The Traffic Impact Assessment at Figure 2-3 shows "Schematic of Italia Road intersection with Pacific Highway." There are differences between that diagram when compared to the photograph on the cover page of the TIA and the intersection shown on Google Earth.

The intersection is a dangerous one, whichever turn out of Italia Road is desired, due to the turning Italia Rd. vehicle's limited sight distance to the south of northbound Highway traffic. The speed of the northbound traffic coupled with the time likely to be taken of laden quarry trucks exiting Italia Rd to execute a turn may lead to undesirable consequences.

Eagleton Ridge Respite Centre (E.R.R.C.) is a centre dedicated to people with a disability and their carers.E.R.R.C. commenced its operations in 2000 and has grown exponentially with a client portfolio of over 3500 people,employing 23 staff.There are 3 facets to E.R.R.C.

1) Permanent accommodation for 6 people housed in 2 units.These clients are high support and are staffed around the clock.This is located on the property which is 10 hectares and is noted as a SENSITIVE receiver located approx. 1000 metres from the proposed above Quarry.

2)Respite Accommodation for up to 7 people located at another facility in the town of Raymond Terrace.This is not on the property at Six Mile Rd,however the clients who use this facility in the town also use the farm for day activities interacting with animals and using the fully equipped activity centre located on the farm.

3) E.R.R.C. conducts fully supported tours for its clients both in Australia and overseas.The tours are popular and are a growing facet of the business.

E.R.R.C. deals with Commonwealth,State and Local Council providers and Departments.We are a unique business in many ways however its the Farm that is the hub of the business and we rely on the environment that a rural setting provides.To this end we are concerned at the issues that we would be dealing with regarding the Quarry proposal considering its close proximity to the farm.In this regard we are considering using the services of a professional environmental consultant to help us with a submission re the proposed Quarry.We are of the opinion that an extension to the submission period is required so that we can prepare a suitable submission which would detail our concerns stating what we consider would be the negative aspects to E.R.R.C. from the proposed Quarry.We would like the period extended for an extra month,considering the fact that we have existed here for 17 years and built this business for the disabled community and provide employment for our staff.The 128 page E.I.S document submitted by the proponent has taken quite some time to prepare (years) so in the context of that,we feel that asking for an extra month should not be an imposition to the proponent nor the DOP.We request 1 extra month from the end date of the current submission period so that we may formulate a detailed submission of our own in response to the proposed Quarry. Thank you.

Eagleton Ridge Respite Centre (E.R.R.C.) comprising its owners Vince and Belinda Furlonger and all its employees.
Dale Williams
Maureen Bloemers
Emma Mcdonald
Neill Flaherty
Eric Furlonger
Tammy Mcdonald
Melanie Blue
Paige Sneddon
Heidi Mascord
Lee-Anne West
Laraine Turner
Natasha Redriff
Kerry Bockman
Robyn Cameron
Gabby Hickling
Gillian Hickling
Gail Flaherty
Ellen Sheehan
Drew Denholm
Amelia Lodge.
OBJECT to the proposal to build the Eagleton Hard Rock Quarry. I (Vince Furlonger) have completed assessing the 128 page report submitted by the developers of the quarry.Considering the fact that we provide a service to our general community,and disable community as well as having a responsibility to our employees,we have noted the response in an email from Team Leader Michelle Kirkman to myself dated 24/02/17. As per this email, I lodge this submission on behalf of E.R.R.C. stating our objection and wish to further detail and clarify our reasons for this objection within 2 weeks of the deadline (06/03/17) for public exhibition. Thus E.R.R.C. and its staff members individually,will submit their reasons for objection within this 2 week timeframe i.e by 20/03/17.

Each staff member will be briefed on the developers documentation and will provide their own personal response accordingly no later than 20/03/17. This also includes Belinda and Vince Furlonger as owners and employees and Belinda Furlonger as Director on behalf of E.R.R.C.

Kind Rgds Vince Furlonger E.R.R.C.

