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New Bells Line of Road Castlereagh Connection (BLORCC) New Bells Line of Road Castlereagh Connection (BLORCC). Reasons Why the Change in Corridor Location through Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo Should Not Be Allowed to Proceed The relocation of the BLORCC corridor through Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo should not be allowed to proceed for the following reasons: 1.0 The existing corridor has been in place for 67 years. 1.1 The NSW State Government’s recent announcement with respect to new motorways for Sydney included a new piece of infrastructure known as the “The Bells of Line of Road – Castlereagh Connection” (BLORCC). This new motorway will connect the Central West of NSW through the Blue Mountains via Kurrajong Heights to the motorway network in and around Sydney. 1.2 As part of this announcement, the NSW State Government is recommending a change in alignment of a corridor that has been reserved for what has been known as the proposed Castlereagh Freeway for the past 67 years. In 1951, the NSW State Government allocated a corridor of land to the Castlereagh Freeway which has been preserved for that road up to present day. The proposed Castlereagh Freeway has now been largely incorporated into the BLORCC. 1.3 The existing 67-year-old corridor allocated for the proposed Castlereagh Freeway, where it passes through Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo from Fourth Avenue at Llandilo to Castlereagh Road at Castlereagh, is located on vacant land already predominantly owned by the Government. The new corridor currently recommended by the NSW State Government moves away from the original path of the proposed Castlereagh Freeway at Fourth Avenue at Llandilo to the south and cuts a wide path through hundreds of well-established family homes on acreage properties. This new path would result in the NSW State Government having to forcibly acquire hundreds of homes on acreage properties and compensate hundreds more at the expense of NSW Tax Payers. 1.4 The above map indicates the location of the original corridor allocated for the previously proposed Castlereagh Freeway (yellow line) and the location of the corridor now recommended by the NSW State Government (red line) which cuts through the heart of Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo impacting hundreds of homes. 1.5 It is important to note that the people of Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo are not trying to stop the BLORCC. On the contrary, there is a great deal of support in these communities for this piece of infrastructure. These communities simply want the BLORCC put back in its original corridor where it has been for the past 67 years. 1.6 The original 67-year-old corridor has provided the communities of Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo, Government and businesses in the area with a great deal of certainty for planning purposes including the purchase of property since 1951. This corridor has been referenced by successive State Governments as a potential site for this road. The land that is impacted by the 1951 corridor has been left vacant all this time in anticipation of this future road which has been presumed as inevitable given the reservation of the corridor. The Castlereagh Action Group Page 1 of 8 1.7 The suburbs of Llandilo, Castlereagh and Cranebrook have been aware of this corridor since it was first gazetted, with many families and businesses planning their lives around the corridor to ensure their properties and livelihoods were safe from potential property acquisition. The certainty provided by the 1951 Castlereagh Freeway Corridor ended on Monday 26 March 2018 when a proposed alternative corridor was announced by the NSW State Government. 1.8 The problem faced by the NSW State Government with respect to its newly recommended corridor through the heart of Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo is different, if not unique when compared to other issues faced by the NSW State Government in relation to its infrastructure programme. This is not just about putting in a new road that impacts many homes, it’s about a road that would impact hundreds of homes in circumstances where those property owners have been consistently led to believe that when the motorway finally did come through, it would be in a corridor that had been long since reserved for that purpose. 1.9 Any decision by the NSW State Government to move the corridor and thereby destroy hundreds of homes and entire communities must surely bring with it the issue of appropriate compensation given the residents of Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo have been for decades led to believe that this piece of infrastructure would be constructed in the corridor of land that has been set aside by the NSW State Government since 1951. 1.10 For the reasons stated in this document and with a view to letting common sense prevail, the NSW State Government should leave the corridor for the new BLORCC (old Castlereagh Freeway) between Fourth Avenue at Llandilo and Castlereagh Road at Castlereagh in its original position where it has been located for the past 67 years. 2.0 Hundreds of families have purchased property and established their homes in Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo with the understanding that the original corridor was preserved for this piece of infrastructure, over many decades. 2.1 Over the past several decades, hundreds of families have purchased and further developed / improved properties in Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo along the route of the proposed new corridor on the understanding that this motorway would come through at some point but in the corridor that had been set aside for it. The NSW State Government’s decision to recommend a different corridor through the heart of these communities in the absence of appropriate consultation is both unacceptable and unfair. In this regard, the families impacted by the proposed new corridor understandably feel misled. 2.2 The NSW State Government should stand by its original decision and actions of 1951 with respect to the location of this corridor that hundreds of families in Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo have understandably relied upon for both personal and commercial purposes. 3.0 Constructing the BLOCC in the corridor recommended by the NSW State Government will waste billions of NSW tax payer dollars. 3.1 To construct the BLORCC in the new corridor proposed by the NSW State Government through Castlereagh, Cranebrook and Llandilo would waste billions of NSW tax payer dollars resulting from a need to: a. forcibly acquire hundreds of homes established on acreage properties that are directly impacted by the new motorway together with additional compensation that will be pursued given these families have for many years been led to believe their properties would not be impacted by this motorway; b. remediate and/or make good the land occupied by these properties; c. compensate hundreds of additional home owners on acreage properties adjacent to and/or in close proximity to the new motorway given those families have for many years been led to believe their properties would not be impacted by this motorway; and d. expend significant additional tax payer dollars in constructing a longer road given its significant additional length and additional structures rather than constructing the road in a straight line between two points as originally planned. The Castlereagh Action Group Page 2 of 8 3.2 The additional cost that would be wasted by the NSW State Government constructing the BLORCC in its newly recommended corridor is a matter for all of the people of NSW and not just the hundreds of families immediately impacted by this proposed motorway. 3.3 The NSW State Government should leave the corridor in its original position and save billions of NSW Tax Payer dollars which could be more constructively spent on other infrastructure projects for NSW such as hospitals and schools. 4.0 The proposed new location for the BLORCC if constructed will destroy one of Australia’s oldest communities. 4.1 The NSW State Government’s plan to move the existing corridor will cut a path through the heart of Castlereagh, one of the oldest communities in Australia. Castlereagh is one of the “Five Macquarie Towns” being the collective term for the towns of Castlereagh, Pitt Town, Richmond, Wilberforce and Windsor which were established in December 1810 by the Governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie. Following is an extract from Wikipedia in relation to historical significance of Castlereagh: “The suburb is one of the most historic sites in Australia's colonial history, being one of the five Macquarie towns officially proclaimed on 6 December 1810. [2] Governor Lachlan Macquarie recorded the following in his journal "the Township for the Evan or Nepean District I have named Castlereagh in honor (sic) of Lord Viscount Castlereagh",[2] Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1805 –1806. He, in turn, was named after Castlereagh in Northern Ireland. The official Government and General Order issued from Government House, Sydney was dated 15 December 1810.” 4.2 The local graveyard in Castlereagh is the resting place of many pioneers that arrived in Australia on the First Fleet. Whilst the homes in Castlereagh that the NSW State Government plans to unnecessarily demolish for the purposes of the BLORCC were not present in 1810, our community was. 4.3 The NSW State Government’s recommended route for the BLORCC will dissect Castlereagh and displace hundreds of its residents. For those families that remain, they will be forever burdened with the ongoing impacts of a major motorway through this otherwise peaceful and historic town which would not be the case if the BLORCC is placed in its original position. Placing a major motorway through the heart of Castlereagh will significantly reduce, if not eliminate the historical importance of Castlereagh.
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