North West Rail Link - Stations, Rail Infrastructure & Systems

As a resident of Cherryybrook with a house on Franklin Road, we object to the use of quiet local streets for carrying traffic to and from the station. Castle Hill Road should be used by either widening it or adding an extra lane in the peak direction as is done on other srterial roads in Sydney.

Besides affecting the quality of life for residents living on or near Franklin Road and Robert Road, property prices will be significantly reduced.

The EIS2 makes a bunch of lame excuses for not using Castle Hill Road. In planning station precincts and access arrangements it has no taken into account the convenience of residents adjoining the station precincts.

Tjere has been no consultations held with residents of Kayla Way regarding placement of a car park and the plan to use Franklin Road and Robert Road as the access Roas.

Overall I am quite dissappointed with the Cherrybrook Station plans.

I am extremely concerned with the pedestrian traffic that already exists in the streets and on intersections that will be affected by the increaset of commuters getting to the railway station at Cherrybrook. Especially in the morning period several schools have children mobile around the intersections attached to Neale Avenue and Franklin Road (for Tangara School, Inala premises, Cherrybrook Public, Pennant Hills High and Cherrybrook Tech High as these roads are not only used for walking to these schools but also to the bus runs for these schools and also a few other private schools a little further away). Children are often not accompanied along the way and crossing the roads is already difficult without hundreds of extra vehicles using the roads. At the very least, I believe it is your duty of care to these children to supply TRAFFIC LIGHTS at the top of Neale Ave intersecting with Franklin Rd to ensure the safety of these children as they make their way to and from school and buses.

I don't understand why Cherrybook station is above ground. Underground stations are warmer in winter and cooler in summer and they protect from the elements.

I think there should be a covered walkway from the station to Castle Towers. I think it should be part of the construction of the railway and not an afterthought otherwise it
will never be built.

A lot more thought should be given a to how people arriving on foot will access the stations. This is always neglected in these plans. Also, there should be cover between the stations and the bus interchanges.

One of the major problems with the ECRL is that there isn't enough cover over the station exits. When it's raining the escalators and lifts deposit people under an awning that is
only about a metre wide. I would like to see more thought given to this.

As part of this construction I would like to see a covered walkway from the Macquarie University station to the Macquarie Centre.

Residential Address: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

While my wife and I generally support the constriction and operation of the NWRL, our concerns relate to the proposal in the EIS to ban/restrict parking in Franklin Road when the railway is operational.
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Currently parking in the vicinity of the Tangara School can overflow into nearby streets. When this school holds a special event (a number of times each year), cars park on both side of all nearby streets including Fernleigh Close.
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As the road width of Fernleigh Close is only 5 metres we have already experienced delivery trucks unable to make deliveries to addresses in the street as there was insufficient clearance for their vehicles to pass with vehicles parked on both sides of the street.

With the proposed parking restrictions on Franklin Road, the problem of cars parking in other streets off Franklin Road will occur more frequently and parking generally in the vicinity fo the Tangarara School will only get worse

Application Number SSI5414

Please do not publish our name's, contact numbers or addresses of properties mentioned in this submission.

Attention: Director , Infrastructure Projects.
We support the proposal as a whole. Our growing community needs choice/options for transport to the Sydney CBD.

Our concern: Due to the recent decision made to move the location of the now known Showground station (formerly Hills Centre) to the Council Chambers/Hills Centre location. The impact of the site development will have a large impact on our potential prospects of renters & the rental income of our property situated at XXXXXXXXX, Castle Hill. We are very reliant on the rental return from this property in order to pay the mortgage. Increasing our concern is the duration of time this will cause impact. If I was looking for a rental property, I would certainly not find this property appealing during the many years of construction that will need to occur.

Regards,
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This submission (attached pdf) relates to Section 9.5.1 "Future travel demand".

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