Dear Sir/Madam,

Claims that Moorebank Intermodal Terminal will reduce the number of Port Botany containers moved by truck are false. According to the NSW Bureau of Transport Statistics (February 2014), 6.9 million Port Botany containers will be moved by truck in 2046, compared with 1.9 million in 2013. BTS assumes intermodals operating at Moorebank and Eastern Creek.

BTS estimates that 4 million containers will be moved by rail in 2046 , compared with 0.3 million in 2013. This requires building new rail freight lines to Port Botany, and between Chullora and Eastern Creek. For containers that are railed to Moorebank, the road system is unable to sustain any increase in traffic. Already, key traffic intersections are frequently gridlocked.

For these reasons, most of the federal government's business case for the Moorebank intermodal is redacted.

Please stop this project. I strongly object to it

Please stop the project of Intermodal site: Moorebank Avenue, Moorebank, Rail corridor

When growing up we played cricket in the back lanes, played in the parks and in the streets with all the kids in the area, this is what taught people of my era to be street wise and learn the meaning of common sense. Unfortunately today common sense does not exist, if it did I would not be sending this submission.
Surely someone must have a little bit of forsight to see what is really going to happen here. How could anyone dump a commercial project the size of this into such a large residential as the area proposed. Over 1,000,000 movements a year 24/7 please see if you can find that bit of common sense needed.

This planned development will be detrimental not only to the suburb or Moorebank and other surrounding areas, but also the entire M5 corridor. The drastic increase of heavy vehicles on the roads adjacent to the proposed site, aswell as the main arterial roads nearby will cause quite significant issues with regard to traffic and travel times for regular road users. The areas does not have the sufficient roads infrastructure nor the ability to accommodate required improvements.
Along with roads and traffic issues, the close proximity of the site to such a large number of residences and private dwellings seems rather near sighted and highly inappropriate. The noise such a site would create would create very uncomfortable living conditions for those living nearby.
The final point I'd like to raise is that significant improvements to Port Botany via new cranes and road improvements nearby make this whole development seem unnecessary. Along with the Port a Botany site, Sydney also has another freight terminal at Enfield which is unused. Or such a large sum of public money to be spent on the Enfield site and for it to not be in use seems extremely wasteful and not a correct use of public funds. It would be more appropriate to improve that existing site, not only to save public money, but to utilise it's prime geographic location, which is so close to the middle of metropolitan Sydney itself.

I strongly object to the proposed Intermodal development at Moorebank. Moorebank cannot support the immensity of this project.
Our roads are at capacity now and the number of trucks make travelling slow and hazardous. We cannot take anymore load on our roads.
Moorebank is in a low lying area and any increase in pollution caused by 10,000 trucks more a day and the operations carried out by the Intermodal 24 hrs and 7 days a week will put Moorebank in the danger zone. Our children,residents and neighbours will be in grave danger of developing poor health in the future.
The noise and disruption generated by the associated works during construction and also upon completion will make Moorebank an undesirable place to live.

I object to the intermodel

I am a resident of Casula and overlook the old Casula Links Golf Course next to the Georges River. I object wholeheartedly with an Intermodal being built at Moorebank. Not only is it in the wrong place to build this in general, it will impact me directly and so many others.. As I live up on a hill overlooking this area I hear all noises from that area. I hear when the Army does testing.
The Intermodal plans to build bridges and railway lines over the Georges river for freight trains right in the old golf links that my home overlooks. This is not fair, and will cause me and many people extreme hardship. The people that make these decisions don't care who or how they affect people. This intermodal will affect tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of people in a bad way. The traffic kaos we have already is going to be unbearable, So too will be unbearable the noise, the dirty pollution and emissions from hundreds of trucks in the area and cars that will move so slowly that it will be almost a car park in Liverpool. We Can't have this! property values will drop, quality of life will suffer for all in this area etc etc. This is not the place to put heavy industry, it is so obvious.
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I strongly object to the SIMTA Moorebank Intermodal Facility, I think it could be built in a much better location like at the (new international airport at Badgerys Creek), if it was located at Badgerys Creek airport I think the facility could be used to its full potential for road, rail and air. Also there it can connect with existing and planned major transport routes.

If the Intermodal was at Moorebank it will cause more traffic, more noise and more pollution on the already choked roads! Furthermore, the M5 and surrounding roads would become even more congested with extra trucks on it, I do not think these roads are capable of taking any more strain and it would lead to them coming to a grinding halt! The strain on the environment is also a big concern with more noise and pollution. Please do not make a major and regrettable mistake by putting the Intermodal at Moorebank.

South West Sydney is wonderful place to live, please reconsider the location of the SIMTA Intermodal!

Thank you.

I object to the SIMTA Moorebank Intermodal Facility going ahead. I believe it will cause significant stress on Moorebank's already strained road infrastructure. It will also have a negative impact on residents quality of life in the following ways; increased air pollution, increased road congestion; excessive noise (over and above tolerable levels); significant reduction in property prices to the area. In addition I also believe there is more than sufficient infrastructure at Port Botany to meet current and future freight demands rendering this facility costly, damaging and superfluous.