An overpass above the City West Link would be an unsightly over development of the local area. It imposes too much on the landscape and livability of our local area. It completely cuts us off visually from the parks and the bays area that we hoped we would finally get access to. The plans we have seen so far describe an underpass, and this new plan completely ignores the conditions of consent given for this project.
This overpass overpass will:
• Have an unacceptable and completely unnecessary visual impact
• Make Jubilee Park access more difficult
• Destroy trees in suburbs where tree cover is already low
• Create traffic and visual nightmare in our area so that people from western Sydney can get a faster run through the traffic
The Rozelle interchange is bad enough without adding this over pass to it. Yet again, you tell us that we must pay such a high price in aesthetics and local amenity for the benefit of people who transit our area and give us nothing but noise and pollution.

This proposal could be replaced with a slot cut and cover trench running under Whites Creek to push traffic underground instead of overground and avoid the massive imposition of an overpass and destruction of the ‘people’s mural’.
This modification prioritises the needs of motorists, trashing the experience of local pedestrian traffic and making harder for residents to access the public waterfront.
Pedestrians walking from the Western side of Johnston Street will have to use an astonishing four pedestrian crossings in order to reach Bicentennial Park
This pedestrian arrangement should be modified to allow pedestrians to cross direct from Johnston Street to the Park via The Crescent.

You have no plans for cyclists. We dont want this. Where are we to cross these roads? Are these roads going to increase pollution?

I object to this project as it will
1) remove more of Buruwan Park and removal of more trees. I walk home from work and it will removal a lovely green area and introduce a ugly overpass to the area.
2) make it difficult to cross the Crescent. Currently there is only one set of lights to cross the crescent to head towards Buruwan Park. Now there will be four. It is very inconvenient and time consuming.
3) Obstruct the peoples mural which is a a great piece of local art for the area.

I strongly object to the proposed modification for a new car overpass design at the Crescent in Annandale - and the resulting changes to pedestrian and cyclist links. I am seeking for the goals of the original design - which was subject to extensive community consultation - to be maintained, specifically the reinstatement of the safe, direct access from the approved EIS GreenLink! This link creates a continuous green open space connection from the Rozelle Rail yards and Annandale to the foreshore - providing much needed accessible open space for the community. I am requesting RMS put people back into the plan – I want the vision as laid out in Transport for NSW Future Strategy 2056 to be delivered. I am asking RMS to 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. As an Annandale resident and parent - who regularly uses the foreshore - the safety of my child and all pedestrians - is paramount!
● 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. This will lead to pedestrians risking their own lives to cross a six lane road (!) at uncontrolled locations. Pedestrian accidents will be inevitable under the modified design.
● 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 has been seen/agreed.
● 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.
The GreenLink provided safe access. The modification introduces massive concerns for pedestrian safety while creating a physical barrier between Annandale and the foreshore. This is not good planning and not the outcome that the residents of the Inner West deserve.
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.
Please make good on Duncan Gay's promise and put the Rozelle Interchange underground. A car overpass is not what the community were asked to consider. Keep pedestrians and cyclist safe and separated from cars - please do not take away the promised GreenLink.

i object on many grounds
1. I run and walk to work every day through Buruwan Park and love the green oasis with the fig trees around. This proposal will have a greater effect on this area and involve more removal of trees. Any changes should have no additional affect on this area.
2. In my run and walk to work i go from Buruwan Park to cross the main road into bicentennial park. Currently there is only one set of traffic lights. Under the proposal that set of traffic lights will be removed and users will have to use 4 sets to cross. This would never be acceptable for cars to go though four lights in an intersection and so i do not see why it is acceptable for pedestrians. People of this area do not want this overpass why make it worse by inconveniencing people who enjoying the parklands and doing the right things and walking to work.
3. The peoples mural has pride of place and represents the leichhardt and surrounding area and any obstruction or destruction of this mural is destruction of our heritage. An overpass should not be built as it obstructs the mural and an overpass an eye sores in a residential area.

This modification should be rejected as it is not in the interests of the people, the environment or the heritage values of the people living in and around the Crescent

Please refer to my attachments for the reasons why I object to this project.