Concerns raised over M5 widening at Kingsgrove
THE widening of the M5 at Kingsgrove is a source of great concern for the Canterbury-Bankstown Council, which will make these concerns known to Sydney Motorway Corporation.
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THE widening of the M5 at Kingsgrove is a source of great concern for the Canterbury-Bankstown Council, which will make these concerns known to Sydney Motorway Corporation.
The works at Kingsgrove will be part of the WestConnex project, which began in 2012.
At last week’s meeting, the council resolved to write to Transport for NSW and WestConnex outlining its concerns.
Some of these include the poor amenity of active transport corridors and inadequate connectivity for the community surrounding the road corridor. The council believes additional crossings and underpasses should be provided to ensure walkable neighbourhoods can be created in the future.
The council believes the planned underpass, replacing Kindilan Underpass, is unsafe and narrow. It would like to see it widened, increased in height and have adequate lighting.
The council also believes too much quality open space will be lost if the plan goes ahead as is.
According to the business paper tabled at the meeting, the approved design “is an approximate 29 per cent loss of total open space, increasing to 47 per cent loss of usable open space with the noise mound as proposed.”
A Sydney Motorway Corporation spokeswoman said consultation with the community and council would continue and concerns would be taken on board.
“Sydney Motorway Corporation, the new M5 contractor and Roads and Maritime Services regularly meet with Canterbury-Bankstown Council, which has been heavily involved in the development of the Urban Design Landscape Plan for the new M5 and enhancement opportunities along the M5 Linear Park,” she said.
“This plan will be placed on exhibition shortly and both council and the community will have the opportunity to provide feedback.”
The new M5 is expected to be complete in early 2020.
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