WESTCONNEX contractors began packing up their Sydney Park construction compound on Euston Road today following a huge community campaign to stop the works.

POLICE forcibly removed up to 50 residents from WestCONnex’s Sydney Park construction compound after the locals peacefully attempted to stop the destruction of trees in the park.

THOUSANDS of people flocked to the family-friendly Save Sydney Park Festival on Saturday 1 October to protest the destruction of Sydney Park, and support the anti-WestConnex blockade on Euston Rd.

THOUSANDS of people will flock to St Peters on Saturday for a family-friendly music festival to protest the destruction of Sydney Park, and support the anti-WestConnex blockade that has protected the trees on Euston Rd since 19 September.

SAVE Sydney Park Festival organisers Reclaim The Streets (RTS) and WestCONnex Action Group (WAG) are delighted to announce the first confirmed sound stages and speakers for Saturday’s protest festival.

THOUSANDS of people will flock to St Peters on the October Long Weekend to protest the destruction of Sydney Park and support the anti-WestConnex blockade.

POLICE dragged residents out of a Sydney Park protest camp at 3am today so WestCONnex contractors working for the private Sydney Motorway Corporation (SMC) could set up a construction site, and begin work to destroy thousands of trees in the park.

HUNDREDS of people attended a snap rally in Sydney Park this morning to protest the Baird Government’s planned destruction of hundreds of trees there for the WestCONnex tollway.

RESIDENTS will be holding a protest at the planned WestCONnex St Peters Interchange on Saturday morning to call for a halt to the project, and a full and independent inquiry.

WESTCONNEX Action Group (WAG) has joined the call for a halt to work on WestCONnex following revelations that asbestos-laden material has been used to construct the toll road.