No New Iron Cove Bridge

1. It does not address the Premier’s stated Priority needs to get more commuters into the city faster (NSW Premier’s State Plan Nov 2006)
   
   
2. It involves less lanes feeding on to the bridge >> more lanes on the bridge >> less lanes feeding off the bridge. This solves nothing ... Iron Cove Bridge will become a parking area for even more cars.
   
   
3. The RTA proposal includes a dedicated city bound bus lane starting before Lyons Road, Drummoyne to White Bay, Rozelle without a dedicated bus lane across the ANZAC Bridge ... therefore ... the ANZAC Bridge will become a parking lot for cars going
   
   
   • Into the city
   • Through the city
   • Onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge
     
     
   A new Iron Cove Bridge will do nothing to increase bus traffic flows across ANZAC Bridge.
   
   
4. It will destroy the Iron Cove area including a part of the very well-used Bay Run
   
   
5. It will take away open space, trees and overshadow Drummoyne Pool
   
   
6. It may require the acquisition of private property and will destroy the liveability for those living in the remaining adjacent homes.
7. It will take valuable inner city parkland.
   
   
8. The construction phase will disturb the chemical contaminants in Parramatta River which built up as a result of many years of outflows from the Balmain Power Station
   
   
9. There is no provision for pedestrian ways or cycle ways for city commuters
   
   
10. This is an extravagant $150 million short term bandaid solution to a longer term transport problem. Solve the long term problem. Don’t throw our $150,000,000 at this short term fix.