Comments on: An open letter to all residents of The Gap http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/ Promoting the activities of The Gap Community Association, Brisbane Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rado http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-971 Rado Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:30:43 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-971 Hi Guys, Is there any update on the Gap Creek Road sealing? We are in The Gap. A friend mentioned to me last night that a newest Refidex shows the new roads' development planed, not just Gap Creek Road... ta Hi Guys,
Is there any update on the Gap Creek Road sealing? We are in The Gap. A friend mentioned to me last night that a newest Refidex shows the new roads’ development planed, not just Gap Creek Road… ta

]]> By: Peter Nixon http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-873 Peter Nixon Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:19:11 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-873 Remember the Jinker Track at Arana Hills? It used to be Brisbane's worst road, and upgrading it would result in major loss of local amenity. Well it didn't, and now is a smooth, useful interurban road. The same will happen to Gap Creek Road, providing the same care and good planning are employed. Rebuild the road, straighten it up, downgrade the present road to a cycle track, then we can cruise through to the sound of bellbirds, not the sound of wheels in potholes. Remember the Jinker Track at Arana Hills? It used to be Brisbane’s worst road, and upgrading it would result in major loss of local amenity. Well it didn’t, and now is a smooth, useful interurban road. The same will happen to Gap Creek Road, providing the same care and good planning are employed.
Rebuild the road, straighten it up, downgrade the present road to a cycle track, then we can cruise through to the sound of bellbirds, not the sound of wheels in potholes.

]]> By: Takumi Fujiwara http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-435 Takumi Fujiwara Thu, 22 May 2008 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-435 to all you whingy suburbanites - Deal with it people! We all have to make allowances for expansion and development. Gap Creek rd is extremely dangerous. To Andrew McMocking - Try thinking about more than just your own self interest. You don't own the road. to all you whingy suburbanites - Deal with it people! We all have to make allowances for expansion and development. Gap Creek rd is extremely dangerous. To Andrew McMocking - Try thinking about more than just your own self interest. You don’t own the road.

]]> By: reginal cheswick http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-326 reginal cheswick Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:22:01 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-326 you complain about people driving thru your suburb, yet you live in an area with high car dependance which makes it likely you drive thru other people's suburbs. double standards?? you complain about people driving thru your suburb, yet you live in an area with high car dependance which makes it likely you drive thru other people’s suburbs. double standards??

]]> By: Sam http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-42 Sam Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:24:26 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-42 What the people of The Gap seem to have forgotten is that this road will also have a massive impact on the township of Samford and the semi-ryural areas to the north of it. If the preserved transport corridor currently identified in this year's UBD becomes the Western bypass, it will split this community in half, destroy the quite and amenity of the area, and property values will plummet. Perhaps you should try to get your northern neighbours on board to help fight this proposal?? What the people of The Gap seem to have forgotten is that this road will also have a massive impact on the township of Samford and the semi-ryural areas to the north of it. If the preserved transport corridor currently identified in this year’s UBD becomes the Western bypass, it will split this community in half, destroy the quite and amenity of the area, and property values will plummet. Perhaps you should try to get your northern neighbours on board to help fight this proposal??

]]> By: Simon http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-17 Simon Sat, 09 Dec 2006 03:15:35 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-17 Dear Gap Community Association, I am FOR an upgrade of Gap Creek Road as I believe in its current state, it is dangerous and dirty. Solutions to minimising traffic-flow once sealed could include: -Making the road "Local Traffic Only" area -Reducing the speed limit (again) to 40km/h -Instalation of traffic calming devices (similar to the devices on the roads in the quiet streets of West Ashgrove - stops speeding!) -Dedicated cyclist lane (similar to one present on Payne Road) -Keeping it no larger than a dual-carriage-way (two lanes) -Leaving the 3T truck limit on the road so nothing bigger than small moving van/truck (this stops B-double and other big trucks and busses using the road) I think if measures like these were utilised then the sealing of the road could prove convenient and useful for us all while also preserving our suburb's leafy and quiet lifestyle. Yours sincerely, Simon. Dear Gap Community Association,

I am FOR an upgrade of Gap Creek Road as I believe in its current state, it is dangerous and dirty.

