Moriah College Redevelopment

This is a really important development that at its heart aims to support the community, relieve it of its daily congestion and nourish the community

The school is in desperate need of updating and improvement as has had no major improvements since it was first built. The improvements will actually ameliorate traffic and parking conditions for residents by moving the principal entry point of the school away from residential road, including an internal drop off road and additional on-site parking. On three sides the school is bounded by parklands and therefore there is minimal impact on residents. As the school has been at this location for over 30 years, most residents would have moved into the area after it was built and should therefore understand that living net to a school involves disruption to your life at particular times of the day. They should also understand that from time to time a school, like any building, needs to be improved/redeveloped.

My family fully supports the submission. Local residents will benefit from the school’s high class facilities as they are already using the pool. As a family with kids that love sport the schools facilities now are very run down.

Very much needed upgrade for the school.

I am a strong support of this project.

It is essential to upgrade a school for the future of all learners there. The need to improve the school and its facilities is important to improve all aspects of campus life as well as providing further parking on the school grounds.
All schools should be allowed to upgrade.

I support the project as it provides an updated learning space and recreational space for students.
It will improve traffic flow for everyone including surrounding neighbors, students, staff and parents.
It will improve security and safety associated with dropping children off at school.
It will allow the school to meet the demands of the growing community.
It will allow Moriah to continue to be a community hub.

A new agile and adaptive study centre will offer a flexible, modern High School library-space that will
house a book collection and support innovative learning in a technology-rich environment.
• The project will offer more spaces where students can get together, to allow for greater social
interaction and enhance collaborative knowledge sharing.
• The proposed design includes the construction of a new building, which will maximise spatial resources and
leverage more opportunities for students to enjoy green, open spaces.
A new internal ‘ring road’, which will ensure all High School vehicle drop off and pick up will improve traffic
flow, and keep more cars on campus and off local roads
• A Green Travel Plan, which seeks to create a modal shift, encouraging greater use of public transport,
walking, cycling, and car-pooling, rather than private vehicle use. This is expected to reduce private vehicle
use by 10% and will include more than 100 additional bicycle spaces, showers, change rooms and lockers.

Please refer to attached objection to the Moriah Major Project.

MORIAH COLLEGE REDEVELOPMENT – MAJOR PROJECT 14741
I strongly object to this development as a resident of Queens Park for the following reasons:
1. Traffic congestion is already a major problem particularly between 7:30am and 9:30am and later in the afternoons. There is an almost continuous flow of traffic blocking local streets at peak times generated by student drop-offs and pick-ups.
2. Moriah College has failed to manage its own Transport, Traffic & Parking Plan (TTPP) for a long time, evidenced by the number of students, parents and staff vehicles parking daily in local streets contrary to its own TTPP.
3. Moriah College night-time events are frequent, attract large numbers of people and use local streets for parking. This will only worsen for residents if this proposal is approved.
4. Pedestrian safety risks and general road safety risks will escalate as a result of the increased traffic in local streets.
5. Noise and air pollution in our local streets will increase due to more traffic and people, and as a result, noise will increase and air quality will reduce.
6. The streets of Queens Park are becoming ‘traffic sewers’ which is impacting friendly interaction between neighbours, resulting in a decreased sense of well-being, community, connectedness and security.
7. The visual amenity of Queens Park and Centennial Park will be adversely impacted by the sheer size of the proposed new buildings.
8. 3 weeks, especially in the busy lead up to end of year for local residents, is grossly inadequate for informed responses to the proposal, which contains nearly 1600 pages of complicated text and diagrams – more time is needed.
9. The ripple-on effect of the increase in traffic, congestion and pollution will extend to many residents who have not been notified of the proposal and who deserve the right to be informed and to comment.
10. The ‘Near Neighbour Letter Catchment’ was inadequate and needs to be significantly expanded so that all impacted neighbours are aware of Moriah’s intentions.
11. Queens Park residents would like Waverley Council to conduct their own independent and public traffic survey so that all stakeholders can better understand the impact.

This project will be creating an updated, contemporary learning space and new recreational space for our children so they can get together, allowing for greater social interaction and enhance collaborative knowledge sharing.
The proposed design includes the construction of a new building, which will maximise spatial resources and leverage more opportunities for students to enjoy green, open spaces.
It will Improve traffic flow for everyone, including surrounding neighbours

