Main Roads have moved to Stage 2 of the Kenmore Bypass Study.

It is my opinion, the impact of the options proposed by Main Roads Kenmore Bypass Study are far too great on the environment, individuals and the community to be considered.

At our recent meeting it was suggested that we should not support any of the Main Roads options and draw a line through their options, and instead take the opportunity to list your concerns on the comment section of the form.

From my CRG report you can see just some of the concerns I have of the impacts and the inadequate mitigation attempts by the Engineering company advising Main Roads have proposed.

• Environmental damage – loss of habitat for many important species living in the corridor including Koalas.
• Noise – not able to meet the DMR standard for new roads
• Impact of pollution on resident’s health
• Visual impact
• Change in land use
• Reduced air flow and shading issues
• Limited life of the interchanges
• Risk of acid soils near Moggill Creek
• Massive carbon emissions to construct
• Increased flood risk
• Lack of access during flooding for residents
• Loss of bus services
• Loss of BCC owned parkland and shift of traffic problems to BCC
• Widespread community disruption and loss of services
• Emergence of law and order problems
• Changed demographic of the area
• Failure to consider other alternatives, even with terms of reference

I would also ask that you continue to write to our elected leaders:

• ThePremier@premiers.qld.gov.au;
• southern.downs@parliament.qld.gov.au
• ronan.lee@parliament.qld.gov.au

Point out the impacts and also how they could better spend the money on the study, and what the alternatives are:

The six million dollars being spent on studying the Kenmore bypass study this year could pay for:

• Three pedestrian overpasses/underpasses on Moggill Road to keep our kids safe, separated from traffic and get traffic moving; or
• Over 20 kilometres of pedestrian path and bikeways; or
• Put 24 extra buses on the road for one year, which could carry almost 2000 additional passengers per hour.

Demand quicker, better and cheaper alternatives than the Kenmore Bypass:

• Building a local bridge from Moggill to Wacol would cut trip times in half, cost 20% of the Kenmore bypass, give direct access to rail and three freeways and not involve killing off koalas or impacting 3850 local residents’ health, lifestyle or quality of life.
• Pedestrian overpasses/underpasses at our schools and on Moggill Road would keep our kids safe and get traffic moving.
• Fixing the Kenmore Roundabout.
• Supporting better public transport (such as access to rail or providing light rail, improved bus routes) and a wider active transport network to tackle congestion, pressure on family budgets and climate change head on.
• Better planning, locating Government services (such as schools) where people live, to give residents the choice of not driving.