren't even any footpaths," she said.
She called for a plan to disperse traffic from Francis Street to the development.
Some residents want the entrance to the estate to be on Dundas Street, limiting the traffic in their area.
Cr Boglary said the development would not be destroying any wildlife corridors or trees and construction trucks would not be directed through Francis Street during the works.
"Council officers have not completed their review of the road yet... and Francis Street needed improvements," she said.
According to the traffic impact assessment, the access street will accommodate less than 1000 vehicles a day and the kerb to kerb width was 6 metres.
A council spokesperson said access to the development is via an extension of Francis Street to the south, with a pedestrian pathway linking the development to Dundas Street to the north.
"Based on existing vehicle movements and the traffic to be generated by the new development, there is sufficient capacity in the road network to cater for the development," he said.
While the development works do not include road-widening, council is investigating road constraints separately to the development application.
"Due to existing high levels of traffic along Dundas Street it was not considered reasonable to manage traffic to the site via that street," the spokesperson said.
The Traffic Impact Assessment Report for this development can be found at Development.i
Angela Kelly
Redland City Bulletin senior journalist covering politics, community issues and human interest stories. South African living the dream in Australia.
Redland City Bulletin senior journalist covering politics, community issues and human interest stories. South African living the dream in Australia.
