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Rochedale Urban Community draft plan

The latest Rochedale Urban Community draft local plan has been released. The plan is available on Brisbane City Council's website. The plan has also been known as the Rochedale Master Plan.

However, yet again, there is no indication of how the traffic is to be routed.  That is to be covered in the forthcoming Infrastructure Change Plan (ICP).  Residents need to ensure that the traffic routing is in place before the development starts.

The Rochedale Urban Community will bring an extra 15,000 people into the area. This number was orginally supposed to be much smaller.  At times a considerably larger number has been quoted.

Brisbane City Council has bought large pockets of wildlife habitat in the area which includes Alperton, Kloske, Ford and Priestdale Roads. The Brisbane Koala Bushlands are located in Alperton Road. This area needs to be protected from speeding traffic. Many vehicles use those roads as a shortcut. However, the roads are only a shortcut if you speed. Those speeding vehicles are slaughtering wildlife.

For examples of some of the wildlife that will be affected by this development visit our photo gallery. The gallery contains photos of wallabies, koalas, snakes and otther animals that reside in this area.

Note that submissions need to be made by Tuesday 31 October 2006. Details for submissions are available on Brisbane City Council's website.