I consider the proposal for between 1124 & 1500 tip trucks to carry excavated tunnel spoil from Garema Circuit/Wirega Avenue/Moorefields Road to King Georges Road; each hour,
365 days each year for near 3 years; to be contrary to local residents interests. That proposal calls for a truck every 1 to
1.3 minutes west along 1.6km of the mostly single lane Road,
Moorefields. And that does not include the same activity for
returning, east bound trucks.
I predict it will be near impossible for residents in nearby streets; like we have been for 37 years; to safely enter Moorefields Road if theproposal is carried out.
A very practical solution would be to transport all such spoil from Garema Circuit using an elevated belt conveyor system to a truck loading facility south side of the M5 near Allambee Cr, to emerge back onto king Georges road via a widened exit at Pallamana Pde.
Low cost belt conveyors should be readily available in light of the demise of the Australian mining industry.

GOVERNMENT IS IGNORING PUBLIC OPINION TO BUILD ROADS NOT NEEDED

The most efficient way to accommodate the transport and accessibility needs of a growing population is through mass transit and better land use-transport integration. Urban motorways are a very inefficient way of moving people around. A single traffic lane can transport a maximum of only 2000 people per hour (in ideal conditions); a single railway line can transport 20,000 people per hour. The more roads model is unsustainable long term.
THE cost is a blowout 18 billion dollars and will likely double. No wonder the government is supporting a rise in the GST to sting us again to pay for their incompetence.
ANother reason to object to the westconnex

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a submission on the Westconnex EIS New M5 project.

Following review of the EIS and attendance at a recent public meeting at St Peters, I write to oppose the current project, as the proposal is not adequate with respect to proper environmental assessment of impacts.

Of particular focus, the EIS, including consultation process, has provided no environmental assessment on the impact of additional motor vehicles on McEvoy Street. The project will significantly increase the amount of vehicles on Euston Road, which connects direct to McEvoy Street. There is no obvious environmental assessment of the additional motor vehicles traveling onwards to McEvoy Street and beyond.

McEvoy Street is currently very congested with traffic in peak weekday times as well on Saturday's. In peak morning periods, vehicles currently travel north along Princess Highway, turn right into Sydney Park Road and then travel along to either turn left into Mitchell Road or continue direct onto Euston Road/McEvoy Street. On the Euston/McEvoy Road route, vehicles then travel further east to then turn left into Wyndham Street or Botany Road and travel north toward the City. These roads are all contained within Alexandria and have residential housing fronting in sections or in very close proximity to.

At the community meeting in St Peters, Westconnex representatives noted that traffic would significantly increase on Euston Road and would just have to 'join the queue' of current traffic at that location. Noting the current travel patterns (as summarised above), such additional traffic though will likely continue to flow direct along to McEvoy Street, then Wyndham or Botany Roads and or other potential local roads that connect to it.

Accordingly, the EIS must consider the impact of significant additional motor vehicles on McEvoy Street (which is very congested in peak times), and not just Euston Road. This is requested prior to any determination of the project by the Department of Planning and Environment.

The community should also be allowed to have substantial time to review any amendments to the proposal, as a result of the public exhibition process.

Where there are identified impacts, appropriate mitigation measures should be investigated and implemented by the Westconnex Authority. Importantly, such mitigation measures should ensure that project does not impact on the amenity of residential housing on or around McEvoy Street, as well other local streets that connect to McEvoy Street.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposal.

J. Riordan

NO JUSTIFICATION FOR A ROAD THAT WILL DESTROY SO MUCH OF THE INNER WEST -

The [‪#‎WestCONnex‬ ‪#‎NewM5‬ ‪#‎EIS‬] Traffic and Transport Assessment does not stand up to scrutiny. There is not enough information about the methodology, input data or assumptions for the forecasts to be independently verified. The government is not listening to what the public wants as they have their agenda which (is not roads) but making sure big business gets public money. Such a shame and this criminal act should be investigated.

Therefore it cannot be trusted and another reason to object to the Westconnex

I believe WestCONnex and the new M5 will have a very damaging effect on the surrounding suburbs. The impact on Sydney Park alone should be enough to reconsider, let alone the increase in pollution and noise.

Building roads creates more traffic. It won't be long before another set of tunnels and toll roads are suggested to alleviate the congestion on these ones.

The only sustainable solution, financially and environmentally, would be to invest the $16bn earmarked for this project in public transport. Sydney's public transport system is sub-par on a national level and atrocious compared to global standards.

POLLUTION
The Westconnex is a road that is not even needed and here is our government pushing ahead for it. In the end the people that count will lose and big business (picking our pockets again) and our government will stomp all over us. Time for a change and our future is not with interior Sydney roads causing chaos, pollution, ill health, loss of bushland, habitat.
"The number of deaths related to air pollution in Australia has increased significantly, when most of the world's major economies have seen their death rates decline...The report says the health impacts of local air pollution, particularly from road transport, were 'much larger than previously thought'."

Just a heap of reasons why this unjust road cannot be supported.

It took me a little while to get use to living in Alexandria but in the 10 yrs I have been here I have grown to love the neighbourhood. It is family friendly as well as a stimulating environment b/c of the mix of people who choose to live here. Lets not make it like living close to Parramatta Rd where the pollution and noise of constant traffic dull the senses, create anxiety and unnecessary stress for those who live there. An increase in cars in Lawrence St as a result of WestConnex Rd changes will do that. Mike Baird and company lets come up with a better solution! Prove that you are a Premier who does care about the people .

I wish to strongly object to the WestConnex St Peters Interchange proposal.

The last thing Sydney needs is more roads, especially near to residential areas with already over-crowded roads and around Sydney Park, a popular open space for families. Instead this money should be used to expand rail services and sustainable, usable public transport that gets people out their cars and provides an economical way for people to travel. Only then will you solve Sydney's traffic and transport issues.

Building more roads is nothing more than a sticking plaster and a bad use of public funds; the root cause needs to be addressed (i.e. poor public transport network) otherwise people will never be incentivised to change their behaviours.

At the same time stop wasting money on pointless speed bumps (that do nothing other than aggravate residents) and use these resources to make a real difference by building long-term, economical, usable public transport infrastructure.

I am totally app0sed to the WestConnex plans. It will alter our neighbour hood completely. Having lived in Newtown for 25 years II cannot believe we will have a flood of traffic blocking our streets. Please rethink and use the huge amount of money for improving our public transport

I wish to share my objection to the proposed design for the WestConnex New M5 St Peters Interchange.

As a local resident, I have observed the increase in vehicle traffic on narrow suburban roads around transforming precincts such as Alexandria, Erskineville, Waterloo, St Peters and Green Square. This is already set to increase with the large scale residential developments taking place right now.

The current design of the New M5 represents a $5 billion investment in funnelling high volume traffic into what will be the most densely populated area of Sydney.

Euston Road, which will see an estimated increase from 5,000 cars to 50,000 cars a day, is already heavily congested. McEvoy Street is regularly at capacity. I have seen no plans for how this high volume traffic will be channeled through an increasingly residential area.

Each morning that I squeeze into a crammed train carriage to head to work, I think how this $5 billion dollars could be better spent on public transport. On providing the neccassary infrastructure to support high density developments. This is how we would truly transform Sydney into a sustainable city of the future.

Thank you for considering this submission.

Ryan Curtis