- Did the Minister or the Department of Health have any input into the
Updated WestConnex Business Case, the WestConnex M4 East EIS or the New M5 EIS
documents?
- Is the Minister concerned that the WestConnex air quality modelling for
PM2.5s in the M4 East EIS, show that the air quality at 31 sites modelled
across the M4 East area will greatly exceed the proposed national standard of 8
microns per cubic metre of air by 2021 and that the route and unfiltered stacks
are in close proximity to local schools, child care centres and sports
fields?
- Is the Minister concerned that this WestConnex air quality modelling also
shows the air quality for a large section of Sydney including Haberfield, Five
Dock, Ashfield, Burwood, Strathfield, Concord, Canada Bay, Homebush and
Flemington, home to tens of thousands of residents, will be about 25 percent
worse in the next six years than the target air quality standard for these
dangerous pollutants?
- Is the Minister aware that the methodology that WestConnex adopted does not
satisfy all of the requirements of Approved Methods for the Modelling and
Assessment of Air Pollutants in New South Wales, and the M4 East EIS does not
confirm that the NSW EPA has approved the modelling methodology that has been
adopted?
- Does the Minister believe that unfiltered ventilation exhaust stacks
located less than 500 metres from public schools, childcare centres and nursing
homes in the west, south west and inner west suburbs on the WestConnex route is
safe for these communities?
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The Chief Health Officer's detailed review of the M4 East Environmental
Impact Statement was submitted to NSW Department of Planning and Environment
and can be found on the NSW Department of Planning and Environment website at
www.planning.nsw.gov.au.
NSW Health will continue to provide advice on WestConnex Environmental
Impact Statements as they are made available, to ensure health risks are
considered. |