Issues

M5 Motorway - A planning disaster

The M5 motorway has to be one of the most monumental transoport planning disasters of the NSW State Government. The tragedy more than 100,000 motorists from South Western Sydney have to suffer the consequences of this disaster on a daily basis. The M5 tunnel has been designed as a 'constricting funnel' with no allowance for emergency crews to handle a breakdown without a chaotic disruption to the daily peak hour traffic flow. Ventilation in the 'funnel' is virtually non-existent and the Government's own health department have recommended that warning signs be.