Eris Hess
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Eris Hess
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ROZELLE
,
New South Wales
Message
I request RMS work with the community to explore alternate design options to the proposed new car overpass design and the changed pedestrian and cyclist links. I am seeking the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink to create a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore. The GreenLink was more than just a walk way - it put people central to the design, maximising safety, and providing much needed accessible open space for the community now and into the future Bays Precinct design.
I am requesting RMS put people back into the plan – I want you to reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056. Work with the community to design a feasible option that brings the best elements from the approved EIS design into the modification.
My key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
● The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic along Johnson Street.
● Being required to cross five sets of pedestrian lights at The Crescent as my option to reach the foreshore from Annandale or from Rozelle light rail stop.
● Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station.
● Urban and landscape design that is being built before a finalised Masterplan for the area.
● Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
Alongside these issues my other concerns include:
My submission is asking RMS and the Project Team to:
● Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park.
● Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct.
● Design the modification infrastructure and active links in response to the character of the suburbs, the location of the foreshore and it’s potential future development.
● Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force us onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways.
● Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport – including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf.
I am requesting RMS put people back into the plan – I want you to reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056. Work with the community to design a feasible option that brings the best elements from the approved EIS design into the modification.
My key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
● The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic along Johnson Street.
● Being required to cross five sets of pedestrian lights at The Crescent as my option to reach the foreshore from Annandale or from Rozelle light rail stop.
● Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station.
● Urban and landscape design that is being built before a finalised Masterplan for the area.
● Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
Alongside these issues my other concerns include:
My submission is asking RMS and the Project Team to:
● Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park.
● Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct.
● Design the modification infrastructure and active links in response to the character of the suburbs, the location of the foreshore and it’s potential future development.
● Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force us onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways.
● Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport – including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf.
Sallie Beaumont
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Sallie Beaumont
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LILYFIELD
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New South Wales
Message
16th September 2019
Director, Transport Assessments Planning Services
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
GPO Box 39 Sydney, NSW 2001
Re: Application: SSI -7485 -Mod-2
Dear Director of Transport Assessments Planning Services,
We are Lilyfield residents who are dismayed to learn of a proposed modification to the M4-M5 Link in the form of a car overpass being fitted into the Rozelle Interchange at the expense of the GreenLink that was promised to the community. We are writing to express our opposition to this and to explain why we think it is a terrible idea.
The original plan put to the community and which gained overwhelming support was to create a pedestrian and cyclist GreenLink that would provide safe, continuous and direct access to the foreshore. By removing this from the Rozelle Interchange plan not only has the community been misled and betrayed but the modification will create dangerous and tricky situations whereby pedestrians will have to cross four sets of lights to reach the foreshore while cyclists have to navigate a 120 metre intersection in front of a three-lane tunnel. This is not only a thoughtless design, but it completely cuts the community off from the foreshore with an ugly car overpass ripping through the heart of the neighbourhood.
What do we want? We seek the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink to create a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore. The GreenLink is more than just a walk way — it puts people central to the design while maximising safety, and provides much needed accessible open space for the community now and into the future Bays Precinct design.
Our key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
• The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic on adjacent streets;
• Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station;
• Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
Alongside these issues our other concerns include:
• Increased pollution and loss of green space. We were promised everything would be underground and now we are being shown a different reality with a proposed overpass that will eat away at much-needed open space while adding an eyesore to the landscape (on top of the three smokestacks that will already be a blight on the neighbourhood);
• Increased traffic and bottlenecks on Victoria Road if the Crescent and Victoria Road are directly linked.
We ask RMS and the Project Team to:
• Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park;
• Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct;
• Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force us onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways;
• Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport — including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf.
Please immediately put people back into the plan and reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056.
We are confident that you will consider our submission and all those from other concerned members of the affected suburbs to work with the community to reinstate people at the heart of the design. Rozelle, Lilyfield, Annandale, Glebe and Forest Lodge are bearing the brunt of the Rozelle Interchange and we rest optimistic that the RMS will work to ensure that the GreenLink, in the form it was promised, will be reinstated for the benefit of the community.
Yours Sincerely,
Sallie Beaumont & Duncan Thomas
Lilyfield NSW 2040
Director, Transport Assessments Planning Services
Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
GPO Box 39 Sydney, NSW 2001
Re: Application: SSI -7485 -Mod-2
Dear Director of Transport Assessments Planning Services,
We are Lilyfield residents who are dismayed to learn of a proposed modification to the M4-M5 Link in the form of a car overpass being fitted into the Rozelle Interchange at the expense of the GreenLink that was promised to the community. We are writing to express our opposition to this and to explain why we think it is a terrible idea.
