WestConnex motorway a subsidy for Sydney Airport car
profits
The proposed WestConnex motorway would double the M5
tunnels and have tunnels joining the airport to the eastern end of the M4
motorway with exits to Camperdown and Leichhardt. The rationale is to provide links for
the airport and Port Botany as well increasing motorway access to the city from
the west and south west.
Sydney Airport runs very profitable parking
stations and they want people to come in cars and pay to park. Despite saying
they want an increase in public transport access to the airport and the removal
of the ticket surcharge on the airport railway stations, they don’t offer to buy
the two stations to reduce the fares.
The port is best served by upgrading the railway line by
duplicating the tracks. All of the
bridges and cuttings were built with room for a second track. The federal
government has spent a billion dollars building a southern freight line to
separate freight trains from the suburban train lines out to the Moorebank
freight terminal.
The West Connex will
only increase congestion and pollution in the inner city, but not improve access
for people in the west. Public
transport and active transport are what we need for Sydney.
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