Residents in Sydney’s inner west who have endured more than three years of disruption from the construction of a multibillion-dollar metro train line are furious that they still don’t know when exactly it will end
Credit:Hurlstone Park resident Jilly Guice, whose home borders the Bankstown line and a construction site for the metro project, said her family had experienced debris falling onto her property and her backyard flooding after downpours.
Neighbour Robert McCallum said construction of a large services building for the project about eight metres from his family’s house, and ongoing disruption from other work, had prevented them from selling and moving to a larger house because of the negative response from potential buyers.“It has been a daily struggle for the last four years. It has brought us to the point where we wanted to sell and close this chapter of our lives,” he said. “It has been a nightmare.
“High noise work is scheduled during daytime hours only wherever possible and respite periods are implemented to give residents a break from loud works.”
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