Kariong Sand and Soil Supplies Facility

I object to having this so close to where our family lives. We do not
want this silica etc to blow onto our downpipes for us then to drink
it from our water tank.

I do not want dangerous Silicosis dust contaminating the air my family
breathes And you would not want it either.

I am writing to show my strong disapproval of this concrete facility
going ahead in such an inappropriate position. Surely it can be
relocated to an area where it will not cause such dangerous outcomes
for so many innocent people.

Thank you

When I discovered Somersby falls I was so amazed that there is a
waterfall at the central coast and a beautiful one too. It is one of
my favourite places. It is truly upsetting the continuous
developments, progress and destruction of nature and all its beauty
that we will never get back once destroyed in the name of senseless
greed.

Please do not poison our region with this planned development.

Our client is concerned with the effect this sort of development may have
on the surrounding residents. This area is a fantastic haven for
tourism and recreation for the wider population (both central cost &
metropolitan Sydney) and wish to support the community in voicing
their concerns relating to this proposal. Regards Lisa

Please keep this away. It will not benifit the area or the current
establishments in the area. It will affect business loss, business
traffic and make the area unapproachable.
We will not stand for something so drastic changing the way Somersby
has become and established itself to be

I am against this project as I am concerned about the possibility of

Silicosis dust in the air affecting schools, families & businesses.

Destruction of local wildlife their habitats & food source, including
the endangered Eastern Pygmy-Possum habitat.

Adverse health impact. Reduced air quality to the children and
teachers of Kariong High School, Riding for the Disabled Association,
events run at Mt. Penang Gardens, Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre
and people of West Gosford and Gosford and possibly beyond.

Risk of asbestos in the air due to unknown industrial waste being
crushed.

I have been a resident of Kariong since December 1979 and would be
classified as one of the originals. I have worked for my employer
since November 1979, which was located at Racecourse Road Wets
Gosford, but now situated in Old Pacific Hwy, Somersby. I feel that,
given that I have lived in this area for so long, and also worked
locally for the same period, I am pretty well qualified to state that
a facility of this type in this area would be a disaster both
environmentally and socially, as well as morally.

I can fully appreciate that industry needs a central location to
dispose of surplus material as well as recycle products that be
utilised in various industries. However, the primary considerations
should always be the impact on current as well as future residents,
and also the environmental impacts of any such facility. Dust will be
a massive problem as it leaves the site. Medical conditions of people
pre-disposed to breathing problems will be drastically affected. The
damage caused to flora and fauna will be severe, and the pollution of
waterways from not only dirty water leaving site, but also
contaminated water will be an ecological disaster.

There are many areas on the Central Coast in close proximity to the M1
that would be more suitable than the proposed location, where
residents etc. are less likely to be affected.

The recent debacle of the proposal to set up a waste incinerator at
Eastern Creek is of a similar nature.

An alienated community will be uncooperative and un-supportive, and
local businesses will also show displeasure in various ways.

Common sense should prevail over economic insensibility. Any facility
of this type would not pass the "Reasonable Man Test". At the end of
the day, would it not be better for the owners of this proposed
facility to build it adjacent to where they reside? Surely if they
believe in their project they would not mind it being built next to
their own place? Surely they would not mind their own families or
friends to be exposed to contaminated dust or water? If not - why not?

Dont build it

I don't believe the proposed facility should be located so close to 2
schools (more than a thousand children) plus parklands and rural
residential blocks. My son attends the Central Coast Sports College in
adjoining Mt Penang Parklands and I question the air quality coming
over from an industrial waste processing facility.
I note there is also a Juvenile detention centre in close proximity,
plus a proposed residential development on Debenham Road.

Protect the environment

I live in the residential suburb of Kariong which is very close to
Somersby where the proposed concrete crushing will take place. If this
is to be undertaken outside the amount of respirable crystalline
silica will be impossible to contain on site, and the effect to the
residents, the nearby High School and Primary School will be
immeasurable. The incidence of Silicosis could be high and as it is a
fatal disease the risk of building this facility here is too high.

Please reconsider this facility and move it to an area where it is
contained and away from a residential population.

NO to the dumbing of asbestos and silica in Somersby

With all the bushland up there, it's really not an ideal place for
destruction of building materials which will out silica into the air.
That silica could then spread all over the central coast seeing as it
will be on top of a hill.

I live within 50 meters of the proposal - literally across from my front
door and I feel my family and I are at risk on several fronts.

Health risk due to long term exposure caused due to Silica dust as I
work from home and I'm there working all day and night. My Teenage
girls who play outside of an afternoon in the front yard would also be
exposed to this.

Increased truck and congestion causing issues with getting out of our
driveway in a safe matter. As we look right, out of our driveway there
is a blind spot where we can't see traffic, and this already causes
issues. Having trucks crossing traffic and turning a 90 degree bend
will cause ongoing congestion issues up and down the road.

Constant road noise and vibration from the trucks when driving up the
road and braking to turn the corner. On top of this, the constant
crushing of concrete and other materials in a vastly rural home area
seems totally out of place

The value of house prices in the immediate area has already gone down
with the thought this development is in planning, so we can't sell our
house now, and it will be a health danger to keep living here in the
future as I don't want to subject my family to these issues.

On top of these issues, the local government advocates protecting
wildlife and living in the outdoors, yet, this plan is talking about
destroying the habitat of endangered species to clear land together
with disrupting the usual forest audio and air quality patterns, which
is why people currently live here. To look and be amongst tranquil
nature.

I believe it would be disastrous to the community should this go ahead
and anything similar to this, as no one in the future, would want to
live near it.

Completely against this think about what this may cause to our children
that are already suffering from Asthma.
Leave it alone take yourself somewhere further away from people the
central coast is a growing community!
I say NO!

I Object to this project for several reasons but mainly:

-DEADLY Silicosis dust in the air affecting the community.

-Noise Pollution.

-Offensive smell caused by stockpiling of industrial waste.

-Visual pollution.

- Adverse health impact. Reduced air quality to the community.

- Risk of asbestos in the air due to unknown industrial waste being
crushed.

I strongly object to this proposal. It poses a significant threat to the
environment, local residents and the local wildlife population.

I find it inconceivable that when the risk of air pollution,
potentially from deadly asbestos or silica dust, from this development
is stated as moderate that any planning application could be approved.
There is a local high school with hundreds of students as well as the
surrounding suburb of Kariong which would be affected.

This development must absolutely be refused on the grounds of the
potential disastrous impact it will have on the surrounding area

We strongly object to deadly silicosis dust affecting schools, families
and business, the destruction of wildlife habitat, noise over 200 plus
struck running per day 24/7, offensive smells caused by industrial
waste, visual pollution, adverse health impact, reduced air quality,
risk of asbestos in the air, possible destruction of aboriginal
artefacts, turning Somersby from a tourist spot to a dumping area for
waste management.