While the project contains significant positives for active travel users, it also contains significant flaws, and I am unable to support the project in its current form until thorough consultation with active travel stakeholders is completed and the issues are addressed.
Details are provided in the attached submission.

I object on the following grounds:
- unfiltered stacks. Gladys herself objected to the use of these in the Lane Cove Tunnel, calling the filtration of stacks “ethically right in the interests of health”. Apparently she’s changed her tune and they’re fine to use here on the northern beaches. I find this tantamount to saying it is ok to poison people if it doesn't kill them immediately. It is easy to make this decision to have unfiltered smoke stacks when you are not the one breathing it - If this was in YOUR suburb you would not agree to unfiltered stacks. I also find it absurd that there is an unfiltered stack in the middle of a planned sports precinct!
- pollution of harbour as a result of dredging releasing contaminants. This may mean we no longer can safely use beaches such as clontarf, plus 428,000 litres of waste water pumped into Queenscliff each day may make this an unusable area also.
- destruction of habitat - they have detailed 23 species under threat in the EIS but there will be many more. Burnt Brudge Creek will probably dry up due to a potential 96% reduction in water flow!
- vibration and construction noise that residents will be subjected to over a 7 year period
Attachments

OBJECTION TO NORTHERN BEACHES TUNNEL-
To Whom it may concern,
I strongly object to the Northern Beaches Tunnel proposal on environmental , spiritual and financial grounds.
This will be a massive disaster with close to 2000 trees being removed, 6 foot ,unfiltered smoke stacks that will see the increase in sickness and poor air quality. The Government should be promoting less cars on the road and fewer carbon emissions.
Certain wildlife at Manly Dam will become extinct, local flying fox and Bat colonies will be destroyed when they have vital roles to play.
Green space is precious and should be respected and protected...the character of Manly and the whole of the Northern Beaches will be ruined.
This is a terrifying, greatly upsetting prospect that needs to be stamped out now.
I hoping the decision makers have compassion, a soul and a conscience.
Thankyou for your time.
Regards
Nicole Warner

It is completely unacceptable to build this project with two unfiltered smoke stacks in the middle of the community and especially so close to schools. While it might be 'permitted' under current legislation and guidelines, it is certainly not best practice and the local residents deserve better air quality outcomes.

Hello,
I tried to submit via the website link but that is not working due to ‘site maintenance’ so please find below my submission in regards to the Beaches Link and Gore Hill Freeway Connection - Application SSI-8862

As a parent of 2 students currently attending Northern Beaches Secondary College – Balgowlah Boys Campus I express my strong concern in regards to the construction of the above
As you are aware, the Balgowlah Boys campus is positioned directly adjacent to the proposed building site and will be severely negatively impacted by the proposed construction in regards to:
- excessive noise and vibration during construction: imagine sitting in a classroom for 6-7 hours every day trying to concentrate and listen to your teachers while around you there is constant and daily excessive noise of heavy machinery and trucks. The students will not be able to hear the teachers, will not be able to concentrate on their work and it will negatively impact on their mental well-being.
- Lack of open and physical activity space: Balgowlah Boys Campus currently utilises the Balgowlah Oval for their recess and lunch breaks as well as PE and sports classes and while the proposal states the oval will be relocated the noise, there will be some time before the relocation is finalised leaving the 1200 students without large open space as this oval is the only large open space the school has access to. Dust and vibration at this site will also have a detrimental impact on the health and wellbeing of the boys and teachers using Balgowlah Oval during construction.
- Excessive traffic congestion: which impacts the safety as well as punctuality of students trying to get to school on time
- Air quality: due to dust emissions from earthworks and demolitions, the health of students and teachers and staff will be compromised. These dust emissions might also contain contaminants (from contaminated soil) and additionally the exhaust from the increased traffic congestion around the school as well as the additional traffic of trucks (1,195 light truck movements, and 495 heavy truck per day!) and heavy machinery using diesel and other fuels, the concentration of airborne particle matter, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds will also heavily impact the air quality. After completion of the project, the location of the tunnel ventilation outlet would also greatly impact the air quality for the students and staff of the school if it remains unfiltered

It is my understanding the school’s P&C have put together a proposal for TfNSW and as a concerned parent and local, I urge TfNSW to adopt their mitigative measures to ensure the health, amenity and safety of the Balgowlah Boys school students, teachers, staff and the wider community.

I object strongly to the Beaches Link EIS because of the devastating impact it will have on our green space and parkland in the North Sydney LGA, the pollution it will create, and the traffic impacts, all of which will severely erode the quality of life of local residents.

A permanent Works Depot will be constructed at the southern end of Cammeray Park, adjacent to Ernest Street. It will be a six story structure occupying 2.6 hectares - which is approximately 3 soccer fields - of current parkland, a very scarce resource in the NS LGA.

A seven story emission stack, unfiltered, will be constructed in Anzac Park, opposite Anzac Park Public School.

There will be traffic gridlock. The following intersections will fail during peak hours:
- West & Amherst Streets.
- Miller & Amherst Streets.
- Miller & Ernest Streets.
- Miller & Falcon Streets.
- Miller & Berry Streets.

Furthermore, the traffic situation will undermine the safety of school children who cross at these intersections during peak hours.

Dear Katherine,

I understand the portal for feedback has crashed and that the Senior Planning Office wil manually input feedback.

Our main concern is the fact that trucks will be ferrying construction waste every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day up Sydney and Frenchs Forest Roads.

Even where we are in Kempbridge Avenue, the trucks carrying the waste from the initial road works along Burnt Bridge Creek Deviation and Hope Street Playground woke us up and kept us awake – and those trucks were only a small amount of time in the early hours of each morning, for a matter of months not years.

It is unfair to residents in the whole Hope Street / Kempbridge Ave / Frenchs Forest Rd to be having heavy trucks moving up that road at night.

(Also, of course, many of us now work from home during the day.)

Can we suggest a few shifts when a caravan of trucks might move away the waste: leaving 10pm-6am for sleeping. And perhaps a rest day on Sunday.

I object on the following grounds:
- unfiltered stacks. Gladys herself objected to the use of these in the Lane Cove Tunnel, calling the filtration of stacks “ethically right in the interests of health”. Apparently she’s changed her tune and they’re fine to use here on the northern beaches. I find this tantamount to saying it is ok to poison people if it doesn't kill them immediately. If this was in YOUR suburb you would not agree to unfiltered stacks
- pollution of harbour as a result of dredging releasing contaminants. This may mean we no longer can safely use beaches such as clontarf, plus 428,000 litres of waste water pumped into Queenscliff each day may make this an unusable area also.
- destruction of habitat - they have detailed 23 species under threat in the EIS but there will be many more. Burnt Brudge Creek will probably dry up due to a potential 96% reduction in water flow!
- vibration and construction noise that residents will be subjected to over a 7 year period