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1. Australia's defense personnel should also be treated with more respect than to be located adjacent to a WestConnex 7 lane major traffic intersection expected to carry around 50,000 cars a day. One would think the health and sleep of these personnel, being connected to Australia's national security interests, would be given higher priority than the selection of this site indicates.

   This DA may have been an appropriate development if there were significant efforts by State Government to greatly increase public and active transport and other infrastructure in the area to reduce congestion, traffic noise and pollution at the site. But alas, there are none. On the contrary, with the plans for WestConnex proceeding, namely the longest underground tollroad system in the world, both federal and state government clearly have no intention for Sydney to go down this path. The WestConnex project will encourage greater car dependency all over Sydney and will worsen the already terrible congestion in the area, making it increasingly unfavorable for residential development.

   In this light, a more appropriate development at this location might be a petrol station, a car park, auto wrecker, car sales yard, tyre junkyard, respiratory illness medical centre, accident trauma centre, tow-truck or NRMA depot, road-rage counselling centre etc. Until such time as WestConnex is cancelled this development can not be allowed to proceed. Clearly the priorities of the State Government and the WestConnex Delivery Authority are in conflict with the Defence Housing Australia.

2. Strongly object.
   Unrealistic car park to apartment ratio.
   Got to be (at least) one park per apartment.
   Make fewer apartments or more car spaces.

3. It is totally unrealistic to build 155 apartments without providing at least 300 car spaces. The area, adjoining streets, etc, are already filled to capacity with parked cars. To escalate this current situation is grossly irresponsible and one cannot help but wonder what it is that motivates planners to come up with such a proposal.

4. Agree with Bruce Smiths comments above.
   This is Australia and Australians love their cars.
   Particularly given that public transport does not provide regular services or areas for people who choose to sit at bus stops inhaling fuel fumes whilst waiting more than 10 minutes for buses..
   Stop building these monstrosities only for profit for the builders and Govts..
   Socially and psychologically, they are destroying the lives of Australians.
   living in a unit is soul destroying..
   Everyday Australians can not afford them any way. No this is not a request for more subsidies eg fhog etc.
   If Governments managed their areas properly i.e. economies then we would not require large sums of subsidies... You can not throw money at any problem and expect it to just go away...
   Stop the sales for public assets and create more public park spaces..
   NO more units..

5. Hi everybody,
   Make sure to start your comments with I OBJECT so there is no doubt that you are lodging an objection.
   I have already commented once but I must agree with P Hunter and Bruce Smith ( see above ).

   Just a heads up to anyone who is interested, Gardens R Us on Gardeners Road is set to close down this year as Sydney Water plans to sell the land for further massive high rise high density development. You can go to change.org and sign the petition if you wish.

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