Ben Drayton
Object
Ben Drayton
Object
Darlinghurst
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Ben Drayton
Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Ben Drayton
Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia
Rae Marr
Object
Rae Marr
Object
Sydney
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Rae Marr
Sydney NSW 2044, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Rae Marr
Sydney NSW 2044, Australia
Diane Mullen
Object
Diane Mullen
Object
Alexandria
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Pauline Lockie
Object
Pauline Lockie
Object
St Peters
,
New South Wales
Message
Secretary
Department of Planning and Environment
Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001
I make this submission in response to the Westconnex M5 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the New M5 EIS, project number SSI 14_6788. I object to the project and the whole WestConnex because:
* The New M5 will dump over 100,000 cars and trucks in Inner West suburbs, many of which will end up on local streets.
* There has been no consultation with businesses in King St and other parts of Inner Sydney. King Street's thriving street life would be destroyed by increased traffic. Assurances that clearways won't be created are worthless.
* It's outrageous that Euston Road would be expected to handle 60,000 cars or ten times more than it does now. I reject the idea that a polluted road should be bought to within several metres of existing bedrooms.
* The EIS ignores the work of independent traffic and planning experts who have presented evidence-based arguments that WestConnex won't meet its time-saving or congestion goals.
* No serious traffic modelling has been done outside the project area. It is absurd to suggest that the impacts will stop at the end of the project.
* Roads and Maritimes Services was given approval to build the old M5 on condition that it protected critically endangered flora and fauna. Now it wants to destroy that same flora and fauna for a new tollway because its old project failed to solve congestion. This would make the system of conditions meaningless.
* The weak consideration of alternatives, which consists of little more than bald claims that suit the proponent's objectives. The public deserves evidence-based analysis of alternatives, including public transport and traffic management.
* Billion-dollar contracts have been awarded to tollway companies although the government is aware that local government election bodies and many experts are convinced WestConnex won't deliver on its objectives. This places unreasonable pressure on planners to approve the project.
* AECOM ,which has a record of failed traffic modelling for toll roads, has been paid $13 million to do this EIS while it has other contracts which depend on Westconnex going ahead. This is an unacceptable conflict of interest.
* There is already insufficient parking in the Inner West. I objects to hundreds of parking spaces being removed, some permanently and some for years of construction.
* WestConnex will remove most of critically endangered Cooks River Iron Bark forest at Kingsgrove. I note that scientists have observed that its value has been deliberately minimised in the EIS.
* 7 hectares of habitat of one of only two surviving colonies in NSW of endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs is being removed in Arncliffe for a massive tunnelling site.
* The destruction of part of Sydney Park, including its beautiful mature paper bark trees, which will be replaced with polluting traffic. This is unacceptable and will degrade quality of life for both residents and drivers alike, the latter of whom will quickly be sent from Euston Rd into gridlocked local roads.
* The selection of tunnelling methods that prioritise construction timelines against the risk of vibration damage to residents' property.
* The air quality model used in this EIS hasn't been used in Australia before and cannot be verified by the NSW EPA. There will be an increase in dangerous pollution in some areas close to the tollway portals, including near schools. It `s not acceptable for a government to deliberately place the health of citizens in jeopardy. I note that fine particle pollution can cause lung cancer and is particularly dangerous for the lungs of growing children.
I realise there is considerable pressure being placed on a number of NSW government departments, including Department of Planning and Environment, to approve this project. I note too the recent report by the Victorian Auditor-General into the East West Link fiasco, which found that the public service failed in its obligation to give frank and fearless advice to Ministers pushing for that project due to fear of repercussions. The objections I have raised above a mere introduction to the many flaws in this EIS and the WestConnex project overall, and I do not see how the project could possibly be approved based on the information presented in this EIS. I therefore ask you to reject this proposal.
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Department of Planning and Environment
Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001
I make this submission in response to the Westconnex M5 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the New M5 EIS, project number SSI 14_6788. I object to the project and the whole WestConnex because:
* The New M5 will dump over 100,000 cars and trucks in Inner West suburbs, many of which will end up on local streets.
* There has been no consultation with businesses in King St and other parts of Inner Sydney. King Street's thriving street life would be destroyed by increased traffic. Assurances that clearways won't be created are worthless.
* It's outrageous that Euston Road would be expected to handle 60,000 cars or ten times more than it does now. I reject the idea that a polluted road should be bought to within several metres of existing bedrooms.
* The EIS ignores the work of independent traffic and planning experts who have presented evidence-based arguments that WestConnex won't meet its time-saving or congestion goals.
* No serious traffic modelling has been done outside the project area. It is absurd to suggest that the impacts will stop at the end of the project.
* Roads and Maritimes Services was given approval to build the old M5 on condition that it protected critically endangered flora and fauna. Now it wants to destroy that same flora and fauna for a new tollway because its old project failed to solve congestion. This would make the system of conditions meaningless.
* The weak consideration of alternatives, which consists of little more than bald claims that suit the proponent's objectives. The public deserves evidence-based analysis of alternatives, including public transport and traffic management.