Solutions to minimising traffic-flow once sealed could include:

-Making the road “Local Traffic Only” area

-Reducing the speed limit (again) to 40km/h

-Instalation of traffic calming devices (similar to the devices on the roads in the quiet streets of West Ashgrove - stops speeding!)

-Dedicated cyclist lane (similar to one present on Payne Road)

-Keeping it no larger than a dual-carriage-way (two lanes)

-Leaving the 3T truck limit on the road so nothing bigger than small moving van/truck (this stops B-double and other big trucks and busses using the road)

I think if measures like these were utilised then the sealing of the road could prove convenient and useful for us all while also preserving our suburb’s leafy and quiet lifestyle.

Yours sincerely,

Simon.

]]> By: Michael Caley http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-3 Michael Caley Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:13:59 +0000 http://www.gapcommunity.org.au/an-open-letter-to-all-residents-of-the-gap/#comment-3 Dear Gap Community Association, I drive Gap Creek Road daily between Darra and my place of work at the Gap. I do like the dirt and the rough as it reminds me of where I grew up west of Brisbane. However, in my experience a few needs associated with Gap Creek Road are obvious. There are a dust/visibility/corrugation safety issues. A head-on collison resulted this week. A few months ago a south-bound car appeared on my side of the road and came to rest against the bank at the top of the last steep dirt section. Today an ambitious 4wd chose to overtake the car in front, blind in a dust-cloud, on the same last potholey pinch travelling north. The dust today was sufficiently bad that there was not really adequate view either side of the one-lane bridge. Recreational cyclists do not have a safe place to ride along Gap Creek Road despite this being an obviously beautiful area to ride through, and the dust also makes cycling this route impossible and dangerous. The dust in the Gap Creek Picnic area is also unpleasant and unfair. On the other hand I can understand the real concern about increased traffic if the road is upgraded (in the sense of an upgrade that permits/encourages greater traffic volumes). However, I also sense that the Gap Community Association needs to be very proactive in forwarding a creative vision for the future of the road. Does the association wish to campaign for closure of the road as a through-road? Perhaps with exceptions for emergency vehicles? buses? taxis? Such roads exist, such as the northern end of Belwood Street Darra, that has an automatic post in the middle of the road that drops down to allow buses. Or the new Green Bridge. Does the association wish for a heavily traffic-calmed solution? How about a a toll boom gate ( but without commercial-in-confidence secrecy nonsense) with profits to the Brisbane Forest Park? Whatever the Associations views are, take the lead and promote them, for I doubt the status-quo will prevail in the minds of decision makers. Yours faithfully Michael Caley 8 Winslow Street Darra Q4076 Dear Gap Community Association,

I drive Gap Creek Road daily between Darra and my place of work at the Gap. I do like the dirt and the rough as it reminds me of where I grew up west of Brisbane.

However, in my experience a few needs associated with Gap Creek Road are obvious.

There are a dust/visibility/corrugation safety issues. A head-on collison resulted this week.

A few months ago a south-bound car appeared on my side of the road and came to rest against the bank at the top of the last steep dirt section.

Today an ambitious 4wd chose to overtake the car in front, blind in a dust-cloud, on the same last potholey pinch travelling north.

The dust today was sufficiently bad that there was not really adequate view either side of the one-lane bridge.

Recreational cyclists do not have a safe place to ride along Gap Creek Road despite this being an obviously beautiful area to ride through, and the dust also makes cycling this route impossible and dangerous.

The dust in the Gap Creek Picnic area is also unpleasant and unfair.

On the other hand I can understand the real concern about increased traffic if the road is upgraded (in the sense of an upgrade that permits/encourages greater traffic volumes).

However, I also sense that the Gap Community Association needs to be very proactive in forwarding a creative vision for the future of the road.

Does the association wish to campaign for closure of the road as a through-road? Perhaps with exceptions for emergency vehicles? buses? taxis? Such roads exist, such as the northern end of Belwood Street Darra, that has an automatic post in the middle of the road that drops down to allow buses. Or the new Green Bridge.

Does the association wish for a heavily traffic-calmed solution?

How about a a toll boom gate ( but without commercial-in-confidence secrecy nonsense) with profits to the Brisbane Forest Park?

Whatever the Associations views are, take the lead and promote them, for I doubt the status-quo will prevail in the minds of decision makers.

Yours faithfully

Michael Caley
8 Winslow Street
Darra Q4076

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