Traffic Issues

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Submission to Council on Cooroy-Belli Creek road traffic
The applicant’s latest traffic report dated 31 July 2014 from Lambert & Rehibein can be found HERE.

Our response to this document can be found HERE.

While the people in West Cooroy are being expected to share the narrow, winding roads with heavy vehicles, it has not been reported widely that these vehicles will be travelling through the town of Cooroy from Cooroy-Belli Creek Road, via Maple Street, and Crystal Street to Myall Street to make their way south to the Bruce Highway.

Heavy traffic to go through Cooroy
The Applicant has finally released a plan for heavy vehicle traffic passing through the town of Cooroy. Note this means heavy vehicle traffic, including B-doubles  will pass through quite residential streets day and night. Also, shed litter will be marketed if it cannot be used on site, with the product transported locally and to destinations as far away as Murgon. Therefore any or all our local roads will become heavy vehicle transit routes if this outrageous proposal is not rejected.

Watch our video on how traffic issues would affect urban and rural Cooroy.

The development will significantly increase the amount of traffic using Top Forestry and Old Ceylon Roads. Top Forestry Rd is an unsealed road in poor condition and is not suitable for heavy vehicles. An increase in the volume of traffic and use of trucks during the construction phase, will make it necessary to upgrade the road to ensure the safety of residents and road users. Because the cycle of council road maintenance is annual, at best, local residents will have to suffer sub-standard roads for months on end.

There are  32 property owners dependent on Top Forestry and the applicable section of Old Ceylon Road, and it is not correct to extrapolate recorded traffic statistics for Cooroy-Belli Creek Road and apply them to these roads to arrive at the calculation of a 4% traffic increase alleged in the Hayes Traffic Report (page 11).

In fact, the increase in traffic from the broiler farm operation will be well above the 5% that constitutes an insignificant increase and therefore warrants a much more thorough analysis of the traffic than the rather basic analysis contained in the several versions of the Hayes Traffic Reports.

Inghams feed trucks will likely share local and town roads with school busses.

As well, the volume by weight of vehicle will obviously be greatly increased.

• The applicants traffic reports show no start  and/or end locations for:

• Vehicles delivering ‘day old chickens’

• Vehicles transporting mature chickens

• Vehicles transporting waste material from the site.

• No mention of the effects on the status Cooroy-Belli Creek Road as a Cyclists Training Route.

• No mention of the danger of mixing school bus routes from Top Cooroy-Belli Creek and Forestry Road Roads with heavy vehicle movements.

• While B-double routes for 19 m trucks may not be subject to TMR approval, there is no written guarantee from Inghams Enterprises that larger vehicles will not be used to supply birds and feed.

• The applicant presents no plan to improve the surface of Top Forestry Rd or ameliorate the dust nuisance to properties along the roads leading to the Bruce Highway, including quiet residential streets.

Article from the The Cooroy Rag

3 July 2013

Police Beat
Sergeant Mal Scott

The increased traffic enforcement on Cooroy-Belli Creek Road is set to continue with several fines handed out to drivers crossing the double and single unbroken white lines. As mentioned in my previous report, this action was brought about by several very serious traffic accidents, so I ask that all motorists on our roads, especially our hinterland roads which are often very narrow and winding, to take care as police would much rather see good driving practises rather than have to write fines for people.