Wakool Indigenous Corporation
Comment
Wakool Indigenous Corporation
Comment
PARKES
,
New South Wales
Message
Please see attached submission to the above EIS.
Attachments
Save Our Surroundings (SOS)
Object
Save Our Surroundings (SOS)
Object
Gulgong
,
New South Wales
Message
SOS objects to Project EnergyConnect (NSW-Eastern Section) on the basis that the EIS makes unsubstantiated, and in fact, misleading statements, assumptions based long-term predictions and contains apparent errors. Some of these are that it will facilitate a greater mix of renewables, particularly mentioning wind and solar electricity generation, that:
1. will reduce emissions when if fact emissions increase and can take up to 10 years of operation to offset the embedded CO2e created from mining, processing, manufacturing (including about 45% of the ingredients of silicon ingots used to make solar cells being coal, hardwood chips and charcoal), transport and construction. This does not include operation, maintenance, replacement and decommissioning.
2. they will reduce the cost of electricity to consumers yet this has not occurred anywhere in the world where renewables make up over 30% of the energy mix (e.g. Germany and Denmark have the highest percentage and the highest electricity prices in the world)
3. replace the 15GW of coal-fired capacity with 26GW of renewables capacity, but renewables have a capacity factor of less than 30% hence 26GW is equivalent to 7.5GW of coal, gas or nuclear power, all of which do not suffer from intermittent to zero output when the wind or sun are unavailable
4. be the long term energy source for Australia but ignores the fact that nuclear reactors are a far superior solution given they produce no CO2 emissions (e.g. France is over 70% nuclear and has half the emissions as Germany), have operational lives of 70-80 years, use far less natural resources, operate 24/7, supply the lower cost electricity (France is half the cost of Germany), can use existing grid infrastructure and are safe, secure and reliable. The new nuclear Small Modular Reactors and Thorium reactors (India is building 62 right now for operation by 2025).
Please refer to the attached SOS Research Paper October 2021 for a comprehensive, factually based and fully referenced analysis of the false claims made about renewables, which is the only justification provided the Project EnergyConnect project. Remove the assumption that renewables (especially wind and solar) are the only solution for replacement of existing coal-fired power by 2040 and the project is clearly unnecessary and not fit for purpose.
Thank you for the opportunity for SOS to make this submission.
1. will reduce emissions when if fact emissions increase and can take up to 10 years of operation to offset the embedded CO2e created from mining, processing, manufacturing (including about 45% of the ingredients of silicon ingots used to make solar cells being coal, hardwood chips and charcoal), transport and construction. This does not include operation, maintenance, replacement and decommissioning.
2. they will reduce the cost of electricity to consumers yet this has not occurred anywhere in the world where renewables make up over 30% of the energy mix (e.g. Germany and Denmark have the highest percentage and the highest electricity prices in the world)
3. replace the 15GW of coal-fired capacity with 26GW of renewables capacity, but renewables have a capacity factor of less than 30% hence 26GW is equivalent to 7.5GW of coal, gas or nuclear power, all of which do not suffer from intermittent to zero output when the wind or sun are unavailable
4. be the long term energy source for Australia but ignores the fact that nuclear reactors are a far superior solution given they produce no CO2 emissions (e.g. France is over 70% nuclear and has half the emissions as Germany), have operational lives of 70-80 years, use far less natural resources, operate 24/7, supply the lower cost electricity (France is half the cost of Germany), can use existing grid infrastructure and are safe, secure and reliable. The new nuclear Small Modular Reactors and Thorium reactors (India is building 62 right now for operation by 2025).
Please refer to the attached SOS Research Paper October 2021 for a comprehensive, factually based and fully referenced analysis of the false claims made about renewables, which is the only justification provided the Project EnergyConnect project. Remove the assumption that renewables (especially wind and solar) are the only solution for replacement of existing coal-fired power by 2040 and the project is clearly unnecessary and not fit for purpose.
Thank you for the opportunity for SOS to make this submission.
Attachments
City of Ryde
Comment
City of Ryde
Comment
Jimmy Gao
Object
Jimmy Gao
Object
Meadowbank
,
New South Wales
Message
To all the Guys in Planning, Education and Tafe Departments of NSW
Please lift your game and be honest and not deceptive -
Taxpayers in NSW are not as stupid as you may think!
Strongly Object this Modification-2
• Now with some details and plans of the mod-2 revealed, this modification is actually a doubling up of the number of car park spaces and not acceptable at all.
• There is really no need to waste taxpayers money on this modification; it will not solve the parking mess in the surrounding streets ( 2P Residential Parking Zone 8 ) as most students are not prepared to pay an even miserly $5 per entry for an all day parking spot.
• Traffic impact has not been adequately addressed. – The study is missing.
• As for the heritage impact. The (flawed) report is just a copy of the original version with significant short comings in regards to the heritage property under the name of Bartonville. - There is no nursing home in the street since many, many years, as the “Laurels” have ceased operations about 20 years ago.
• Also the shadow diagram shows how monstrous this eye soar is in the street during the winter months in particular.
