Moorebank Intermodal Precinct West - Stage 2

I object to the proposal because of Diesel Particulate Matter
which is a threat to people and the environment

I object to this project.

16 November 2016

Moorebank Precinct West - Stage 2 Proposal
Application Number SSD 16_7709
Submission by Lorrae Lemond

There are many reasons why I believe that the proposed Moorebank Intermodal(s) should not go ahead. One of these reasons is that I believe this will mean a decrease in employment opportunities for Liverpool rather than increase. If there was a combination of different industries on this land there would be a much higher increase in employment for the area and that's what Liverpool needs.

The Stage 2 Proposal suggests that the operational workforce for the IMT facility will be approximately 40 people, for the warehousing area there will be approximately 1,200 full time equivalent staff and staff for the freight village would be a total of 25. This comes to a grand total of 1,265 staff for the Moorebank Precinct West.

If you look at a figure of 1,265 staff across the GFA (Gross Floor Area) of 224,712, which is stated in the proposal, that means there will be 177.64 square metres per person. As you will see from the table below you can achieve much higher employment per square metre with a mixture of businesses. There are only two industries noted below that employs less people per square metre than an intermodal.

Reference: http://sizztech.com/blog/2015/07/employment-density/
Town of Claremont, WA Australia
Claremont North-East Precinct Economic Review August 2008
The economic review of floor space, employment and expenditure within the Town of Claremont. The Town of Claremont commissioned Pracsys to produce this report. A summary of the Workspace Ratios from the review is provided below.
Industry Sector Sq mtr per Employee
Primary Industries/Rural 200
Manufacturing/Processing/Fabrication 59
Storage/Distribution 174
Service Industry 74
Shop Retail and Other Retail 36
Office/Business 27
Health/Welfare/Community Services 36
Entertainment/Recreation/Culture 85
Residential 279
Utilities/Communications 62


As surrounding land that is already occupied by many of the industries below is swallowed up by industries that support an intermodal, ie warehousing, etc this will mean a decrease in jobs for Liverpool when what we need is an increase in employment opportunities.

Please note that when I queried David of SIMTA on many occasions in August this year on a number of 7,700 jobs that was quoted in a newsletter, he was unable to give me any breakdown of these jobs and could only say the figures were based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data as well as direct jobs data and experience collected from similar transport and warehousing operations. I would imagine that this data would be out of date since processes are always being improved requiring more automation and less employees.

I would also like to quote an article on joc.com by Zoe Reynolds on 3 December 2015 which states "Moorebank will be Australia's first automated freight hub when it starts operating in 2017. The federal government is backing it with 360 million Australian dollars. It will have a capacity of 1.05 million import and export containers per year and 500,000 interstate freight containers." This means that figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics as well as similar transport and warehouse operations DO NOT APPLY.

I have tried to contact Alexandra Hopkins (contact at Arcadis) with some questions on the current proposal only to be flicked by her on to SIMTA who have not bothered to answer my questions. Not much assistance with `community consultation' I believe.

In summary - an intermodal will mean a decrease in jobs for Liverpool and this is only one of the reasons why the intermodal(s) should not be placed in Moorebank.

I have submitted my objection in PDF format below (document 1)
my acoustical engineer's report 2016 (document 2) my acoustical engineer's report from Stage 1 (2015)(document 3) and my town planning report (document 4)

November 2016

Moorebank Precinct West - Stage 2 Proposal
Application Number SSD 16_7709
Submission by Lorrae Lemond

I strongly object to the proposed Moorebank Intermodals for many reasons. I have particular concerns regarding traffic congestion, health, air pollution, noise pollution, negative job growth and negative impact to our flora and fauna. This submission is in relation to my concerns regarding light spill and the effect it will have on residents, flora and fauna. .

In Appendix T_VIA and Light Spill Report October 2016 it is mentioned in point 8.1 Introduction, that the external lighting at the Proposal site is provided by using metal halide lamps for the container yard and high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps for roadways and carparks. In "Guidelines for Good Exterior Lighting Plans - Dark Sky Society" www.darkskysociety.org/handouts/LightingPlanGuidelines.pdf it is stated "Metal Halide (due to its higher costs, energy use, impact on the environment, and greater contribution to "sky glow") is discouraged". Why then are the proponents planning to use this type of light which will contribute to "sky glow" and impact the environment, therefore, result in health problems for humans as well as local flora and fauna?