* Billion-dollar contracts have been awarded to tollway companies although the government is aware that local government election bodies and many experts are convinced WestConnex won't deliver on its objectives. This places unreasonable pressure on planners to approve the project.
* AECOM ,which has a record of failed traffic modelling for toll roads, has been paid $13 million to do this EIS while it has other contracts which depend on Westconnex going ahead. This is an unacceptable conflict of interest.
* There is already insufficient parking in the Inner West. I objects to hundreds of parking spaces being removed, some permanently and some for years of construction.
* WestConnex will remove most of critically endangered Cooks River Iron Bark forest at Kingsgrove. I note that scientists have observed that its value has been deliberately minimised in the EIS.
* 7 hectares of habitat of one of only two surviving colonies in NSW of endangered Green and Golden Bell Frogs is being removed in Arncliffe for a massive tunnelling site.
* The destruction of part of Sydney Park, including its beautiful mature paper bark trees, which will be replaced with polluting traffic. This is unacceptable and will degrade quality of life for both residents and drivers alike, the latter of whom will quickly be sent from Euston Rd into gridlocked local roads.
* The selection of tunnelling methods that prioritise construction timelines against the risk of vibration damage to residents' property.
* The air quality model used in this EIS hasn't been used in Australia before and cannot be verified by the NSW EPA. There will be an increase in dangerous pollution in some areas close to the tollway portals, including near schools. It `s not acceptable for a government to deliberately place the health of citizens in jeopardy. I note that fine particle pollution can cause lung cancer and is particularly dangerous for the lungs of growing children.
I realise there is considerable pressure being placed on a number of NSW government departments, including Department of Planning and Environment, to approve this project. I note too the recent report by the Victorian Auditor-General into the East West Link fiasco, which found that the public service failed in its obligation to give frank and fearless advice to Ministers pushing for that project due to fear of repercussions. The objections I have raised above a mere introduction to the many flaws in this EIS and the WestConnex project overall, and I do not see how the project could possibly be approved based on the information presented in this EIS. I therefore ask you to reject this proposal.
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David Swartz
Object
David Swartz
Object
Sydney
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
David Swartz
Sydney NSW 2015, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
David Swartz
Sydney NSW 2015, Australia
Leagh Taylor
Object
Leagh Taylor
Object
Alexandria
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Leagh Taylor (Owner / Occupier)
7 / 51 Euston Rd
Alexandria NSW 2015, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Leagh Taylor (Owner / Occupier)
7 / 51 Euston Rd
Alexandria NSW 2015, Australia
Ben Donnelly
Object
Ben Donnelly
Object
Sydney
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Ben Donnelly
Sydney NSW 2015, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Ben Donnelly
Sydney NSW 2015, Australia
Helen Carney
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Helen Carney
Object
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Helen Carney
Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
Helen Carney
Australia
Deepak Khuller
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Deepak Khuller
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Alexandria
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
David Covington
Object
David Covington
Object
Sydney
,
New South Wales
Message
Director Infrastructure Projects
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
David Covington
Sydney NSW 2204, Australia
Planning Services
NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Application Number SSI 6788
Dear Director,
I object to the `WestConnex New M5' (SSI 6788) for the reasons outlined below.
The WestConnex will not solve Sydney's traffic issues; the Environmental Impact Statement itself demonstrates, that even with construction of the full project, travel times in our community will only improve by as little as 30 seconds whilst, in other areas, traffic on suburban streets will increase by almost as much as 50%.
Spending $17bn of taxpayer money on an infrastructure project that is not part of an integrated transit policy is just plain irresponsible.
The EIS demonstrates that the number of vehicles that will access the WestConnex road network is significantly lower than expected due to excessive tolling. This will mean more cars on suburban streets trying to find short cuts. Streets in our community are already in effect standing carparks; they just can't take additional traffic.
The impact of the WestConnex is such that it isn't just cars and private traffic which will experience ongoing gridlock, the EIS also shows that this project will severely hamper bus services, increasing travel time by over 20% in some instances. For those people who lessen the overall traffic burden by utilising public transport, this project is a punishing concern.
The WestConnex will result in the clearing of countless homes, and will severely affect parts of the community, destroying the amenity of residents in places like Euston Road.
The placement of unfiltered smoke stacks in our community will pour dangerous pollutants into residential areas and near to schools like Alexandria Park Community School.
The EIS also does not take into account the impact of flow on traffic to areas in our community which fall outside the reports very limited area of study. Therefore this EIS has not considered the flow on impact of traffic emerging from the St Peters interchange into the suburbs of Mascot, Eastlakes, Kensington, Kingsford, Erskineville and Alexandria, not to mention other areas, such as to the inner city or to the east.
I would like the following issues in the EIS addressed:
-The negative impact this project has on public transport.
-The unfiltered smoke stacks putting our health at risk.
-The widening of Campbell Street and Euston Road.
-The acquisition and clearance of homes and businesses in our community.
-The impact of rat run traffic on our community roads caused by excessive tolling.
-The lack of adequate traffic modelling
Yours sincerely,
David Covington
Sydney NSW 2204, Australia