This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that the Water's Edge complex, 10 Ellison Harvie Close, Greenway, requires a solution to the re-siting of the pathway on the lake side of Waters Edge.
The Pathway is deemed to be part of the ACT Active Travel Plan which is designed to Facilitate walking, rolling, riding and other forms of active travel. The pathway is proposed to be 1m away from the property boundary of Waters Edge residence. From a safety perspective, individuals with mobility, sight or hearing impairments, young children including babies pushed in prams are at risk due to the close proximity of the proposed pathway to the residential boundary.
To some residents the proposed placement represents 5m from their bedroom or lounge room offering no privacy or peaceful amenity to their daily lives. Constructive consultation between residents and the ACT Government could improve safety outcomes for both residents and pathway users. Furthermore, it will help to preserve residents' privacy and contribute positively to the amenity and overall wellbeing of residents.
If the residents' legitimate safety concerns continue to be ignored and an incident occurs resulting from this omission, this would inevitably expose the ACT Government to an increased risk of liability voice to the unresolved residents egress safety issues associated with this development.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the Territory Planning Authority, ACT Government to:
- engage appropriately and constructively with residents of Waters Edge complex.
- amend the DA to accurately state that the walls of the dwellings on the eastern side of Lake Tuggeranong, specifically in the Water's Edge complex, are as low as 0.75m hight rather than the currently claimed height of 1.8 m, and
- base evaluation of the DA on safety and privacy to residents through accurate information. Commit to meaningful community consultation on the sitting of the pathways.