WestCONnex Action Group's Pauline Lockie spoke to Bill Woods on 2UE about the threat the WestCONnex New M5 poses to the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog colony at Arncliffe.

DRILLING works for the WestCONnex New M5 toll road were stopped yesterday after residents occupied the planned construction site in Terry Street Tempe. 

Submission regarding referral Reference Number: 2015/7520

Posted by · March 06, 2016 10:58 PM

WAG objects to both the failure of WestConnex to meet its stated core objectives and the manner in which these objectives were formulated.

WAG objects to the lack of transparency and proper process that has characterised the WestConnex project since its inception, and continues to do so with the New M5.

WAG strongly objects to the fact that AECOM, the company contracted to compile this EIS, has deep interests in the planning and construction of the $16.8 billion motorway project, raising questions about the independence and integrity of the planning assessment process.

WAG objects the corruption of proper planning processes that characterises WestConnex, including the New M5.

WAG objects to the negative impact the WestConnex project, including the New M5, would have on the health of residents who live, work or study along the motorway’s path, as well as drivers who use the tunnels and feeder roads.

WAG objects to the both the long and short-term impact that increases in noise and vibration will have on the lives of the hundreds of thousands of people who currently live, work or study in or near the route of the planned WestConnex, including the New M5. We also object to the poor analysis of these impacts in the New M5 EIS.