New suburbs have underground power lines. Our suburb's vista is degraded by trees with no heart. My suggestions is that council work with electricity, telco and water utilities on a readability study to look at a new conduit for grey water lines, power, NBN, etc for Mosman streets. As an owner I would happily consider helping in a substantial way towards the cost of this exercise as it could only significantly improve the value of properties in streets which had lost the lines. It also provides an opportunity to put grey water mains into out streets and might be somewhat offset by the fact that NBN may be looking to lay some lines sooner or later.

Fwiw

Imagine... Sydney's finest high street shopping experience - right here on Military Road Mosman. We can do this.. Target bringing to Australia amazing retail stores - the missing international names, involve our celebrities (they are hiding but they are here), give people what they really want - easy parking (sorry: sad fact is cars are a key factor of retail centre success), great facilities for parents with prams, clean toilets (yes very important), more protection from the rain, more destination dining options - ultimately lets make the relaxed outdoor feel that all Sydneysiders want. It will need to be managed (yes this means more rules - we just do what successful centre managers do - they control everything) and couple this with a driven and exciting programme of active events.
Ironically the acclaimed new retail developments are trying to copy what we already have - a history and a soul - lets bring it to life.

Pedestrians in Mosman have the strange notion that the safety area in the middle of the roads therefore gives them right of way. I personally have nearly hit several people who just 'walked out in front of my approaching car' then look incredulously at me like I am in the wrong and should have given them right of way.
I find it frustrating when I am trying to teach my 5 year old the 'correct' road rules and nice meaning people stop in the middle of the road to let us cross. This may seem like a kind and generous act but it simply confuses the lesson I am trying to teach about pedestrian safety and who has right of way and when to go and stop etc.
I have lived all over Sydney and yet only in Mosman is this an issue.
I don't know the statistics but I bet some (if not most) of our pedestrian accidents have been caused by the pedestrians 'making up the rules' and believing they have right of way. Mosman would be easier, and safer if everyone knew the road rules.

Mosman is overrun by cars and traffic just keeps getting worse and worse. Being a pedestrian however, is fraught with danger as many drivers won't drop a few clicks to let pedestrians cross roads in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Give residents an incentive to walk by providing zones giving pedestrians right of way over cars. A good example where this could work is around the Avenue Road shops. A zone of around 100 metres on Avenue Road and around 30 metres each on Canrobert Street and Ballantyne Streets would be enough. Trial it for a year and if it works extend it to other areas including the main Mosman shops. Why should cars and often arrogant drivers dominate our backstreets and lives?

The allowable hours for construction from Monday to Friday is 7.00am until 6.00pm. This does not consider or impose any control for the duration or use of heavy equipment or machinery eg a jack hammer, generator or excavator during these hours.
Whilst it is fair and reasonable to allow renovation and development Council could very easily impose a number of sensible restrictions which would limit the level of noise allowable on a building site without unduly inhibiting the construction process eg prohibit the use of any diesel generator which is an extremely noisy power source. This would force building site managers to better organise their planning to ensure that an electrical power supply has been connected to the site for the operation of all electrical equipment. This is always possible with correct planning and so ensures neighbours are not subjected to unreasonable noise levels.

I appeal to the Mosman Council to consider amending the hours of operation to that of 8.00am – 6.00pm in line with the general population’s hours of work. Why are we continuing to allow the disruptive operation of building construction in residential zones to start at 7.00am. The change in work hours would not slow down the construction process. It would not penalise the tradespeople working in the area. It is not proposed that trades people work longer hours. I am simply requesting Mosman Council considers having them work different hours. It is very, very seldom that work is currently carried out on a building site past 4.30pm.

Mosman has a very large proportion of the population over the age of 60 years which means there is a considerable amount of residents who may be in partial or complete retirement. Should those residents and others who may be more home-based ie families with small children not be entitled to some controls over the conduct of noise from construction? The constant unrelenting noise from development has an impact on whole households including pets. We are not living in a commercial zone nor are we living within an industrial estate.

Attention needs to be drawn to the undeniable increasing permissible over-development in this area. One of the many casualties of allowing so much overdevelopment in this area is the larger the house, the larger the excavation – the longer and louder the building work.

Balmoral Jac