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