Supermarket boom gate proposal open for comment
A proposal to install boom gates on a Umina supermarket carpark is on exhibition for public comment until November 11.
A development application was lodged with Central Coast Council on August 4 and reported in the August 9 issue of Peninsula News.
The proposal includes number plate recognition and the removal and replacement of three trees in the Aldi carpark in Trafalgar Ave.
"The purpose of the proposed modification is to enhance site security and to ensure sufficient car parking spaces for customers of the Aldi store and cafe," according to the application prepared by consultants Barker Ryan Stewart.
The application states that the proposal would provide "more queuing space by changing the entry-exit area and extending the landscaping areas".
It includes "modification to the crossover with new kerbs to be instated".
To retain the current number of parking spaces, two planter beds containing three trees will be removed from the car park.
A traffic report submitted with the application stated that the number plate recognition software would mean that "entering and exiting vehicles will not need to stop, unlike boom gates that issue a ticket".
The comment period started on October 20.
SOURCE:
DA Tracker, 28 Oct 2021
DA 36075, Central Coast Council