• The location has also a short coming, as many students have to walk a couple of 100 meters to get to their course venue. - Humans don’t like to walk so much, so they will be avoiding the dedicated new car park.
• The whole modification-2 is anything but value for money. Heaps of demolition work is required to top up 2 more levels costing millions of taxpayers dollars.
Summary:
We strongly object against this unnecessary modification.
Please withdraw this modification-2 .
THANK YOU
Please lift your game and be honest and not deceptive -
Taxpayers in NSW are not as stupid as you may think!
Strongly Object this Modification-2
• Now with some details and plans of the mod-2 revealed, this modification is actually a doubling up of the number of car park spaces and not acceptable at all.
• There is really no need to waste taxpayers money on this modification; it will not solve the parking mess in the surrounding streets ( 2P Residential Parking Zone 8 ) as most students are not prepared to pay an even miserly $5 per entry for an all day parking spot.
• Traffic impact has not been adequately addressed. – The study is missing.
• As for the heritage impact. The (flawed) report is just a copy of the original version with significant short comings in regards to the heritage property under the name of Bartonville. - There is no nursing home in the street since many, many years, as the “Laurels” have ceased operations about 20 years ago.
• Also the shadow diagram shows how monstrous this eye soar is in the street during the winter months in particular.
• The location has also a short coming, as many students have to walk a couple of 100 meters to get to their course venue. - Humans don’t like to walk so much, so they will be avoiding the dedicated new car park.
• The whole modification-2 is anything but value for money. Heaps of demolition work is required to top up 2 more levels costing millions of taxpayers dollars.
Summary:
We strongly object against this unnecessary modification.
Please withdraw this modification-2 .
THANK YOU
Name Withheld
Object
Name Withheld
Object
MEADOWBANK
,
New South Wales
Message
Strongly Object this Modification-2
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• Now with some details and plans of the mod-2 revealed, this modification is actually a doubling up of the number of car park spaces and not acceptable at all.
• There is really no need to waste taxpayers money on this modification; it will not solve the parking mess in the surrounding streets ( 2P Residential Parking Zone 8 ) as most students are not prepared to pay an even miserly $5 per entry for an all day parking spot.
• Traffic impact has not been adequately addressed. – The study is missing.
• As for the heritage impact. The (flawed) report is just a copy of the original version with significant short comings in regards to the heritage property under the name of Bartonville. - There is no nursing home in the street since many, many years, as the “Laurels” have ceased operations about 20 years ago.
• Also the shadow diagram shows how monstrous this eye soar is in the street during the winter months in particular.
• The location has also a short coming, as many students have to walk a couple of 100 meters to get to their course venue. - Humans don’t like to walk so much, so they will be avoiding the dedicated new car park.
• The whole modification-2 is anything but value for money. Heaps of demolition work is required to top up 2 more levels costing millions of taxpayers dollars.
Hidden Agenda ( ? )
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According to Grapevine ( … every rumor has some truth …) a future planned sell off of the new car park monster - once approved – to a private operator, is not only against the original approval, but simply a cash grab to fund other local Tafe infrastructure, which is not needed too. The ‘wines’ are a new tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians from the Western side of the tail tracks (West Ryde) to the old tafe campus sites and the new schools at Meadowbank…
Summary:
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We strongly object against this unnecessary modification.
Please withdraw this modification-2 .
We reserve the right to take legal action.
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• Now with some details and plans of the mod-2 revealed, this modification is actually a doubling up of the number of car park spaces and not acceptable at all.
• There is really no need to waste taxpayers money on this modification; it will not solve the parking mess in the surrounding streets ( 2P Residential Parking Zone 8 ) as most students are not prepared to pay an even miserly $5 per entry for an all day parking spot.
• Traffic impact has not been adequately addressed. – The study is missing.
• As for the heritage impact. The (flawed) report is just a copy of the original version with significant short comings in regards to the heritage property under the name of Bartonville. - There is no nursing home in the street since many, many years, as the “Laurels” have ceased operations about 20 years ago.
• Also the shadow diagram shows how monstrous this eye soar is in the street during the winter months in particular.
• The location has also a short coming, as many students have to walk a couple of 100 meters to get to their course venue. - Humans don’t like to walk so much, so they will be avoiding the dedicated new car park.
• The whole modification-2 is anything but value for money. Heaps of demolition work is required to top up 2 more levels costing millions of taxpayers dollars.
Hidden Agenda ( ? )
-----------------------
According to Grapevine ( … every rumor has some truth …) a future planned sell off of the new car park monster - once approved – to a private operator, is not only against the original approval, but simply a cash grab to fund other local Tafe infrastructure, which is not needed too. The ‘wines’ are a new tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians from the Western side of the tail tracks (West Ryde) to the old tafe campus sites and the new schools at Meadowbank…
Summary:
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We strongly object against this unnecessary modification.
Please withdraw this modification-2 .
We reserve the right to take legal action.