Effects of artificial light at night on human health: A literature review of observational and experimental studies applied to exposure assessment.
Cho Y1, Ryu SH1, Lee BR1, Kim KH1, Lee E2, Choi J1,2.

It has frequently been reported that exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) may cause negative health effects, such as breast cancer, circadian phase disruption and sleep disorders. Here, we reviewed the literature assessing the effects of human exposure to ALAN in order to list the health effects of various aspects of ALAN. Several electronic databases were searched for articles, published through August 2014, related to assessing the effects of exposure to ALAN on human health; these also included the details of experiments on such exposure. A total of 85 articles were included in the review. Several observational studies showed that outdoor ALAN levels are a risk factor for breast cancer and reported that indoor light intensity and individual lighting habits were relevant to this risk. Exposure to artificial bright light during the nighttime suppresses melatonin secretion, increases sleep onset latency (SOL) and increases alertness. Circadian misalignment caused by chronic ALAN exposure may have negative effects on the psychological, cardiovascular and/or metabolic functions. ALAN also causes circadian phase disruption, which increases with longer duration of exposure and with exposure later in the evening. It has also been reported that shorter wavelengths of light preferentially disturb melatonin secretion and cause circadian phase shifts, even if the light is not bright.


How Artificial Light Effects Mammals http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2015/release/how-artificial-light-effects-mammals
Light pollution in urban fringe areas is significantly affecting the breeding patterns of native Australian mammals, new La Trobe University research has found.
The groundbreaking research has revealed artificial night lighting has delayed the breeding season of Tammar Wallabies, which could severely reduce populations in years to come.
Researcher Kylie Robert, who is a senior lecturer in La Trobe's Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, said the findings could be applied to many species of nocturnal mammals.
"Light pollution is growing at a faster rate than any other human made disturbance and it's having an increasing impact on wildlife," Dr Robert said.
"Wildlife in urban areas and urban fringes are the most at risk. Studies have been conducted on birds before but to our knowledge, no study has ever examined the impacts of light pollution on the reproductive timing of wild mammals."
Mammals such as the wallaby are heavily dependent on light levels as seasonal indicators. Their breeding season is timed especially so offspring are born when food and water are in abundance for nursing mothers.
However, artificial night lighting affects the melatonin levels in mammals, which is their internal signal of when to reproduce.
More alarmingly, there is an increasing growth rate in the use of energy efficient LED lighting. Despite the energy-efficient benefits of LED's there is growing concern for their impacts on wildlife as they emit wavelengths in the blue spectra that further impact melatonin.
The delayed breeding season will see young born when there are reduced food sources, which would force malnourished mothers to abandon their offspring.
Dr Robert and her team coincidentally discovered the impacts while working on another project on Garden Island, WA. The island is home to a large Naval base, which is heavily lit during the night with artificial lighting.
The team observed that the wallabies living near the naval base entered their breeding season later than those wallabies living in natural bush land, free from artificial light.
"These results are very exciting because it means we can start mitigating the cause of the problem," Dr Robert said.
"We are currently working on developing wildlife friendly lighting which removes the blue wavelength light spectra in LED globes."
The article will be published in the Royal Society journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, on Wednesday 30 September.
Summary

Since it is believed that protected and highly endangered species such as swamp wallaby and the brush-tailed wallaby are present as well as other native species, this is of particular concern. These articles also show how light spill/artificial light affect human health. With projects such as the intermodal where there are already many health concerns associated with increase of pollution and noise 24 hours/7 days a week and artificial light/light spill only adds to these risks.

An intermodal slow close to residential areas will only mean disaster for the health of residents, flora and fauna.

my submission has been uploaded

Please see letter of support attached.

EPA's letter submission Re: Moorebank Precinct West - Stage 2

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Paul and Narelle van den Bos object to the Proposal on several grounds as outlined in the attached document

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