Submission regarding referral Reference Number: 2015/7520

Posted by · March 06, 2016 10:58 PM

Pauline Lockie of WestCONnex Action Group speaks to 2UE's Mike Jeffries about WestCONnex: why the Baird Government isn't being honest or transparent about WestCONnex, compulsory acquisitions, short-sighted road building and what's next for the campaign.

WESTCONNEX Action Group has demanded an immediate halt to the $16.8 billion WestCONnex toll road after Fairfax Media revealed more homes and businesses are likely to be acquired and destroyed to make way for the planned Rozelle and Camperdown interchanges.

Pauline Lockie of WestCONnex Action Group speaks to 2UE's Bill Woods about WestCONnex: its tolls, cost blowouts and looming failure to ease congestion, and the likely impact of unfiltered stacks and forced acquisitions in Rozelle, Lilyfield and Camperdown.

WESTCONNEX Action Group welcomed the release of a new independent review of the WestConnex business case, which confirmed the $16.8 billion toll road would be unlikely to recover its cost or ease traffic congestion.

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.