The original plan put to the community and which gained overwhelming support was to create a pedestrian and cyclist GreenLink that would provide safe, continuous and direct access to the foreshore. By removing this from the Rozelle Interchange plan not only has the community been misled and betrayed but the modification will create dangerous and tricky situations whereby pedestrians will have to cross four sets of lights to reach the foreshore while cyclists have to navigate a 120 metre intersection in front of a three-lane tunnel. This is not only a thoughtless design, but it completely cuts the community off from the foreshore with an ugly car overpass ripping through the heart of the neighbourhood.
What do we want? We seek the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink to create a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore. The GreenLink is more than just a walk way — it puts people central to the design while maximising safety, and provides much needed accessible open space for the community now and into the future Bays Precinct design.
Our key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
• The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic on adjacent streets;
• Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station;
• Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
Alongside these issues our other concerns include:
• Increased pollution and loss of green space. We were promised everything would be underground and now we are being shown a different reality with a proposed overpass that will eat away at much-needed open space while adding an eyesore to the landscape (on top of the three smokestacks that will already be a blight on the neighbourhood);
• Increased traffic and bottlenecks on Victoria Road if the Crescent and Victoria Road are directly linked.
We ask RMS and the Project Team to:
• Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park;
• Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct;
• Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force us onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways;
• Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport — including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf.
Please immediately put people back into the plan and reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056.
We are confident that you will consider our submission and all those from other concerned members of the affected suburbs to work with the community to reinstate people at the heart of the design. Rozelle, Lilyfield, Annandale, Glebe and Forest Lodge are bearing the brunt of the Rozelle Interchange and we rest optimistic that the RMS will work to ensure that the GreenLink, in the form it was promised, will be reinstated for the benefit of the community.
Yours Sincerely,
Sallie Beaumont & Duncan Thomas
Lilyfield NSW 2040
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BERRIMA
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New South Wales
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I have only just been made aware of this proposal and request an extension of time of two weeks to evaluate the proposal and its impact
Jocelyn Prasad
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Jocelyn Prasad
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ANNANDALE
,
New South Wales
Message
Dear Director Transport Assessments Planning Services,
I am a resident of Annandale, NSW. My family and I are concerned about the proposed changes to the Greenlink plan. I write regarding the proposed modification to M4-M5 Link, Mod 2 The Crescent overpass and changes to pedestrian infrastructure in North Annandale, Rozelle and Rozelle Bay Foreshore area.
We love this area. Please don’t let it become a featureless, dangerous, concrete spaghetti junction.
My family and neighbours feel that we are about to be trapped in a small triangle of land locked by major road arteries. We are already affected by the increase of traffic interrupting our use of our suburb since the opening of the M4 tunnel at Haberfield, with long queues of traffic on roads that previously flowed freely. We can no longer cross CityWestLink to or from Annandale or Leichhardt without significant delays at any point between Catherine Street and Darley Rd. We are afraid that RMS will allow the next phase of the Westconnex at Rozelle to turn the area into an enormous spaghetti junction and that would be a terrible mistake for NSW.
We want better planning for the next phase, and desperately want RMS to maintain our local links between Annandale and Rozelle. It would be wonderful if you can manage the expansion of the road traffic without destroying the links we have between our communities and locations. For example, we love to take our dog to Jubilee Park at Annandale, but fear that this will be further restricted if the Johnston St/ Crescent overpass goes ahead. We often walk, cycle or drive between these suburbs, and this area is vibrant and beautiful. We use the shops and parks, meet friends and take part in community events in this area. Please look after it.
In addition, I fully endorse the Rozelle and Annandale Foreshore Community letter.
I request RMS work with the community to explore alternate design options to the proposed new car overpass design and the changed pedestrian and cyclist links. I am seeking the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink to create a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore. The GreenLink was more than just a walk way - it put people central to the design, maximising safety, and providing much needed accessible open space for the community now and into the future Bays Precinct design.
I am requesting RMS put people back into the plan – I want you to reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056. Work with the community to design a feasible option that brings the best elements from the approved EIS design into the modification.
My key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
● The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic along Johnson Street.
● Being required to cross five sets of pedestrian lights at The Crescent as my option to reach the foreshore from Annandale or from Rozelle Bay light rail stop.
● Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station.
● Urban and landscape design that is being built before a finalised Masterplan for the area.
● Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
My submission is asking RMS and the Project Team to:
● Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park
● Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct.
● Design the modification infrastructure and active links in response to the character of the suburbs, the location of the foreshore and it’s potential future development.
● Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force them onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways.
● Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport – including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf
● Maintain access from Johnson St direct to Jubilee Park; maintain the right hand turn from Johnson St to the Crescent
● Maintain the link and bike route between Rozelle Light Rail and the Glebe foreshore
● Protect the mural and its open aspect.
Find another way to manage the traffic between the Crescent and City Westlink without compromising the Greenlink!
