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As someone who will be working in this building, I am concerned about the inadequacy of the bicycle facilities in the new building, including safe access to these facilities. End of trip facilities need to be increased given the size of the building and the number of staff that will be working there, I suggest at least 50 secure bicycle spaces are required, plus 20-30 short term rails that are visible and easily found. Facilities should be similar to those in the recent Westmead Institute building.

I have worked at CHW for eight years now traveling by bicycle or public transport and have a good understanding of the 150 plus staff that already regularly ride to work through my role in co-convening the bicycle user group. Given the significant bicycle infrastructure investment that is occurring around the Westmead Area, the number of staff choosing this method of commuting will only increase.

While the proposed building seems to have good public transport integration, the same cannot be said for bicycle access. There appears to be no access from Hawkesbury Rd yet the initial precinct plans showed a shared path linking with the proposed Toongabbie Creek path. Perhaps bicycle parking and end of trip facilities can be integrated into the forecourt area.

Key issue of objection to Acute services Building proposal
As with the raft of further development of the westmead medical campus and especially the acute services building hinges on transport infrastructure being part of the upgrade process.
The EIS specifically highlights the catastrophe that is being perpetrates on Westmead Hospitals.
What is the point of having NSW largest Hospital campus, that impossible to safely access by Foot or vehicle.

This issue of constructing this new unsustainable Medical infrastructure from the point of the traffic infrastructure that exist back in 1980's that not ben upgrade to keep pace with the precincts redevelopment.

Table 5.5 of the transport report again highlights that at peak the intersections on Hawkesbury road are operating in excess of capacity.
Then the report says that the redevelopment is not considered to be responsible for this situation.

This continues to be swept under the carpet in all the Westmead Medical and associated developments

This EIS again reinforces that Heath NSW built the Hospital Campus and the Hospital campus is the generator of the traffic situation but again there is no ownership of the consequences of this continued expansion.
So it's the local residents and users of the campus that everyday struggle to to navigate safely through the road network and lack of pedestrian facilities.
The report cites the building of a underpass for pedestrians to the railway station. But all the current EIS and DA's submitted for the sites specifically exclude the building of such a facility.

So the acute services building will have many of it patients coming as a direct result of this issue being swept under the carpet, once again.

Hawkesbury road South of the Railway line is a substandard access way to M4 and with its upgrade and the large catchment for employee's coming from suburbs south of Westmead and adjoining areas.
The situation is and will continue to be in peak period gridlock

The modelling post 2020 points to NON action option being adopted, and ambulances being stuck in traffic on Hawkesbury road during school peak.

The siting of the Northmead Ambulance superstation will add to greater use of Hawkesbury road through to mad mile to the M4 and the alternate route via Bridge road is at best primitive.

I don't support and increase in the existing Westmead Hospital precinct, especially upgrade proposed for the Acute Services Building, without:
1 a concurrent upgrade in the transport network along the full length of Hawkesbury road.
2. The construction of the pedestrian underpass to Westmead Heavy Rail station.
3. The commitment to upgrading access back to Parramatta CBD along Alexander Ave to 4 lanes of traffic . This should include a grade separated pathway for both bus and emergency vehicles from Darcy st to Alexandra ave at current boundary point of Parramatta Park Cumberland/ Parramatta LGA boundary

I would like to request that adequately sized purpose-built end of trip facilities for cyclists are provided in the new Westmead Acute Services Building and central precinct building (i.e. safe, secure, easily and safely accessible, close to work and co-located with showers and lockers).
I suggest a minimum of 50 secure bike spaces and 10-20 general use bike parking.
Infrastructure for cyclists needs to be fully incorporated into an active transport plan for the whole of Westmead Health precinct,not just this central building.