Friday, December 21, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Michael O'Brien responded to my email with the following
Dear Chris,
As I understand the letter, it is making the point that the measured noise
levels (before the recent works) in your area are not in excess of the
VicRoads decibel limit for which additional noise works are required.
That is to say, the recent works were done purely as a trial and not
because your area's noise levels meet the threshold for required
enhancements under the state noise attenuation policy.
I read the letter to say that the before and after noise measurements will
be used to determine whether the recently performed works remain, or are
modified in some way.
That is, I believe that what you understand to mean "the existing noise
barriers" as including the recent works is different to what VicRoads
intends (being the original works prior to the recent modifications).
As a consequence, I understand that VicRoads will be guided by the before
and after noise measurements in determining the future of the recent works
- as we previously discussed.
I trust this assists.
His response totally ignores the point I was trying to make. It's like watching a politician being interviewed on TV where he is asked one question and gives his answer about completely unrelated!
Dear Chris,
As I understand the letter, it is making the point that the measured noise
levels (before the recent works) in your area are not in excess of the
VicRoads decibel limit for which additional noise works are required.
That is to say, the recent works were done purely as a trial and not
because your area's noise levels meet the threshold for required
enhancements under the state noise attenuation policy.
I read the letter to say that the before and after noise measurements will
be used to determine whether the recently performed works remain, or are
modified in some way.
That is, I believe that what you understand to mean "the existing noise
barriers" as including the recent works is different to what VicRoads
intends (being the original works prior to the recent modifications).
As a consequence, I understand that VicRoads will be guided by the before
and after noise measurements in determining the future of the recent works
- as we previously discussed.
I trust this assists.
His response totally ignores the point I was trying to make. It's like watching a politician being interviewed on TV where he is asked one question and gives his answer about completely unrelated!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Received a letter from VicRoads yesterday, see below
I found the tone of the letter totally offensive with its implication that we could be treated as second class citizens by VicRoads and used as guinea pigs for their trials. Have written the following letter to Michael O'Brien to bring the letter to his attention.
Dear Michael,
Thank you for the update. I was hoping not to have reason to contact you
until the results of the monitoring were available, but I received a
letter from VicRoads yesterday which I thought I should bring to your
attention. A copy of the letter is attached.
In particular I draw your attention to the third paragraph which states
that the residences in this area "do not warrant further modification to
the existing noise barriers" and therefore we were chosen as trial sites.
The implication of this is that the quality of life of the residents here
does not matter and we are to be treated like second class citizens. Also,
that we can be used as guinea pigs for VicRoads experiments. This attitude
is intolerable and offensive.
I should say that I have shown this letter to other residents and their
reactions were equally outraged.
I appreciate what you are doing on our behalf but I fear that the attitude
expressed in the attached letter means that VicRoads do not take the
inconvenience they have caused , nor our concerns, seriously.
I look forward to your response.
Your sincerely
Thank you for the update. I was hoping not to have reason to contact you
until the results of the monitoring were available, but I received a
letter from VicRoads yesterday which I thought I should bring to your
attention. A copy of the letter is attached.
In particular I draw your attention to the third paragraph which states
that the residences in this area "do not warrant further modification to
the existing noise barriers" and therefore we were chosen as trial sites.
The implication of this is that the quality of life of the residents here
does not matter and we are to be treated like second class citizens. Also,
that we can be used as guinea pigs for VicRoads experiments. This attitude
is intolerable and offensive.
I should say that I have shown this letter to other residents and their
reactions were equally outraged.
I appreciate what you are doing on our behalf but I fear that the attitude
expressed in the attached letter means that VicRoads do not take the
inconvenience they have caused , nor our concerns, seriously.
I look forward to your response.
Your sincerely
Monday, December 3, 2012
Don't know if it was the email I sent to Michael O'Brien and Gary Liddle yesterday but some activity at last! An acoustic engineer turned up this evening to put a noise monitor at my front window. It along with nine other in streets in the area will stay in place until Saturday to measure the noise. Hopefully these monitors will prove what we all have noticed - that the noise levels have increased. They will compare these results with measurements they took in march.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
In order to keep the pressure up I sent following email to Michael O'Brien with a copy to Gary Liddle:
Dear Mr O'Brien,
As agreed at our meeting on Friday 23/11 at Basil Street, I am following up to inform you of any activity by VicRoads concerning the increased noise from the freeway noise barrier upgrade. So far we have heard nothing from them regarding our complaints. In fact, their inactivity makes us feel that they are ignoring our concerns and by doing so are treating us with contempt. Many signed letters of complaint have been sent to them and as yet they have not even done us the courtesy of an acknowledgement, let alone some activity to show they are remedying the situation.
The local residents are angry about the noise and frustrated with VicRoads lack of action. Surely VicRoads has a responsibility to listen to the concerns of the community and act on them, especially when their actions have caused the problem in the first place.
I trust that with your continuing support we can get this matter resolved quickly.
Yours sincerely
Chris Babarczy
Dear Mr O'Brien,
As agreed at our meeting on Friday 23/11 at Basil Street, I am following up to inform you of any activity by VicRoads concerning the increased noise from the freeway noise barrier upgrade. So far we have heard nothing from them regarding our complaints. In fact, their inactivity makes us feel that they are ignoring our concerns and by doing so are treating us with contempt. Many signed letters of complaint have been sent to them and as yet they have not even done us the courtesy of an acknowledgement, let alone some activity to show they are remedying the situation.
The local residents are angry about the noise and frustrated with VicRoads lack of action. Surely VicRoads has a responsibility to listen to the concerns of the community and act on them, especially when their actions have caused the problem in the first place.
I trust that with your continuing support we can get this matter resolved quickly.
Yours sincerely
Chris Babarczy
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Received 4 more letters from residents which I have forwarded on to VicRoads. The response from VicRoads so far has been non-existent. They have, in my opinion, treated the residents with total contempt and an arrogance which is unbelievable. Not only have they performed substandard work but when we expressed our concern and dissatisfaction they have replied with complete silence and have not even done us the courtesy of acknowledging our correspondence. I intend to write to Michael O'Brien, who seemed willing to help, and ask him to escalate the matter and get some action from VicRoads.
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