Comments on: Submission on the East-West Link Needs Assessment

By: adam

adam — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:01:17 +0000

Based on the recent actions of the State Government, I think the only hope for the affected residents is that they live next door to an AFL footballer.

They couldn’t care less about me or my kids.

Personally, I really don’t care if they adversely possess my house. The worst case scenario is living adjacent to a truck connection. If any such road is built, a large buffer (as in spatial distance not just noise) from the road should be demanded.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:06:52 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Adam
It was a really hard position to reach and it’s true that there are residents who will be adversely affected. Once we know what the government actually intends to do we need to look at ways to minimise impacts through community consultation and lobbying. A bit of a ‘motherhood’ statement but it’s hard to be more specific until we know what happening…

By: adam

adam — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:54:42 +0000

Excellent report, it was one of the better reads.

But it MUST not be forgotten, that MANY have already been adversely affected by the proposal in terms of stress and loss of property value.

And, despite the hope that residents aren’t affected, many will be, and I wonder how MTAG will support those who will lose their home or those who will have a truck connection within 30m of their home and kids?

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:48:46 +0000

Thanks Dylan, really appreciate your comments. Martin, who led the submission development, and the others who put in the hard yards will be pleased to know their work is appreciated. Cheers

By: dylan

dylan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:40:12 +0000

Well done to mtag for a well thought-out submission. There has been, unfortunately, a fair bit of backlash around against the Truck Action Plan mainly because of the Ashley St/Ballarat Rd suggestions. Hopefully your submission will help convince people that it is possible to address the very real existing Yarraville/Footscray truck issues without just shifting the problem to someone else.