I am a resident of Annandale, NSW. My family and I are concerned about the proposed changes to the Greenlink plan. I write regarding the proposed modification to M4-M5 Link, Mod 2 The Crescent overpass and changes to pedestrian infrastructure in North Annandale, Rozelle and Rozelle Bay Foreshore area.
We love this area. Please don’t let it become a featureless, dangerous, concrete spaghetti junction.
My family and neighbours feel that we are about to be trapped in a small triangle of land locked by major road arteries. We are already affected by the increase of traffic interrupting our use of our suburb since the opening of the M4 tunnel at Haberfield, with long queues of traffic on roads that previously flowed freely. We can no longer cross CityWestLink to or from Annandale or Leichhardt without significant delays at any point between Catherine Street and Darley Rd. We are afraid that RMS will allow the next phase of the Westconnex at Rozelle to turn the area into an enormous spaghetti junction and that would be a terrible mistake for NSW.
We want better planning for the next phase, and desperately want RMS to maintain our local links between Annandale and Rozelle. It would be wonderful if you can manage the expansion of the road traffic without destroying the links we have between our communities and locations. For example, we love to take our dog to Jubilee Park at Annandale, but fear that this will be further restricted if the Johnston St/ Crescent overpass goes ahead. We often walk, cycle or drive between these suburbs, and this area is vibrant and beautiful. We use the shops and parks, meet friends and take part in community events in this area. Please look after it.
In addition, I fully endorse the Rozelle and Annandale Foreshore Community letter.
I request RMS work with the community to explore alternate design options to the proposed new car overpass design and the changed pedestrian and cyclist links. I am seeking the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink to create a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore. The GreenLink was more than just a walk way - it put people central to the design, maximising safety, and providing much needed accessible open space for the community now and into the future Bays Precinct design.
I am requesting RMS put people back into the plan – I want you to reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056. Work with the community to design a feasible option that brings the best elements from the approved EIS design into the modification.
My key concerns with the M4-M5 Modification are:
● The significantly reduced safety and increased risk for pedestrians and cyclists with removed access over The Crescent to Bicentennial Park and the increased traffic along Johnson Street.
● Being required to cross five sets of pedestrian lights at The Crescent as my option to reach the foreshore from Annandale or from Rozelle Bay light rail stop.
● Removal of direct active links to the foreshore, cutting the community off from the area and the proposed revitalisation of the entire Bays Precinct, including linking the Light Rail and Bus stops to a Ferry wharf and Metro station.
● Urban and landscape design that is being built before a finalised Masterplan for the area.
● Traffic changes that limit movements around the suburb and create further congestion in the local streets of Annandale, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Lilyfield and Rozelle with no planning to deal with these.
My submission is asking RMS and the Project Team to:
● Reinstate the GreenLink connecting communities and green open space from Rozelle to Bicentennial Park
● Relocate and design pedestrian and cyclist connections that are continuous, safe and direct.
● Design the modification infrastructure and active links in response to the character of the suburbs, the location of the foreshore and it’s potential future development.
● Provide pedestrian and cyclist paths that maximise people safety and do not force them onto busier streets, unsafe concrete plazas and caged walkways.
● Integrate active and direct connections to all active transport – including the future Metro West and Foreshore Ferry Wharf
● Maintain access from Johnson St direct to Jubilee Park; maintain the right hand turn from Johnson St to the Crescent
● Maintain the link and bike route between Rozelle Light Rail and the Glebe foreshore
● Protect the mural and its open aspect.
Find another way to manage the traffic between the Crescent and City Westlink without compromising the Greenlink!
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Daniel Kenny
Comment
Daniel Kenny
Comment
LEICHHARDT
,
New South Wales
Message
The proposed changes to the layout of the intersection will restrict pedestrian traffic moving to the Glebe foreshore and to the pedestrian path between the Rozelle Bay light rail station. I run or cycle to work from Leichhardt to the city and my sons train for AFL at Jubilee Oval. The proposed changes will significantly impede our travel in both instances.
However, I recognise that the current intersection layout is a significant bottleneck and in need of upgrade as part of this project. I urge the Westconnex Project to develop an improved design which facilitates ease of pedestrian traffic to the Glebe foreshore from the area of Rozelle Bay light rail station. For example, a pedestrian and bicycle overpass closer to the light rail bridge might allow both objectives to be achieved.
However, I recognise that the current intersection layout is a significant bottleneck and in need of upgrade as part of this project. I urge the Westconnex Project to develop an improved design which facilitates ease of pedestrian traffic to the Glebe foreshore from the area of Rozelle Bay light rail station. For example, a pedestrian and bicycle overpass closer to the light rail bridge might allow both objectives to be achieved.
Nicola Lee
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Nicola Lee
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