Submission to Sydney Metro - Sydenham to Bankstown - Mod 1 - Bankstown Station
Regarding the Revised station design for Bankstown Station. Includes the provision of a new north-south connection across the rail corridor between Appian Way and Restwell Street. From Mathew Hounsell - June 2020
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a Transport Analyst and Planner. I was asked to address the NSW Legislative Council to Transport & Customer Service Committee Inquiry regarding the Sydenham to Bankstown Metro Conversion. I have worked extensively on projects with Sydney Trains including on the Responsive Passenger Information System designed for customer congestion management at Town Hall and other important interchange stations.

I will be brief, as I only saw this proposed change on the day submissions closed.

Firstly, the proposed bike parking area is too small. The northern commuter car park only has space for 50 cars, a tiny fraction of possible demand. Central Bankstown is too be redeveloped as Transit-Oriented Developments. Therefore, 40 car spaces should be retained for disabled passengers, and the space on the west of the driveway should be converted to secure covered bike parking. This would significantly increase the station’s passenger catchment.

Secondly, the proposed design risks negative interactions due to key features of passenger behaviour in Sydney. This design will ensure that there is crowding and congestion at the ticket gates. Sydney residents locate themselves on trains to minimise walking distance. Thus, the front carriages of arriving trains and metros will fill with passengers. In addition, at other stations on the network, passengers will move to board the front carriages causing congestion. This is not a theoretical problem; it is a practical problem that constantly causes delays across the Sydney Trains network. This is a fundamental of station design, and it is confounding to see that in NSW this fundamental is still ignored.

In addition, there the revised design shown no emergency exit at the edges of the station, even though those were shown in the original design.

Since passengers minimise their walking distance and most passengers in Sydney walk less than 800 metres. One entrance in the middle of the station would unduly limit the station’s passenger catchment.

Therefore, to 1) reduce crowding, congestion, and delays, 2) improve fire and life safety, and 3) increase patronage; I would recommend the instillation of exits on the eastern end of the metro station. These eastern exits would allow quick exit in the event of an emergency. These eastern exits would spread passengers more evenly on the trains. These eastern exits would attract passengers from further afield and connect all passengers quickly to more locations. These eastern exits might allow some bus stops to be relocated to improve network efficiency.

Since the owners of Bankstown Central, Canterbury-Bankstown Council, and the Department of Planning are all planning to redevelop and increase the density of Bankstown Central and surrounding commercial properties ,the developers may be interested in contributing to the cost of these exits for increased foot-traffic.
Similarly, an exit onto Bankstown City Plaza from the Train platform would increase safety, reduce congestion, and increase the catchment area.

Please see the attached diagram. If the project team would like me to explain this in further detail, please contact me.

Sincerely,
Mathew Hounsell

I strongly support this project, it is crucial to the development of this city and the evolution of transport in this country. we cant wait to continue to work on and alongside the government on this project.

It misses out huge swathes of population just to the east of parramatta, including the massive university there! most of the planned stops appear to be where there are train stations anyway, how is this fair? get rid of the stop at the Star casino and tell Packer to pay some tax while your at it. It seems ridiculous that you'll funnel people to the pokies but not to work or university.

EAGLE PARTNERS
TRANSPORT CONSULTANTS
21 ST. GEORGES CRESCENT, DRUMMOYNE, NSW, 2047


BANKSTOWN STATION MODIFICATION
MODIFICATION REPORT – MAY 2020
APPLICATION – SSI-8256-Mod-1
PROPONENT – SYDNEY METRO
f – MetroBtown5-20
To-
Secretary
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
via Major Projects website - https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/IAC/0_c4J8YBXPy486yZyiOGNA%5B%5B*/!STANDARD?pzPostData=808329158

Dear Sir,
Submission No – SUB – 11529

In the Sydney press of 21 May 2020, a Sydney Metro display advertisement invited public submissions on a proposal to modify the design of an already-approved upgrade of Bankstown railway station to “Metro” standards. The closing date for submissions was 4 June 2020. This submission is in response to that advertisement.

1 – We query why it is planned to diverge the Metro tracks at their western end AT THIS POINT IN TIME. (The possible need to diverge the tracks for the extension of Metro at some future time is acknowledged). Keeping the tracks close together would provide a solution to Item 2....

