Transport corridors Residents of Sutherland Shire, as with any other area in Sydney, will recall that street directories have shown routes for proposed freeways for decades.
Like the airport and railways, people have bought land and houses near areas designated by previous town planners for particular uses.
Some bought the properties for potential access to these future facilities, others bought at lower prices, hoping the plans would never come to fruition.
In the shire, the Alfords Point motorway, the Bangor bypass, and the high-level Woronora bridge are examples of well-known plans which at the time were opposed when construction was imminent, but completed despite opposition.
Where are the complainants now? Using the infrastructure no doubt.
Sydney as a growing city is changing for better or worse. Probably the latter.
Airport noise and freeway traffic inevitably come with the expansion of a big city. One wonders if a proposal to run a light rail system along the F6 corridor would also elicit complaints? It would split the shire with high-rise development along the route, that would be an eyesore for all and nowhere near as useful as a road. It is obvious that any transport corridor attracts users.
That is why they are built.
John Ward, Bangor