This is a two-element submission by two independent individuals against the mod2 proposals.
Please note: there has been no consultation between Fred Green and Elizabeth-Jane Osborne
on either the philosophy or wording of each of our separate attachments. Ms Osborne does not
have an email address and I include her own independent input solely to assist her transmission.
Fred Green

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 its 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 an direct connections to all active transport including the future metro west and foreshore ferry wharf.
Re-instate the Bus stop t the crescent net to the park for my children to take the 433 bus to school in Balmain.

I am concerned about the loss of the safe, direct, cycling and pedestrian access in the original plan - I cycle regularly in the area and the added length of the pedestrian/cycling overpass, the added road lanes underneath it, and the loss of the green space on the pedestrian/cycling overpass all contribute to a loss of safety, an overall much more unpleasant and intimidating experience navigating the pedestrian/cycling overpass.

Please reconsider and put people back into the plan by reverting to the original design.

I am profoundly disappointed that M4-M5 Link, Mod2 The Crescent overpass plans have ignored community amenity and betrayed the faith of the local community by neglecting the principles under which the original link was designed.
As a resident of the Rozelle Annandale foreshore community, I and my family and friends are dependent on our access to Rozelle Bay foreshore parkland for fresh air, to walk our dogs, to exercise and to socialise - critical ingredients of a healthy, happy community. This design will compromise that access physically and visually, making us and our children and their bikes and scooters traverse 4 or 5 major road crossings with traffic lights (as opposed to one) to access the park from Johnston St. We know what that will feel like, as we already need to negotiate multiple road crossings when walking from bus stops on Victoria Rd to Johnston St, a process so hazardous that I will not allow our children to do it.
The removal of direct, active links to the foreshore will cut us and our community off from our major recreation space, and the proposed revitalisation of the Bays Precinct.
The overpass will exacerbate already considerable traffic noise in the communities of North Annandale Lilyfield and Rozelle; noise from compression breaking of trucks on the Westlink and coming off the Anzac Bridge already condemns us to sleepless nights; a 6 lane elevated overpass less than 200m from our home and many others will exacerbate this problem.
I remain very concerned that there is no finalised Masterplan for the area and that no planning is in place to deal with future congestion in our local streets.

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 – we want you to reinstate your own vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056. Work with us to design a feasible option that brings the best elements from the approved EIS design into the modification.
The current proposal is unacceptable to me personally and as a community member. The people of Sydney deserve good transport links, but these must be devised respecting the needs of the communities they impact.

Safe and direct access to use greenspaces positively enhances overall community health and contributes to building strong quality social infrastructure. The design needs to put people back into the planning and consider the overall health benefits of these important links within communities.

By over complicating pedestrian access to the greenspace the new design is now longer and more dangerous forcing children to cross 4 sets of traffic lights. It reduces the accessibility and restricts access by locking out so many in the community, like young children, elderly and parents.