By Charlie Pierce, Research Director, CommunityEnvironment Monitoring Background Transport for NSW (TfNSW) are required to monitorgroundwater, leachate and methane at the St PetersInterchange Landfill to comply with an EnvironmentProtection Licence (4627) issued by NSW EnvironmentProtection Authority (EPA). The exchange was built on the site of an old landfill that was closed in 2014 to make… Continue reading Monitoring Errors at St Peters Interchange – March 2025 Review
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Transport for NSW pollution monitoring failures continue at Westconnex St Peters Interchange
September quarter 2024 review of TfNSW monitoring results by CEM research director Charlie Pierce This is the area that was supposed to be delivered to the community as a public park in 2021. It contains a lot of old contaminated waste for the Alexandria Landfill and the remains contaminated. Photo by CEM :2024 Background Transport… Continue reading Transport for NSW pollution monitoring failures continue at Westconnex St Peters Interchange
Westconnex St Peters Interchange: Environmental Monitoring Failures
A Technical review by CEM research director Charlie Pierce Introduction The Westconnex St Peters Interchange (formerly known as both the Alexandria Landfill and St Peters Landfill) contains a closed landfill which is presently managed by Transport for NSW (TfNSW) and regulated by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (NSW EPA). Closed landfills continue to represent a… Continue reading Westconnex St Peters Interchange: Environmental Monitoring Failures
Report: St Peters Interchange
February 13 Today, Community Environment Monitoring publishes its report on pollution and environmental regulation of the WestConnex’s St Peters Interchange. The NSW government promised two parks at the St Peters Interchange. One was supposed to open in 2020, the other in 2023. So far no open space of any kind has been delivered to compensate… Continue reading Report: St Peters Interchange
Poor environmental monitoring at St Peters Interchange
Westconnex St Peters Interchange is a massive site bounded by Campbell Road, Princes Highway, Canal Road and Burrows Road in St Peters approximately 6 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD. It links the M8 tollway with the M5. It was built on a recently closed landfill and for this reason requires careful environmental monitoring. This post by… Continue reading Poor environmental monitoring at St Peters Interchange