The public consultation on the Coomera Connector project (Second M1) closes on 8 December. It looks like there are two places to provide feedback:
On stage 1: https://coomeraconnector.tmr.qld.gov.au/coomera-connector-stage-1
On stage 2: https://coomeraconnector.tmr.qld.gov.au/stage-2
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If you haven't had your say yet, or only provided feedback on one of the stages, please complete it by Sunday.
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Here is my feedback on stage 2:
It is unacceptable to have a motorway so close to homes in Coomera: The homes in The Foreshore, parts of Coomera Waters, Lura, and Camelot are going to be 10-20m from that road? Why do we have residential zoning if the government can put a 24x7 polluting and loud motorway in the middle of it?
Your options, as I see them, are:
1. Ignore politics and look at other options of de-congesting M1 that include improving public transport. More people would use trains, for example, if they could get to and from the train station by bus and if they could get cheap monthly passes. Leave Coomera Connector as a wildlife reserve, maybe with walking and biking trails. Walking and biking along a motorway is not an option. Try walking along M1, or get on the pedestrian bridge in Helensvale to experience how loud and foul a motorway is for somebody not in a car.
2. If you get pushed into continuing this project, go with a 4-lane, not 6-lane, ground-level, quiet surface, and a maximum 60km/h road. The lower the speed, the lower the noise. In places where it is closest to homes, install the best sound barriers possible. An earth wall and a sound barrier on top might be best. Leaving a few trees here and there will not fix the noise. Trees are a poor sound barrier: http://ta-inc.com/focus-on-acoustics-trees-as-sound-barriers/
Kind regards,
Tom Andraszek
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