Attachments
Name Withheld
Object
Name Withheld
Object
WEST RYDE
,
New South Wales
Message
The additional levels of the carpark SHOULD NOT receive DA approval. Reasons include:
Pedestrians walking along see st will have yet more obstacles with a higher volume of cars. The pedestrians will be some of the 3500 students <18 years old walking to school.
Heritage listed building and structures on See street, which have been lovingly restored and landscaped will be overshadowed. This will create cold homes and increase dampness. The heritage buildings cannot be altered or knocked down. The heritage needs to be preserved and the building need to be protected
The heritage building must not be dwarfed by ugly square boxes. It’s time to preserve heritage. The structure is within 100m of heritage so should abide by rules that other local house have to follow to be in keeping with heritage areas.
These extra levels were obviously planned prior to construction start. What is to stop another 5 storeys being added. The height cannot be increased from current DA approval
The non compliance of the construction has already negatively impacted residents. The negative mental health impacts from non-compliance is life threatening. Schools infrastructure and TAFE infrastructure have no respect for residents. State Significant Development does not translate to ‘stuff the residents’ although this has been the attitude from all involved.
See st and Constitution rd intersection is already a death trap. So many near accidents with commuters walking up Constitution rd. As the DA is also being updated to remove safety upgrades to local streets, this will result in accidents. When an accident occurs, this letter will be provided to those in the accident to show that local residents tried to put safety first.
Car park will only increase number of cars in already congested streets. Aim should be to minimise private cars and utilise already existing public transport. What other TAFEs have bus, train and ferry servicing the students.
TAFE must be treated like a ‘CBD site’ and minimise private transport.
The design of the TAFE building is world class architecture. This will now be dwarfed by an ugly square car park.
Having parking onsite does not make a TAFE more attractive. Public transport does and this requirement has been met.
The cost of using the car park will be prohibitive and the building will become an ugly white elephant. As confirmed by TAFE employees, the parking station will be sold off to a commercial parking station company and be out of reach for those who need parking.
See street is incorporated into the green pathway which is to encourage cycling and walking from Macquarie Park. Mix in the cars entering the car park will be dangerous, and defeat the purpose of the green pathway.
The streets surrounding TAFE will already be a carpark due to volume of cars. We don’t need another carpark!
Trees in schematic diagram do not represent reality and try to make design better than it is. Streets around TAFE have been raped of trees with no intention of planting new trees to complete landscaping. The trees will not be planted as they will run out of money.
If more parking is desired, place it in the planned bus station on the western side of Constitution Rd, ie where the pedestrian tunnel will end up. Keep the western side cars on that side to prevent eastern roads being impassable.
Pedestrians walking along see st will have yet more obstacles with a higher volume of cars. The pedestrians will be some of the 3500 students <18 years old walking to school.
Heritage listed building and structures on See street, which have been lovingly restored and landscaped will be overshadowed. This will create cold homes and increase dampness. The heritage buildings cannot be altered or knocked down. The heritage needs to be preserved and the building need to be protected
The heritage building must not be dwarfed by ugly square boxes. It’s time to preserve heritage. The structure is within 100m of heritage so should abide by rules that other local house have to follow to be in keeping with heritage areas.
These extra levels were obviously planned prior to construction start. What is to stop another 5 storeys being added. The height cannot be increased from current DA approval
The non compliance of the construction has already negatively impacted residents. The negative mental health impacts from non-compliance is life threatening. Schools infrastructure and TAFE infrastructure have no respect for residents. State Significant Development does not translate to ‘stuff the residents’ although this has been the attitude from all involved.
See st and Constitution rd intersection is already a death trap. So many near accidents with commuters walking up Constitution rd. As the DA is also being updated to remove safety upgrades to local streets, this will result in accidents. When an accident occurs, this letter will be provided to those in the accident to show that local residents tried to put safety first.
Car park will only increase number of cars in already congested streets. Aim should be to minimise private cars and utilise already existing public transport. What other TAFEs have bus, train and ferry servicing the students.
TAFE must be treated like a ‘CBD site’ and minimise private transport.
The design of the TAFE building is world class architecture. This will now be dwarfed by an ugly square car park.
Having parking onsite does not make a TAFE more attractive. Public transport does and this requirement has been met.
The cost of using the car park will be prohibitive and the building will become an ugly white elephant. As confirmed by TAFE employees, the parking station will be sold off to a commercial parking station company and be out of reach for those who need parking.
See street is incorporated into the green pathway which is to encourage cycling and walking from Macquarie Park. Mix in the cars entering the car park will be dangerous, and defeat the purpose of the green pathway.
The streets surrounding TAFE will already be a carpark due to volume of cars. We don’t need another carpark!
Trees in schematic diagram do not represent reality and try to make design better than it is. Streets around TAFE have been raped of trees with no intention of planting new trees to complete landscaping. The trees will not be planted as they will run out of money.
If more parking is desired, place it in the planned bus station on the western side of Constitution Rd, ie where the pedestrian tunnel will end up. Keep the western side cars on that side to prevent eastern roads being impassable.