2009 - Year of the Freight Line: Casula, hang in there
Casula
1) The organisation, passion and persistence of the folk in Birkdale Crescent (and surrounds) needs to be commended. They have grabbed an issue that affects them by the horns and done something about it. Their energy has not waivered, their spirit has not wained. It is amazing what momentum can be built when people put there heads and hearts together.
2) Western Sydney residents are misrepresented by their Councils and State/Federal Governments. It appears particular parties have their own agenda and unless you are a 'powerbroker' like Tripodi, Robertson etc etc then your powers are next to useless.
3) There is a serious lack of either communication or commonsense within Government. For instance, the Federal Government is carrying on about their stimulus package and the benefits it will have to infrastructure. They spend $553 Million (although I hear it is more now) on Consultants to work out what they should splurge on, but they seem to turn a blind eye to the people that they are supposed to represent. The people of Casula need Noise Barriers and in the scheme of things these would hardly cost anything at all compared to the amount the Government is prepared to spend overall. Building sound barriers would also create jobs, inject cash into manufacturers and builders alike. However, the Premier's Office feels that John Robertson should have a new refurbished office. I didn't realise that you needed to have 'Moron' and 'Heartless' printed on your resume to get a gig in politics.
A meeting has recently been held where it was announced that the ARTC would not put the barriers up as the Department of Environment and Climate Change deemed that the noise from the trains wasn't going to overly increase when the new freight line is constructed, even though the current noise levels exceed the current limits.
I ask the public to support the residents in Casula in their cause to get Sound Barriers. Down the track, they'll probably pay your support back ten-fold.
The Streetcorner Staff have pushed the '2009 - Year of the Freight Line' back to the homepage. Keep the comments coming. We hope to get you onto the Talkback shows soon.
Comments
Bill Cashman posts
Angus - I hope people-power breaks through on this occasion, and I couldn't agree more about the passion and determination of the locals. Keep up the good fight - there's much to do.
john anderson posts
I have attended many meetings in the Liverpool council area over the last 4 years and have never been disgusted so much the comments from artc staff where revolting.Dont they realise that residents who live along the rail line are normal people with normal emotions.The DECC are comfortable is that the reason why all the people who influence the situation are running a million miles to escape from their responsibility.Dont worry right will come through in the end keep up the fight we are behind y
john anderson posts
At the community cabinet meeting held last tuesday when I spoke to Mr.P.Garrett to try and help the residents of Liverpool and Casula obtain noise barriers to reduce the impact of noise on their dail lives.He had his assistant take my name and number and said I would be contacted this week.After receiving no reply I sent anther email on Saturday 21st February hoping to get some reply following the debacle Meeting with ARTC where the residents claims were totally ignore Someone has to act now
Roy Carter posts
Thus far no one has said that the lack of sound barriers is symptomatic of the lacklustre " Boarding house scrape of butter" attitude towards Liverpool residents displayed by both the federal and state governments. Frankly, just you wait until the rest of the project is revealed including freight terminals as far as the eye can see. The volume of trains and trucks will apparently far exeed the current forecasts as imports continue to flood into the country. WE are in the EYE of that storm.
john anderson posts
Today I went to Andrew Mcdonalds office to give him an account of the disgraceful meeting the other night where the ARTC virtually wiped away the residents concerns with hardly a afterthoughtThe residents who attended thought that nobody could be so callous.I called on Dr Mcdonald staff member to ask him to speak to DECC and ask if they rethink the ridiculous situation.Then I went to the council tonight and they said they were prepared to get a consultant to do testing in 15 spots.heres hoping
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