To whom it may concern, attached is my submission regarding the North Star to Border Inland Rail Project. I would like to thank you for your time in allowing me to respond to the project and voice my concerns and comments. I wish you all the best with your adjudication on this matter.
Sincerely Robert Mackay 'Budleigh' Boggabilla NSW - Affected landholder

I support the project but the E.I.S. concerns must be addressed.

My objection to the NS2B alignment selection and the associated problems it will cause are listed in my attachment.

Please see attached submission

The North Star to Border Inland Rail EIS fails to address the serious safety implications of the rail crossings proposed for the road approximately 10 kilometres north of North Star at thee properties Ohmi and Wearne (a further 14 kilometres north)
Governments have been trying to eliminate level crossings for some time and the safety implications for these two intersections have not been addressed.
Any Traffic count that has been done in the last 3 years does not reflect the true volumes of traffic as the district has had the 3 lowest production levels in living memory.
When Inland Rail is running, vehicles travelling north through North Star will have already crossed the railway line up to 3 times. This will lead to traffic pileups and driver frustration especially behind the bigger road trains at harvest time.
The solution to this problem is simply to keep the road to the east of the railway line from 'Ohmi' through to 'Wearne'. The cost to do this is estimated at $7 Million for the 14 km of new road (A shire council estimate).
There will be a saving of around $1m in level crossing costs, and more importantly lives will be saved as the existing road has several blind corners and several deceptive inclines.
Bottom line is, lives will be saved and in the scheme of things $7m is nothing when there is a project with a budget of $11 Billion plus.
The road is an essential thoroughfare for the entire district and is also a school bus route. Please do not dismiss this request as our community is most anxious that this oversight is rectified.
Signed
Alan Pearlman
For and on behalf of the North Star, Croppa Creek and Yallaroi District