Local P&C’s joined with Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, to give the Westconnex project a fail grade this week and calling for more time for parents to assess the risks.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today condemned the Baird Government for compulsorily acquiring the sub-surface property beneath Haberfield homes for the M4 East Tunnel, without compensating homeowners.

Jo Haylen, the Member for Summer Hill, is calling on the Government to extend free student travel to Light Rail following yesterday’s announcement that students will switch to a new school OPAL card from the start of the 2016 school year.

Jo Haylen, the Member for Summer Hill, today called on the Government to extend the consultation timeline for the Sydenham to Bankstown urban renewal corridor and to ensure information about the proposed plans is available for the community.

Jo Haylen, the Member for Summer Hill, will host a breakfast next Monday to acknowledge and remember women affected by breast cancer, with all proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, has demanded the Baird Government scrap plans to sell or lease land at TAFE campuses across the state, condemning the move as another example of selling public assets for short-term gain.

The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Westconnex, released today, is damning of the project’s impacts on the unique heritage value of Haberfield, Australia’s oldest garden suburb.

The Inner West community has today secured a significant win with Rob Stokes, the Minister for Planning agreeing to extend the exhibition period for the Westconnex M4 East Environmental Impact Statement to 45 days.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill has called on the Baird Liberal Government to immediately stop plans for a tunnel exhaust stack close to schools, child care centres and nursing homes in Haberfield and Ashfield.

Duncan Gay, the Minister for Roads, admitted in parliament this week that he didn’t know the government’s process around acquisitions for the Westconnex project.