UDIA Queensland

UDIA Awards do not seem thorough as I am very unsure/concerned as to why Harmony by Avid have received a National award for excellence for urban development. There are a wide variety of faults with the design of this community. As at the time of their Award, there is only one road in and out of the estate with one of the worst designed entrance roads I have seen. Unlike other developments where there is a greenery buffer between estate main roads and residential houses, Avid have built townhouses along the majority of this road, contributing to congestion and increased noise with thousands of cars that weave through the estate every day. There are also lengthy delays each morning and night driving into the estate due to the poor road infrastructure.
Additionally, there is a lack of shops within the estate; there is over 3,000 homes in Harmony already and yet there is not one grocery store, and no timeframe of when one will be built (or what will be built). Developers like Stockland have designed far better communities than Harmony by Avid and I sincerely do not believe they deserve a national award. I would love to hear how exactly they did...