Our comprehensive community engagement is being carried out between late February and late August 2020 to provide people with information about the project and ensure their feedback could be considered as part of the design process.

From March – May, due to the restrictions continuing to be placed on the community due to COVID19, the majority of this consultation was carried out online or via digital/virtual means. In early June when restrictions lifted, this enabled an increased level of face-to-face engagement activities.

Number of spaces

• The number of parking spaces required for the Weigall Sports Complex has been determined based on the utilisation timetable developed by the school.
• This found the total number of spaces required is 97 in the Weigall Sports Complex Carpark and 5 additional spaces entering from Neild Avenue into the complex for accessibility parking and some staff.
• A drop-off facility is also provided off Neild Avenue, which will facilitate students arriving where their parent / carer does not stay as a spectator.
• All spaces will be for the school’s use only.

Hours of Operation – Alma Street

Weekends

• The carpark will be used by parents and students on weekends for a total of 14 interschool matches on Saturdays in summer and winter.
• The hours of operation will be 7am to 4pm.
• There will also be some use for practice training during school holidays.

Improving the Preparatory School Drop Off and Pick Up

• One of the benefits of the new carpark will be the ability of the school to accommodate a traffic queue during the morning and afternoon pickup and drop off periods.
• Parents will either park or circulate until they are ready to pick up the students from the existing point on Alma St.
• This will enable local traffic, which is currently caught up with the school queue, to move freely through Lawson and Alma Streets alleviating congestion on surrounding streets.

Other drop off and pick up arrangements

Before school to the WSC

• Drop off to the centre for morning sports training will be either by private vehicle or public transport.
• Drop off to the complex can occur off Neild Avenue. We estimate approximately 20 - 25 cars will drop off in the mornings as most students catch public transport.
• All students will be picked up by bus and transported back to the College St campus at 8:30am

During school hours to and from the WSC

• The students are dropped off and picked up by bus and returned to the College St campus during school hours.

After school from the WSC

• The students are dropped off by bus at 3:30pm and picked up by bus and returned to the College St campus after 5:00pm.
• Parental pick up is by arrangement only and this will occur off Neild Avenue.

Parking Demand

• The utilisation timetable calculations result in 82 spaces being required for winter sports (14 Saturdays per year) and 97 spaces being required for summer sports (14 Saturdays per year).
• The parking provision has considered the overlap that occurs between students arriving and departing pre and post games. A graphical representation of the assumed development trip generation is shown below.

Construction Hours

Construction would take place according during the hours specified by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment:

• Monday to Friday – 7am to 5pm
• Saturday 7am to 1pm

Noise

To minimise the impact on neighbouring properties, the operation of high noise generating equipment and activities including hydraulic hammers, rock cutters etc would be limited to:

• Not prior to 8am Monday to Friday or 8.30am Saturdays

Where possible, percussive and concrete sawing will be carried out behind a closed façade to help reduce the noise.

If concerns are raised about noise, measurements will be taken to determine and if the equipment or activity is found to be generating noise about suitable levels, appropriate mitigations will be put in place to reduce it.

Building 1 Weigall Sports Complex

• Estimated construction period is 18 – 20 months
• Large vehicle access will be from Neild Avenue
• Smaller vehicle access will be from Vialoux Avenue

Traffic Management

Trucks will be loaded and unloaded within the site boundaries so that they are not lingering in neighbouring streets.

Delivery hours will also be limited to help manage traffic during the construction period, particularly during the school’s drop off and pickup times.

Deliveries will be outside of the following times: between 8:00am to 9:30am and 2:30pm to 4:00pm on school days.

Dust

During excavation, the site will be watered, and wheel washers used on trucks to minimise the amount of dust generated from construction activities.

Vibrations

A dilapidation report of neighbouring properties will be undertaken prior to the works commencing and reviewed through the construction process and upon completion.

Noise and vibration monitors will provided for neighbouring properties and checked for any exceedances for equipment used during construction.

Building 2 – Weigall Sports Complex Carpark

• Estimated construction period is 6 – 7 months
• All deliveries will be entry from Vialoux Avenue and exit from Alma Street