Chris Hayes (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move—

That the House:

(1)

recognises that a major bottleneck in the rail freight network currently exists in the south west of Sydney, where freight trains share existing rail lines with the Sydney metropolitan passenger services operated by Railcorp;

(2)

notes that the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Ltd has commenced construction of the Southern Sydney Freight Line (SSFL) which will provide a dedicated freight line for a distance of 36 kilometres between Macarthur and Sefton;

(3)

acknowledges that the SSFL is an essential piece of infrastructure that will significantly benefit the economy of New South Wales (NSW), in particular Sydney;

(4)

supports the concerns of the local residents who reside along the rail corridor between Casula and Liverpool who currently experience excessive rail noise and who are concerned about the noise and the environmental impacts related to the SSFL;

(5)

understands that residents along the rail corridor between Casula and Liverpool expect suitable sound abatement measures to be provided to protect their quality of life and wellbeing;

(6)

appreciates the current conditions of approval to not allow for the construction of sound barriers by the ARTC as part of the SSFL project along this corridor; and

(7)

calls on the NSW Government and the ARTC to examine the mitigation of all excessive rail noise as part of the SSFL project and review the existing conditions of approval that do not allow the construction of sound barriers along the rail corridor between Casula and Liverpool.

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