I am not in support of the Modifications to the Rye Park Wind Farm Development for the following reasons;
- The preferred Transport Route will affect me and the operations on my property. I do not believe that the roads that have been named are an appropriate choice for the amount and size of the traffic that will travel them. These are rural roads yes, but they are also residential. The school buses that travel these roads are likely to be on the roads at similar times to workers travelling to the site which poses an increased safety risk to our children. I also have to drove stock up and down the road at times and am concerned about the increased traffic on the road as I do this - it is dangerous enough without numerous vehicles travelling the road.
-I appreciate that there is a large amount of works to be completed on these roads to make them suitable for this amount of traffic but this will mean that all residents on these roads feel the effects of the development for even longer as the roadworks are completed. For this to happen there will be an even longer period where extra vehicles and heavy vehicles are on the road.
-Some of the variations proposed to the road affect farm owners.I know that land owners with their land marked for use have not yet had any communication or indication that this could be a possibility. I find it absurd that this could be published online in a report, yet not be brought to the attention of the landowner. This is the lack of consultation everyone is going on about.
-I am also concerned about the main street in Rye Park. The low power lines over the street would surely be too low for large vehicles, and to move them would create great inconvenience to the residents. I am concerned that if the large scale upgrades to the main street and turn onto the Rye Park/Boorowa Rd happen it will absolutely change the look of the town in an irreversible way changing it from the quiet rural setting it is now.
-My last concern is the size of the wind farms that are now proposed. The increase of 27% in height is very large and will make an impact on the viability of the entire project. I feel this is an unnecessary increase - and it means the reduction in the number of turbines was pointless if they were only to be replaced by higher turbines.

We are objecting to the changes to the height of the wind turbines at the Rye Park Wind farm and the use of our local streets for heavy vehicle traffic. These companies cannot keep moving the goalposts to their advantage. The height of the turbines was originally approved and they should not be able to change that in a whim. There are too many wind turbines as it is, and should be drastically reduced.

It is devastating enough that there will be a wind farm at all, let alone the disruption to our peaceful rural RESIDENTIAL village that we hope will not occur. We strongly object to any thought of allowing any type of trucks trundling through our village, and we are sure this would not be approved as a heavy vehicle route by the RMS by any stretch of the imagination.

The roads are barely capable of handling the low volume traffic of local residents let alone Heavy Combination & Heavy Rigid vehicles. We have a large number of people that enjoy quiet walks with their dogs & children so that any thought of having these vehicles using our local streets is ridiculous.

This wind farm should not have been approved in the first place. Any modifications should not be approved. The very thought of a government department approving any kind of project like this near a RURAL RESIDENTIAL VILLAGE speaks louder than words that it is these companies that the government are looking after, NOT the taxpayers and residents just trying to get quiet enjoyment out of life.

SHAME ON YOU.

Please find attached my submission to Modification 1 of the Rye Park Wind Farm and photos of our peoples land.

I object to the proposed increase in tip height from 157m to 200m and the impact on transport routes and the development corridor
I support the reduced number of turbines if they stay at 157m. I do not support reducing the quantity of turbines from 92 to 80 whilst increasing the height another 43m from from 157 to 200m.

Thank you for the opportunity for Hilltops Council to make a submission. Should you have difficulty accessing the attachment, please do not hesitate to contact myself on 63842536 or email [email protected]

Regards
Claire Scott