I oppose the West Connex Project as it will have devastating impact on our green spaces, compound existing traffic issues in the Alexandria/Green Square/Mascot and Redfern areas. Billions of dollars that could go towards efficient public transport instead of horrid LA style highways.

International studies show traffic increases when road capacity increases, adding to congestion, pollution, noise, stress, energy use and parking problems.
The solution to traffic congestion and associated problems is to decrease road capacity and increase/improve public transport.
Money spent on WestConnex should be used to develop energy efficient forms of public, private and commercial transport.
Cars don't make cities viable. People do.

Hi there

thank you for addressing these submissions. There are many good elements of the EIS; i commend the good work.

In attempt to address specific parts of the EIS:

section titled '4.2.3 Alternative 4 - Demand management'; There is inadequate addressing of demand. demand is conceived of incorrectly. demand should be understood as caused by human population numbers. If human population numbers are not addressed we will yield significantly less benefit from any infrastructure expenditure. In this EIS human population numbers must be addressed as a primary cause of congestion and 'demand'. Any project whose value is affected by population numbers must address that. This project should address human population numbers.

section titled 31.1.1 Summary of strategic need and justification'';
There is a statement "WestConnex would cut 20 minutes off an average peak hour trip from Kingsgrove Road". this statement needs to be qualified with a time frame. I suggest that with rapidly growing population this benefit would be not highly valuable. the statement "WestConnex would deliver significant long-term benefits to the economic growth and development of NSW and Australia" is questionable. if population increases, I suggest the benefits would not be "...significant long-term...".

Thanks for your time.

CT

I'm against this. Public transport should be improved as an alternative

The WestConnex St Peters Interchange will put undue pressure on already crowded road system in the inner west. It will end up hurting local businesses by turning streets into highways and removing street parking. As a flow of effect, other residential roads will become busy as people try to avoid the tolls increasing the chance of pedestrians being hit by the influx of cars and trucks. In addition, it will also be an unsightly landmark in an otherwise beautiful part of Sydney. Surely investing in public transportation would be a better use of money. Look to London as an example, the tube runs every three to five minutes making it a viable option in transportation rather than Sydney's 15-30 minute train wait. I would have thought less cars in inner Sydney would be the goal rather than trying to flood the already struggling infrastructure.

To whom it may concern,

The WestConnex proposal is absolute madness. Why destroy numerous charming suburbs and put pollution and pressure on already congested roads?
Surely a more robust public transport system would be far more beneficial to everyone. We should be discouraging people from driving and investing in better, safer, more reliable, greener transport options.

Sydney's Inner West has been known for some time as a desirable and community focused place to live. To turn that into a concrete superhighway is unconscionable.

Please reconsider, think about the existing resident and the future generations that are going to be affected by the decisions made today. Less cars and more trains, buses and light rail. Keep our green spaces and our air clean. Make commuting easier, cheaper and the better option.

Yours faithfully
Clare

As a homeowner and parent in the Redfern/Waterloo area, I wish to express my strong opposition to the WestConnex Interchange.

Our roads in the Alexandria/Redfern/Mascot and Green Square areas are already heavily congested and I am frequently in traffic jams in this area trying to simply get to our local schools or shops.

There are far too many building approvals and as a resident of Redfern I feel as though I'm living in a construction site. Please don't take away our green areas for construction compounds. These are vital for our children who live in the inner city as we don't have big yards for our kids to play in.

Please don't turn the iconic King Street into a highway. This will have an enormous impact on business in the area. King street is already busy enough. It doesn't need more cars.

It is ludicrous to think that a government would be so short-sighted to spend such ludicrous amounts on roads that will worsen our air quality and quality of life when the whole world is now looking to the future and renewables. This money would be far better spent on good, lasting public transport options. Sydney's transport system should be as good as London!

Please don't proceed with this enormous development in the inner west. Our existing roads are too narrow and overpopulated at the moment to cope with the overflow of new highway traffic. My current suburb of Erskineville has doubled in population with the new apartments.This has already put a strain on the local roads - please don't add to it.

We just require more public transport,a metro line that stops at st peters and Erskineville and more trains in generald -not more roads. Please learn from other major cities.

Thank you for this opportunity to state my objection to the proposed WestConnex St Peters Interchange.
I object because -
We live in a carbon restrained world, the project pays no heed to reduce carbon emissions.
Air pollution will increase and will, along with noise pollution threaten the social health and fabric of a number of communities including Green Square, Alexandria, Erskineville, Ashmore and Redfern.
We have a feasible and economic and secure alternative choice to building a major motorway - and that is to invest the money in world class public transport systems that benefit communities, commuters and our future. Not to mention the opportunity to build secure and safe cycleways for short road trips between suburbs.
The planning of the St Peters Interchange is flawed - simply put, the traffic flowing out of the interchange has nowhere to go. To fix that problem new link roads will require construction, compounding the expected traffic jams resulting from this proposal.
The cost of this proposal cannot be assured and places NSW tax payers at risk.
The project is an outdated, misguided and unwanted infrastructure project that will not benefit the constituents of NSW.
Enough NSW tax dollars have been spent trying to justify WestConnex. I urge decision makers to give a clear message to our Government and the proponents that investment in public transport and its necessary infrastructure will secure greater rewards for the people of Sydney and NSW.
If Westconnex proceeds, we will see the inner city unliveable and unworkable for the forseeable and longterm future.

I oppose the WestConnex project.
The Government priority should be a strong focus on public transport.
An L.A. style spaghetti highway is a nightmare on a number of levels.
Public transport solutions not cars should be the transport focus. Encouraging higher volumes of vehicles into the inner city only exacerbates an existing congestion problem.