Good Morning Fellow Residents, Commuters and Petition Supporters
IN THIS UPDATE I COVER
1) Information from Mark Latham on Commuter numbers at Edmondson Park and Leppington Stations
2) Fast track the Funding Petition for Leppington Station Presentation to Mark Latham MLC
3) Still awaiting Emails from the Mayor and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure
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1) MARK LATHAM KNOWS THE NUMBERS THIS IS INFORMATION ON THE CAR PARKING CRISIS OBTAINED BY MARK LATHAM
I asked the transport Minister to provide statistics on the number of Opal card tap-ons in the morning peak between 5.00 a.m. and 9.00 a.m. at Leppington and Edmondson Park stations and then to compare that with the number of car parking spaces that have been provided.
Last month, Monday to Friday, on average there were over 2,000 people tapping on at Leppington train station for their morning commute. There are 850 car spaces at the station. There are people parking up side streets, down in front of old farms and in very dark spots that make it dangerous for women walking back to their car in the evening. It is hopelessly inadequate. At Edmondson Park it is even worse. There were 1,800 tapping on for an average working day last month with only 400 car parking spaces. People are up on the footpath like sardines and attracting parking tickets. It is chaos. These are areas where the Government knew there would be rapid population growth. These are train stations and parking areas opened in the 2015 State election campaign and the Government knew these areas would be subject to vast population growth.
The worst is yet to come. The parking at the moment is hopelessly inadequate, but in a couple of years demand will double because of the population growth. The population in the corridor from Austral to Badgerys Creek and down to Oran Park and Harrington Grove is expected by this Government to be 1.3 million people. That is west of the M7 and south of Elizabeth Drive with two train stations and 1,200 parking spots for commuters. There are 1.3 million people on the planning books, but only 1,200 commuter car parking spaces. Do not give us baloney about record infrastructure spends. In the practical life of people trying to get to work and trying to get around in the morning, the situation is chaotic and dangerous.
In the practical life of the average citizen and voter this is a huge issue. The Government has to do two things: Fulfil that promise to reduce the overseas migration intake into New South Wales to take the congestion pressure off outer western Sydney in particular; and start to allocate these funds where the burning need is evident—that is, Leppington and Edmondson Park stations.
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Answer - I am advised the number of Commuters at 6, 7, 8 and 9am is
a. Leppington Station, July 2019
i. 6,446.
ii. 17,191
iii. 14,024
iv. 5,265.
b. Leppington Station, August 2019
i. 4,839
ii. 14,109
iii. 18,908
iv. 6,943.
a. Edmondson Park Station, July 2019
i. 3,641
ii. 11,061
iii. 15,452
iv. 7,650.
b. Ed Park Station, August 2019
i. 3,460
ii. 11,182
iii. 16,538
iv. 8,239.
This is the reason that the Car Parking Crisis Crisis exists, due to poor planning and the NSW State Government not taking note of the numbers of Commuters.
2) A Big THANK YOU to everyone who signed the Petition and to Mark Latham MLC for his support also.
POSTED ON MARK LATHAM OUTSIDERS PAGE
Michael Andjelkovic (Independent Candidate for Liverpool Council) handing Mark a petition to present to NSW Parliament.
The Petition of the residents of South Western Sydney brings to the attention of the House the lack of adequate Car Parking facilities at Leppington Train Station to cope with current and future demand from Commuters and in general the problems with parking at other Train Stations within South Western Sydney. The undersigned petitioners therefore ask the Legislative Assembly to Release the $9 million of Funding promised prior to the March 2019 Election and FAST TRACK the Construction of additional Car Parking at Leppington Train Station as a matter of urgency.
The Leppington Station Fast Track the Funding Petition was officially handed over to Mark Latham MLC on Friday the 11th October and will be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday the 15th October 2019.
This is the Link to Mark Latham Outsiders face page
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I am still waiting on information requested from the CEO of Liverpool Council on the 7th October 2019 as it is being processed as a GIPA request.
Reply received on the 11th October from LCC
Dear Mr Andjelkovic,
Thank you for your email to the CEO dated Monday, 7 October 2019.
The CEO has referred the request to me and has asked that your request be processed under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA).
Council’s Governance staff have registered the request and will respond to you directly once they have gathered the records.
Kind regards,
Chris White
3) Still awaiting replies to emails sent to the Liverpool Mayor and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure regarding my Potential solutions - refer to previous Petition Update https://www.change.org/p/increase-commuter-parking-at-edmondson-park-and-leppington-train-stations/u/25164148
Rememeber to Email your Local Council asking for support to fix the Car Parking Crisis
Liverpool lcc@liverpool.nsw.gov.au
Camden mail@camden.nsw.gov.au
Campbelltown council@campbelltown.nsw.gov.au
Together everyone achieves more (TEAM) your voices will help us get heard.
UPDATES STILL TO COME
Independent Planning Commission Transcripts and Analysis, Commuter Car Parking Enquiry Analysis, The Massive Car Park Sale, HOW YOU can Take Action and more.
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Yours Sincerely
Michael Andjelkovic JP
Local Community Campaigner and Independent Candidate for Liverpool