2 – The circulation space for passengers at the western end of the Metro platforms appears to be grossly inadequate, at about 4 metres wide, for the contra-flowing streams of passengers leaving a just-terminated Metro train, and those persons attempting to approach the same train for boarding. Keeping the tracks close together would solve this problem by enabling a substantial widening of each Metro platform.

3 – In order to minimise travel times for Metro passengers, provision should be made for Metro passengers to enter and exit both Metro platforms at their eastern end. (Initial promotions for Sydney Metro, circa 2011, made much of the need to minimise door-to-door travel times in order to make Metro attractive. That ideal seems to have slipped off the policy agenda.)

4 – Passenger transfer between Metro and Sydney Trains' services would be greatly enhanced by the provision of a gate-free, “paid-area” over- or under-pass between the Metro platforms and Sydney Trains' platforms. It could substantially reduce pedestrian congestion in the public space connecting The Appian Way and Restwell Street

We have made no declarable political donation in the past 2 years.

Yours sincerely,

Kevin Eadie
Partner
Eagle Partners
21 St Georges Cres.
Drummoyne, NSW, 2047.

26 May 2020.

The proposal to redesign Bankstown Station as part of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest is the NSW Government acting in defiance of the Legislative Council Inquiry into the Sydenham to Bankstown conversion. The Inquiry report released on 9 April 2020 explicitly recommends that the Sydney Metro Southwest (Sydenham to Bankstown) project not proceed. The Parliamentary Inquiry also noted that the case for converting for Sydenham to Bankstown has not been properly made.

This proposal for Bankstown Station is also another missed opportunity to address community questions about future transport services for the west of Bankstown especially with the proposed extension of Metro Southwest to Liverpool. Simply put the design of Bankstown Station is incompatible with Sydney Trains (heavy rail) services and the Metro to Liverpool.

The NSW Government should explain its proposal to extend the Metro from Bankstown to Liverpool, and announce which properties will be acquired for the route. Unless the proposal is to acquire thousands of homes through Bankstown, Condell Park, Georges, Hall, Chipping Norton, Liverpool for an above ground Metro line, it's very likely that the Metro would be underground with a tunnel dive site west of Bankstown Station (likely resulting in the demolition of the Bankstown Arts Centre).

As Transport for NSW and Sydney Metro have ruled out the construction of an underground Bankstown Metro Station, the issue of how Bankstown can have both Sydney Trains (heavy rail) and Metro services to Liverpool in future must be answered. There is also the longer term question of allocating (underground) space for the Parramatta to Kogarah via Bankstown line.

The proposed overbridge between Appian Way and Restwell Street fails to adequately allow for future expansion of the station in housing 4 platforms (2 islands side by side). A 4 platformed Bankstown Station (in a widened rail corridor) would be required for Sydney Trains (heavy rail) to stop at the station and for Sydney Metro services to stop at the station before proceeding underground towards Liverpool. A Sydenham Station style cross platform track plan at Bankstown Station would be needed if Metro were to continue to Liverpool from Bankstown.

While north-south connectivity is enhanced in the Bankstown CBD, the proposal for an overbridge between Appian Way and Restwell Street is not future focused enough and would appear to be creating obstacles for future expansion of Bankstown Station. If the NSW Government is actually committed to providing Sydney Trains (heavy rail) services for commuters to Bankstown from Lidcombe, Berala, Regents Park, Sefton, Chester Hill, Leightonfield, Villawood, Carramar, Cabramatta, Warwick Farm, Liverpool, Birrong and Yagoona then the Department of Planning/Transport for NSW should first explain how it plans to extend the Metro from Bankstown to Liverpool.

The NSW Government is urged to prioritise investment in upgrading digital signalling across the Sydney Trains (heavy rail) Network instead of converting Sydenham to Bankstown into Metro Southwest, and to restore the Inner West Line (City to Liverpool via Regents Park and City to Bankstown via Regents Park).

Belmore 2192 rejects the project as Belmore2192 does not support the SW Metro.

I personally supporting this great project and i am looking forward to seeing the New Southwest Bankstown Metro Line operating well in 2024