Anyone who has successfully presented a Development Application to council will know only too well how exacting the requirements and standards are for DA approval. These standards apply to each and every DA lodged at council. Projects are regularly inspected by trained and qualified employees of council as the project proceeds. This is essential to maintain high standards of safety. Within the town precinct, these standards also include consideration of the heritage and historic aesthetic of the town.
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To comply with many of these standards can be costly and time consuming for the DA applicant. However, to gain DA approved by council these standards are non -negotiable and rightly so.
Given all of the above I am left utterly confused as to the lack of duty of care or any sense of urgency from council to allow the pedestrian crossing debacle in Braidwood to go on for many months.
The unsympathetic design of the structures is just mind boggling! It's clearly too late to change that so now the job just needs to be completed ASAP.
It seems that this project is under the control of the very organisation that will not, indeed must not sign off on any project that does not meet exacting standards of safety and, when within the town precinct, observing its historic context.
These ugly and dangerous constructions sit literally in the centre of a Heritage listed town waiting for an accident or accidents to happen with it seems, the full approval of Palerang Council.
I have witnessed pedestrians and motorists stopping on or near the concrete platforms unsure of who has the right of way. Pedestrians and motorists confront confusing signage, no zebra crossing, weeds, bare earth, metres of ugly glarey concrete. ”What is this thing?” visitors to our lovely town have been heard to ask? “A debacle” we residents cry.
I can't help but wonder, if the unthinkable happens and there is an accident on one of the crossings ,who will compensate the injured parties and where will that compensation money come from - will it come from the Palerang rate payers?
I am deeply concerned regarding the double standards of council and I have to ask the question - who is project managing this debacle?
C.Kavunenko
Gundillion