the impact on Barker Street from the construction of Newmarket was horrific. The constant passing of the trucks up and down Barker Street (a council ranger came to my house and witnessed approximately 9 trucks within 5 minutes of each other)
The wear and tear of the road (pot holes)
I complained to council to re-direct the trucks but to no avail until one day a truck pulled down the wires and caused a deadlock of traffic for hours.
Should this project go ahead, I would request that the trucks are re-routed to Rainbow Street via Willis Street as they would not need to use 2nd gear thus reducing the noise levels.