In a world which has been turned on its head over the last twelve months, if we have learned nothing it should be to protect our neighbourhoods, our sense of community and our precious, irreplaceable environments at all costs. Roads and concrete infrastructure should be at the bottom of our priority list. The focus instead should be in amazing first class public transport - bus networks that actually work and service the community, more ferry options and infrastructure which further enables people to work from home to enable families to balances their lives. This type of road / tunnel solution has no place in a community that values nature and connection with one another.
Please see my specific objections are set out in the attached letter.
Regards
Nicole

I am strongly against the Beaches Link project proceeding.
Kindly see the attachment for my full submission.

Refer attached submission

I am concerned about the environmental impacts on Manly dam, the major disruption to Balgowlah boys high school as well as the health impacts of the unfiltered smoke stacks. These are all significant concerns with long term consequences. No one of which seem to have been adequately addressed.
I am not opposed to progress and was initially keen on the idea of the tunnel but as the results of further studies into its impact have been released I have become increasingly concerned that the environmental and human cost greatly outweighs the minimal benefit to traffic flow.
If the government are keen to take this on and in the process create much needed jobs, perhaps it would be wiser to make the Spi bridge wider, and make it fit for purpose?

Dear NSW Government / Department of Transport and Planning,
I write to make a formal submission to express my objection for the Beaches Link tunnel. I am a resident of Balgowlah and from the knowledge I have acquired, I cannot support such as large infrastructure to be built in such a small, inlet suburb at Balgowlah/Seaforth . I reject the plan in its current form for the following reasons:
- Unfiltered ventilation of large high rise stacks in low density housing areas - too close to local schools St Cecilis, Seaforth Public, and Balgowlah Boys.
- No direct link consideraton to public transport. Where is consideration for public transport in this solution? I do not support increasing green house gases and believe this solution is not forward thinking in its planning.
- Where is the updated analysis on future traffic in the northern beaches?
- The effects to our local fauna and natural ecosystem around Burnt Bridge Creek.
- The effects to our local infrastructure. We are congested as it is - this will only increase.
- The effect to traffic up the northern beaches corridor - Brookvale, Dee Why, up to Avalon is already at choking point. This will only increase. This has not been considered.
I support transport solutions, but request there to be more input into developing a better plan that resolves the Spit / Mosman issue but is more future proof. You can do better surely?

Kind regards,
John A Campbell

I object to this project because I, and the entire population of NSW have not been informed as to how it will be funded, so the only people who need not be concerned about this are shareholders and employees of the Construction companies and private motorway operators. The rest of the state may or may not be thrown under a bus so to speak, and when they find out it will be too late to do anything about it.
At 14Billion and counting a toll wont cut it to fund the Beaches link and it could be non users will have to cough up. Here are some possibilities.
Raising the toll on the harbour bridge and SHT
Making cuts to public transport (buses and ferries) or raising fares
Tolling the free roads to pick up folk not using the tunnel.
Applying a congestion tax.
Getting NSW tax payers to chip in or by delaying expenditure such as pay rises for nurses, firefighters, paramedics etc, or cutting job numbers
Making cuts to education.
Also there are ways to increase toll revenue
Closing freeway exits used by motorists avoiding the tunnel
Creating traffic jams along alternatives to the tunnel (removal of clearways etc)
Approving more High rise development near the Beaches Hospital

Prior to contemplating the significant environmental impacts, there is no clear business case for this project and simply as such it should not proceed in its current state. And certainly a lack of consideration for public transport alternatives which should be presented side-by-side for the greatest benefit to the community.
The commute time saving on Military Rd is so small and will be quickly consumed by growth, leaving no net benefit, only a huge cost.
For those around Naremburn/Cammeray most impacted by the construction, there is not even the benefit of using this new road, it simply dislocates the community after forcing it to suffer the impacts of noise and traffic in construction and pollution thereafter. Important existing exits and access routes are removed, adding time to commutes and traffic, so net loss. And this is before the $14 billion cost (which will no doubt inflate)

From my reading of the EIS, if this project does unfortunately go ahead there are significant factors that need to be addressed
My family regularly goes for bushwalks from Willoughby Leisure Centre to Tunks Park. We already have limited green space and this area has been lovingly restored. I worry about how it will be destroyed by this project and lost to the community. The risk of contaminants seems a clear health risk.

My children attend local primary school at Cammeray Public which requires us to cross Brook St at Merrenburn Ave. There is already substantial traffic to get there in the morning, this will make it far worse and add the associated risk of 100s of heavy vehicles along the route causes heightened risk of accident

The risk from increased pollutants in the area is evident. This needs to be addressed through filtered tunnel stacks - a small price against the massive cost of destroying the environment