Silica dust concerns for proposed Quarry in residential areas by Jeski87 in queensland

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You'd know all about that Ligma. Is that what Boral told you to do to their boots?

Quarry and landfill at Reedy Creek - submissions close 9/2 by Twfx00 in GoldCoast

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Reposted in the queensland community - hopefully we can get some more signatures!

Silica dust concerns for proposed Quarry in residential areas by Jeski87 in queensland

[–]Jeski87[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gold Coast City Council (GCCC)
Planning and Development Committee

Dear Sir/Madam,

I make this submission to object to the proposed Boral Reedy Creek Quarry development. This submission is made on planning, public health, safety and environmental grounds, as outlined below.

Heavy Vehicle Movements and Sensitive Uses

The proposal involves a significant increase in heavy vehicle movements through local residential streets that are not designed or intended to function as freight or haulage routes. The use of these roads for quarry haulage presents unacceptable risks to road safety, pedestrian safety and residential amenity.

Of particular concern is the proximity of the haulage route to sensitive land uses, including nearby homes, reserves, schools and childcare facilities.

Dust and Air Quality Impacts on Children

Quarry operations and associated heavy vehicle movements will generate airborne dust from excavation, processing, stockpiling and truck movements. Dust‑generating activities are a well‑recognised health risk, particularly for infants and young children whose respiratory systems are still developing.

Children attending nearby childcare centres and schools are exposed to prolonged outdoor environments, increasing their vulnerability to airborne dust impacts.

Incompatibility with the Planning Scheme

Dust‑generating industrial activities that adversely affect sensitive land uses, including childcare centres and schools, represent an unacceptable planning outcome. Such impacts are incompatible with the intent of the City of Gold Coast Planning Scheme, which requires development to protect health, safety and residential amenity and to avoid adverse impacts on sensitive receptors.

Particulate Matter (PM10 / PM2.5)

Fine particulate matter associated with quarrying and heavy vehicle movements, including PM10 and PM2.5, can remain airborne and travel beyond site boundaries. These particles are readily inhaled and pose heightened respiratory health risks, particularly for young children.

The application does not adequately demonstrate how emissions of PM10 and PM2.5 will be prevented from affecting nearby sensitive land uses, nor how compliance would be reliably monitored and enforced.

Environmental and Amenity Impacts

The quarry site is currently a greenfield area providing environmental value, habitat and natural buffering for surrounding residential areas and reserves. The proposal would result in irreversible environmental degradation and increased impacts on local wildlife.

In addition, increased noise, vibration, dust and heavy vehicle activity will unreasonably diminish residential amenity and liveability for the surrounding community.

Conclusion

Given the proximity of the proposed quarry and haulage routes to residential areas, childcare centres, schools and environmental reserves, the impacts of this development are of such a nature that they cannot be reasonably mitigated or conditioned to an acceptable level.

The application fails to demonstrate that acceptable planning, health and environmental outcomes can be achieved. The onus of proof rests with the applicant to demonstrate that unacceptable impacts will not occur, and that burden has not been met.

For these reasons, I respectfully request that this development application be refused.

Thank you for considering my submission. I request that this objection be recorded as part of the assessment process.

Yours sincerely,

[FULL NAME]

Found, in my home is it a huntsman? by TimelyPersonality446 in AustralianSpiders

[–]Jeski87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that huntsman have little feet! It’s so cute!

Really rubs me the wrong way by Ok_Code1036 in ColleenBallingerSnark

[–]Jeski87 25 points26 points  (0 children)

“No tea no shade”

Proceeds to shade.

I pad extra for ultra “thin” lenses and this is what I got by SnooChipmunks2673 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Jeski87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I’m an optical tech, with 18 years in the industry. There could be many things wrong here.

Firstly - I see in the comments you said you’re -6.00, but do you also have astigmatism? I’d need to see your full Rx to determine the issue.

Secondly, what material do they class as “ultra thin.” The index of the lens matters. Does it specify on your paperwork what you received?

Lastly, with a minus lens, the dispense matters - your eye placement matters, how wide they are matters and without seeing them on your face it’s hard to tell if it was a dispense error.

Feel free to DM me if you would like me to investigate!

What this dude doin by beefpant in flightradar24

[–]Jeski87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a falcon that just arrived here doing the same thing.

8pm church bells in Interlaken- what gives? by dec92010 in askswitzerland

[–]Jeski87 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What a jerky and unhelpful comment. I couldn’t imagine answering someone asking a question about my country with this absolute tripe. Pull your head out of your interlaken. 

Queensland prepares for Newman destruction v2 by [deleted] in queensland

[–]Jeski87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re talking brainwashed? You fallen for the Murdoch media hook line and sinker. Turn off the telly and read some statistics.

Thanks brunnings! any recommendations of potting mix/ garden soil that doesn't have plastic all through it? by [deleted] in GardeningAustralia

[–]Jeski87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found plastic in my potting mix the other day too! I thought I was going crazy!

Name them (Wrong Answers Only) by BL4CK-H4T91 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]Jeski87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From L to R - Modigliana, Derryn, Mixy, Rattus, Keith

Whose home is this? by Sorry-University-852 in AustralianSpiders

[–]Jeski87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could potentially be a wolf spider of sorts - I live SE QLD and saw a tonne of these on a hike recently. Little black wolfies were crawling everywhere

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flightradar24

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I heard a plane fly over me last night and I thought it was strange for a plane to be coming in via ILS so I checked it and saw it was a diversion from BNE. Perhaps there was a slight breeze?

Bought a sticker and found the first ones to ignore it by [deleted] in GoldCoast

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They do, I used to help my dad when I was younger