I strongly object to this development as a resident of Queens Park for the following reasons:
1. Traffic congestion is already a major problem around the Moriah College, particularly between 7:30am and 9:30am and in the afternoons. There is an almost continuous flow of traffic blocking local streets at peak times generated by student drop-offs and pick-ups.
2. Moriah College has failed to manage its own Transport, Traffic & Parking Plan (TTPP) for a long time, evidenced by the number of students, parents and staff vehicles parking daily in local streets contrary to its own TTPP.
3. Moriah College night-time events are frequent, attract large numbers of people and use local streets for parking. This will only worsen for residents if this proposal is approved.
4. Pedestrian safety risks and general road safety risks will escalate as a result of the increased traffic in local streets.
5. Noise and air pollution in our local streets will increase due to more traffic and people, and as a result, noise will increase and air quality will reduce.
6. The streets of Queens Park are becoming clogged by traffic, which is impacting friendly interaction between neighbours, resulting in a decreased sense of well-being, community, connectedness and security.
7. The visual amenity of Queens Park and Centennial Park will be adversely impacted by the sheer size of the proposed new buildings.
8. A notice of 3 weeks, especially in the busy lead up to end of year for local residents, is grossly inadequate for informed responses to the proposal, which contains nearly 1600 pages of complicated text and diagrams – more time is needed.
9. The ripple effect of the increase in traffic, congestion and pollution will extend to many residents who have not been notified of the proposal and who deserve the right to be informed and to comment.
10. The ‘Near Neighbour Letter Catchment’ was inadequate and needs to be significantly expanded so that all impacted neighbours are aware of Moriah’s intentions.
11. Waverley Council should obtain their own independent public traffic survey and impact of the proposed Moriah development so that all stakeholders can better understand the impact.

I support the project as it upgrades the learning facilities at the school and it is important for Australian schools to keep up to date with current pedagogy and teaching methods which will be facilitated by the new learning space in the redevelopment. This will be funded privately and does not require government funding. The impact on traffic and the residents will be minimised through the use of internal ring roads and go with the flow drop off and pick up structures (similar to what is currently in place).

Improving traffic flow for everyone, including surrounding neighbours
Moriah College has actively designed a proposal to improve traffic congestion within the Queens Park area including:
• A new internal ‘ring road’, which will ensure all High School vehicle drop off and pick up will improve traffic flow, and keep more cars on campus and off local roads• A Green Travel Plan, which seeks to create a modal shift, encouraging greater use of public transport, walking, cycling, and car-pooling, rather than private vehicle use.
• The redirection of vehicle access away from residents on Queens Park Road by relocating the main entry and administration of Moriah College to York Road and Baronga Avenue, further reducing potential impact for near neighbours
• Most importantly, as part of the proposal, Moriah College will be upgrading the Queens Park / York Road intersection and the York Road / Baronga Avenue intersection further providing real and sustainable solutions to the traffic issues facing the Queens Park precinct as a whole. Moriah has been working collaboratively with Waverley Council to ensure these intersection upgrades will occur prior to development of the new facilities.

Moriah College is a backbone to the Jewish community, catering to students throughout the community with special interests and/or needs, including financial or learning difficulties. However, the school is currently at capacity, and a lot of children are forced to miss out on attending a school that provides them with a home for Jewish life and learning.
Further, I can see that Moriah is actively working to address concerns relating to traffic in this proposed plan.
I therefore support the application to enable Moriah to better support the community.

I support this project for Moriah College because many of the current High School facilities are inefficient and outdated and so need to be replaced. The project will move the entrance to the College to a section of the community that faces the park. This entrance will include an internal drop off as well as internal parking. All of this will reduce the current noise/traffic burden that the neighbourhood currently finds challenging.

This project sounds like a wonderful community enhancement. I note the concerns around traffic management, but after having read the details of the project, I feel confident that the school has really done a lot to mitigate these concerns and it will be actually be an improvement to existing infrastructure. I fully support this

1. Improving traffic flow for everyone, including surrounding neighbours

I am writing in strong support of the Moriah College proposed upgrade.
From the plans, it is clear that the upgrade will enhance the experience not just for the students, but also for the local residents, who complain relentlessly about the mere existence of the school.
Specific enhancements include:
The new plan incorporates another internal ring road, in addition to the current one, to divert more traffic off local streets.
The new plan moves the location of the main entrance and administration building to a location that is away from Queens Park Road neighbours.
The new plan includes improvements to the actual Queens Park / York Road intersection and the York Road / Baronga Avenue intersection.
The new plan encourages public transport and other options other than private vehicles with improvements to facilities (eg bike racks, showers and lockers).

The school currently does all it can to minimise the impact on local residents. However, if one buys property close to a school, then one must assume that students at that school will need to get into the school in the morning and leave in the afternoon. I do not know of any other school that has to deal with such relentless objections from neighbouring residents.
Moriah needs this upgrade to improve and enhance the outdated learning spaces for students.

Many thanks
Miri Fridman

My children go to Moriah College and it is an exception al school, however with the new development it will give them more opportunities and spaces to improve their learning, as well as new recreational spaces which the campus needs to improve. In addition, the school lacks more modern classrooms as well as green spaces which I think is a crucial part of the overall learning enviroment. With their serious intent on improving traffic management so the surrounding community does not suffer, I firmly believe that this new development will be of immense benefit to everyone that attends this school.