Tuesday, 10 September 2024

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Aiv PUGLIELLI (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:53): (1096) My question today is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and it relates to the destruction and pollution that are being caused to the community along the construction zone of the North East Link toll road project. Every month residents from my region raise their concerns about this behemoth of a project. They are concerned about the loss of so many thousands and thousands of mature trees and about the decimation of our precious wetlands and fragile ecosystems. They are concerned about the air quality as debris is churned up into the air as the works continue. I have seen people drawing ‘NEL’ into the dust left on their decking, on their windows and on the doors of their homes. They are concerned about the disruption being caused as roads are changed, closed and cut off. Minister, what material support and compensation are you offering to residents who will have to endure the dust, the noise and the destruction for years to come?