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Residential Status/ Employment

I am a Business in the vicinity of the proposed site for an Aldi Supermarket

I am a Business in the Blackwood district

I am a resident in the vicinity of proposed site for Aldi Supermarket

I am a resident in the Blackwood district

I live out of the area

Employed

Unemployed

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Other

Do you agree with the introduction of an Aldi Store in Blackwood?

I Agree

I do Not Agree

I don't mind either way

Other (please comment on this or an alternative preferred location)

Please explain your reasons for or against

Please rate the follwowing statements about the Site, Population, and Carparking associated with the development of an Aldi Store at 180-200 Main Road, Blackwood

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree

The population of Blackwood may not be sufficient to warrant the introduction of a fourth supermarket.
The site may be too small for the required carparking to cater for a supermarket
There is a high liklihood of carparking overspill into surrounding residential streets.
Carparking overspill into surrounding residential streets is not practicable given council restrictions on parking on both sides of the road in the event of fire, and to allow free access and egress of emergency vehicles.

Please rate the following statements on the Impacts of this development on existing businesses and other retail in Blackwood

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Unsure

Existing tenants have either not been consulted or not considered regarding suitable relocation options to carry on their businesses
This location seems too far from the centre of Blackwood.
A critical planning issue impacting the Blackwood commercial precinct and ease of shopping is the dispersement of shops along the main thoroughfare rather than concentration of retail in a well designed centre with all required facilities.
There is a risk to the viability of existing businesses in the centre of Blackwood if development continues in this dispersed manner and shoppers are drawn away from the central precinct

Safety Issues in the vicinity of the site

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagreee	Strongly Disagree

Increased risk of collision is likely with high volume access to a carpark given this section of Main Road adjacent to the site is frequently subject to 'near miss' collisions
Increased risk of collision is likely with high volume access to a carpark given this section of Main Road adjacent to the site is the point at which one lane converges into two.
Increased risks to pedestrian safety is likely with high volume access to a carpark, given there are no designated safe pedestrian refuges on Main Road in the vicinity of the site.
Increased risks to the safety of cyclists is likely with high volume access to a carpark, given this section of Main Road adjacent to the site is the point at which one lane converges into two.
Increased risks to pedestrian safety - in particular the elderly with frames and gophers, and parents with prams, is likely with high volume access to a carpark, given there are no designated safe pedestrian refuges on Main Road in the vicinity of the site.
Generally, the infrastructure is either not available or inadequate to support safe vehicular movement, safety to cyclists and pedestrians in the vicinity of the site on Main Road

Please rate the follwowing statements about your shopping frequency in Blackwood

	Strongly Agree	Agree	Neither Agree nor Disagree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree

I shop locally most of the time
I shop locally some of the time
I rarely shop locally
I mostly shop locally for food and groceries
I cannot buy all the products I need in Blackwood
I cannot access all the services I need in Blackwood
I prefer other Centres out of the area that offer a greater variety of retail

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