Liverpool. Opposition to $300m terminal

Liverpool City Council opposes the building of a $3oo million freight terminal, at Moorebank, and will seek the help of local state and federal MPs ''in opposing this facility'', which they say could also cause flooding and environmental damage to nearby waterways, and increase heavy truck traffic. The recent federal budget earmarked $71 million for the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal, which, at an estimated total cost of $300 million, would take cargo from the rapidly expanding Port Botany via the southern Sydney freight line, and transfer it onto trucks for distribution around Australia.

Liverpool. Freight terminal or stadium

The Federal Government had yet to rule what wouldl be done with land at Moorebank which has been sighted as an intermodal freight terminal, said Michael Deegan, of Infrastructure Australia, who was asked to examine whether the site could be used for such a facility. Readers of the Liverpool City Champion suggested it be used as a back-up soccer stadium as part of Australia's 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup bid