CHANGES to Jamberoo Action Park's $30 million Kangaroo Island design have been submitted to Kiama Council for approval and residents have until Friday, January 20 to comment.
Alterations include changing the colours of some of the rides and buildings from recessive colours to yellow, orange and light blue, the size of the irrigation area and a request to relax conditions for the occupational certificate so not all landscaping needs to be completed before some parts of the development become operational.
Jroo Forum member Roger Lyle said the community lobby group had several concerns.
"We're supporting the Joint Regional Planning Panel's decision on the colour scheme," he said.
"This is a rural location of scenic beauty and the proposed colour scheme doesn't fit - there's one colour scheme for everyone else in the valley and they want their own colour scheme."
Jamberoo Action Park general manager Dax Eddy said the only rides visible from outside the park would be the Behemoth Bowl ride and the Tornado Ride - both of which will be built in browns and charcoals.
"Our experts say these are as earthy and recessive as you can get - the brighter colours on the colour board will only be visible within the park," he said.
The capacity of the park will decrease from 17,257 to 12,500 a day under the expansion plans because the recycled water irrigation area has been reduced from 3.35 hectares to two hectares.
"There is no mention of how they are going to cap the numbers because a system can only handle so many people in a day and it might be a hazard," Mr Lyle said.
"What happens after the 12,500th person enters?"
Mr Lyle said the operational plan for traffic management went some way to address traffic impact, which has been a long-held concern for Jamberoo residents, but electronic signage was needed when the park was full.
"There are manual signs at the Albion Park roundabout and could be turned into electronic signs," he said.
"It would be better stoppng people at Albion Park because there's no point being directed through Jamberoo and Kiama."
Mr Eddy said the numbers would be capped and the electronic sign option had already been explored, but said would not work because there was no one on hand at Albion Park to direct traffic.
"We've got a circulation roadway and we've worked with the RMS and the council on a strategy if we need to close," he said.
"There's going to be 14 hectares of carpark for traffic to safely transition and traffic experts have said it is safer to do it this way."
In response to the park's request to relax the landscaping requirements, Mr Lyle said the forum was concerned the landscaping, crucial to screen the park from the rest of the valley, might never be completed.
"Also in the updated artist's impression, there is much more vegetation than the original so we don't know whether it will look like that or whether they've taken artistic licence," he said.
Mr Eddy said the landscaping would reflect the artist's impression.
"The development will go ahead in stages so if we landscape an area before we build the ride, we won't be able to get in there to build it, which doesn't make sense," he said.
"The impression seems to be that relaxing the condition will mean less landscaping, which is incorrect."
Documents for the proposal are available from the council chambers and limited documents are available online.
To obtain links, email Mr Lyle at rogerlyle@1earth.net.
The council will accept submissions until Friday, January 20 by post to the General Manager, Kiama Council, PO Box 75, Kiama 2533 or by email to council@kiama.nsw.gov.au. A political donation declaration form must accompany the submission.
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