Railway Uses at North Eveleigh

The Independent Public Inquiry Long-Term Public Transport Plan for Sydney Final Report pages 205-206 of 26 May 2010 made comments on the NSW Governments proposed Western Express & City Releif line. This extract is below - the full report can be found at www.transportpublicinquiry.com.au

The unsigned leaflet below was distributed to residents in Leamington Avenue in early June 2010. It warned residents of State Government Plans which may lead to the resumption of land in Leamington Avenue at MacDonaldtown adjoining North Eveleigh. The text of the leaflet is below as is a copy of the map from a study in 2002 for RailCorp showing impacted properties. On June 4 Andrew West in the SMH ran a story "Rail tunnel plan threatens historic homes" on the issue.

JUST two months after the NSW government spared the heritage suburbs of Pyrmont and Rozelle by dumping the CBD Metro, another historic precinct is under threat from another controversial transport plan reports Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 4 June 2010.

Map 3 of the "Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program: Metro Pitt and Metro West indicative protection corridors in October 2005" shows where future rail infrastructure may be placed in relation to Redfern Waterloo. A SEPP was introduced in February 2006 to preserve two possible future underground routes within the City of Sydney from being effected by possible future development over the proposed routes. PDF 408Kb.

This document on Compulsory Acquisition was prepared by the Environmental Defenders Office Ltd and handed out at the Save Leamington Avenue meeting on 5 July 2010. PDF 212KB.

This map was produced by residants to show how the zone preserved for North Eveleigh meshes with the map showing the possibile impact of the corridor on Leamington Ave. The map was produced for the public meeting on 5 July 2010. File is 1.2 MB.

This is the listing on the Heritage Branch website showing the details of the Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area which covers Leamington Ave Newtown.

This is the booklet produced by residents and supporters of Leamington Avenue for the community meeting on 5th July 2010. The booklet provides details of what is known about the possible impact of the City Relief line on Leamington Ave as of the community meeting. File is PDF 1MB.

The text below has been provided for those looking for information to write to politicians to help Save Leamington Avenue. You can copy relevant text from this web page, add your own comments and send your letter or email to the addresses at the foot of this page.

Download this petition to help the Save Leamington Avenue Campaign.

This is the a PDF of the Power Point presentation made by Transport NSW on 5 July 2010 about the rationale for the Western Express Rail Project which is threatening houses in Leamington Ave Newtown. PDF 592KB.

Below are links if available to TV News Stories about the Save Leamington Avenue Campaign,

On 9 May 2011 Railcorp wrote to residents backing on to Ivery's Lane regarding their plan to move substations on North Eveleigh in line with the North Eveleigh Concept Plan and to renew the retaining wall along Ivery's Lane. This is a copy of letter sent to some owners along Ivery's Lane asking for their comment. RailCorp is both the proponent and the consent authority for this proposal.

The public meeting on 5 July 2010 voted to establish a community group called "Friends of The Pines Estate Conservation Area (Known as 'Save Leamington Avenue'". The Meeting agreed to incorporate and adopted the aims below.

The Save Leamington Avenue Group established their own website on 26 July 2010. You can find out the latest about the group and the campaign to Save Leamington Avenue from saveleamingtonavenue.org. As the decisions Transport NSW will make about the "Relief Line" will impact on Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington we will still update this section of the website with information relevant to our area.