Shortlisted options for Moruya Bypass open for public comment

My father wanted to build shelter for woman in mourya. Mourya people said no. My dad wanted to build public houses mourya people said no. He brought land . And look at land now not build my dad s old it back. Your not country town . Your little village that never want change ever ever. Then die.. Your town. People will drive past what happen to mourya. Son they never wanted change so they died.

With mourya population getting too 10, 000 people. With no jobs on way. More kids are leaving to Sydney get your act together mourya. Now . Or you will be next molong dead town.

Mourya does not want a bypass or Aldi they want it left as it is . I know I spoke to people . They want a child to get hurt before it happen. They not country they are little village town. Batemansbay had enough of mourya rubbish. If mourya want to go alone let them we . Batemansbay will take councils with them. See how long you last. Like molong .

The Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 was introduced to further protect the important biodiversity and habitat features which previous legislation was falling short of doing. The BC Act is very clear in its approach to disturbance of native vegetation with an ‘Avoid, minimise or mitigate’ outcome, set out in order of preference. Each project should therefore ‘avoid’ disturbance to native vegetation, ‘minimise’ disturbance when avoidance can not be achieved and if all else fails then ‘mitigate’ via the offsetting of biodiversity credits is required. The Orange and Yellow corridor routes will impact and disturb native vegetation. This CAN be avoided by selecting the purple corridor as the preferred option for the bypass. The cost of offsetting the disturbance of native vegetation to the areas within the yellow and orange corridor routes are in the 10’s of millions of dollars, a bill which the taxpayer of NSW will be paying. This is an ADDITIONAL COST to the bypass on top of all else including land requisitions, reports, plans and the civil engineering work itself. With the economy struggling to keep its head above water and climate change being a key focus in the most recent federal election it makes logical sense to choose the quickest, cheapest and less environmentally damaging bypass route for Moruya township which is the purple corridor.

This diagram is akin to a child’s drawing. How can we possibly make an informed decision with the lack of detailed information regarding arrangements at each end? Please ask for better information on all our community’s behalf.

Yellow – It will allow for future expansion of the town, also the market garden are; be closer to the airport while allowing it expansion too, and appears a straighter route.

It’s a bypass, the further away the better, there will be off ramps into the town, we have too many people with vested interest wanting it in the town. Let’s get on with it and look to the future.

I think the orange option is ok as long as residents from South Head can access bypass north or south.

The purple route is insane for all the reasons mentioned by Jeff. Tyre noise (even from electric vehicles) from 4 to 6 axle trucks on the the yellow & orange routes will be an issue in the still of the evening & mornings, have to suck that one up. The orange route might be an issue for the amphibious aircraft, particularly firefighting aircraft picking up from the river (as demonstrated recently) during emergencies. The yellow route will give a better view of the town as vehicles sweep south on the southwest curve & north on the north east curve, giving travellers the option then to exit on the off ramp at South Head Drive if undecided when joining the bypass at either end. Yes? Will there be an off ramp at South Head Drive? Surely there must be for emergency & all vehicles, particularly exiting to the hospital, residents of South Head & the residential areas of the south, west & southwest of the town, again avoiding the CBD. This would also require a new urban street exit from South Head Drive to the hospital to avoid transiting through established residential areas. To have emergency vehicles travelling south to access the hospital via the southern end of the bypass at Donnelly’s Road, is just ridiculous.

Purple will be an eyesore ruining the northern approach entering the township. It will be a 5 meter high concrete bridge from start to finish across to the Riverside Park, and interfering with Breamer Estate and 20 new houses behind the Taffe college. Far too close to town for a bypass.
The Orange is the longest bridge structure crossing prime agricultural lands impacting marine national parks, a major threat to Malabar Lagoon and the most expensive and difficult option to construct.
The Yellow option has been in place for decades and is the cheapest and quickest to construct. From the Northern exit to the Moruya river it will be on crown lands therefore not interfering with private landholders. However the alignment South of the river needs re alignment so as not to affect homes on that proposed alignment. Simply it needs to include and move East of Congo road to the junction of Noads road then move West through open paddocks to the RMS depot. If that was done no homes on the Southern sector need to be demolished.
On the maps shown here why the Yellow option at the Southern deviates around to end at Donnally’s Road is a mystery and has never been on previous designs and an obvious red herring.
Why we are having another consultation is a mystery when planners of this project so far seem hell bent to not listen to local common sense. They have not contacted landholders previously impacted by extensive studies to keep them in the loop. Is that the way they are going forward with this consultation process?
The Yellow option is the best option. It will be the quickest and cheapest to build however it must be adjusted South of the river to avoid needlessly impacting homes.