Balmain state Greens MP Jamie Parker held a town-hall meeting alongside residents on Tuesday night to consult the wider community on their concerns surrounding the new plans.

Close to 400 residents attended the meeting.

Mr Parker said the four main developments currently proposed for White Bay include the Glebe Island Multi-User facility, the Hanson cement terminal, the Western Harbour tunnel proposal and the White Bay Power Station.

He also spoke on issues surrounding stage three of West Connex.

“The government promised a Google headquarters, a technology harbour, and green spaces and in fact we are now getting the opposite,” Mr Parker said.

“We want to make sure we can bring some balance back into this equation.”

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Mr Parker assured the community it wasn’t all doom and gloom and there were alternatives the government should consider.

One alternative involved moving the site to Port Kembla.

During the meeting, Mr Parker revealed one of his major concerns, the plans of RMS to transfer 400,000 cubic metres of toxic waste into Sydney Harbour.

“400,000 cubic meters is an enormous amount of waste that will have to be treated.

He said they have proposed dumping toxic waste into the harbour.

He said the dredging not only impacts the community but also the diversity of marine life in the harbour.

Mr Parker said the impacts on the proposed multi-user facility and Hanson Cement Terminal will also have significant impacts on residents.

He said it it will run 24/7 and residents will be impacted by the two-way truck movements.

Mr Parker told residents of plans for ventilation stacks and urged them to be aware of its impacts.

“They are around 35 meters high and the government have steadfast refused to filter them,” he said.

“They say they will give us some playing areas in the Rozelle goods yards but who wants to bring their kids there to be monstered by their enormous unfiltered emissions stacks.

“We want them to give us a rock solid confirmation there won’t be any more ventilation stacks.”

RMS have told residents the noise impacts from projects will only be temporary.

However Mr Parker said “three to four years might seem temporary for them but for most people that is not acceptable when there is good alternatives,” he said.

Inner west resident, Lesley Treleaven who started a Stop Westconnex Action Group said her main concern was the amount of money that will be put into a solution that won’t work

“It’s not a solution, it needs to be combination of public transport and ways in which we can get trucks funnelled into particular areas,” she said.

“There’s no way we will take our children and grandchildren to a park around the ventilation stacks.

“That’s a useless contribution to the community, its destructive.

“With these four currently proposed infrastructure projects, the inner west will be surrounded by huge numbers of BW trucks and concrete mixers moving through what is an old 19th Century small town.”