Australia's defense personnel should also be treated with more respect than to be located adjacent to a WestConnex 7 lane major traffic intersection expected to carry around 50,000 cars a day. One would think the health and sleep of these personnel, being connected to Australia's national security interests, would be given higher priority than the selection of this site indicates.
This DA may have been an appropriate development if there were significant efforts by State Government to greatly increase public and active transport and other infrastructure in the area to reduce congestion, traffic noise and pollution at the site. But alas, there are none. On the contrary, with the plans for WestConnex proceeding, namely the longest underground tollroad system in the world, both federal and state government clearly have no intention for Sydney to go down this path. The WestConnex project will encourage greater car dependency all over Sydney and will worsen the already terrible congestion in the area, making it increasingly unfavorable for residential development.
In this light, a more appropriate development at this location might be a petrol station, a car park, auto wrecker, car sales yard, tyre junkyard, respiratory illness medical centre, accident trauma centre, tow-truck or NRMA depot, road-rage counselling centre etc. Until such time as WestConnex is cancelled this development can not be allowed to proceed. Clearly the priorities of the State Government and the WestConnex Delivery Authority are in conflict with the Defence Housing Australia.
