Talk:M5 Motorway (Sydney)

message: why is there a pic of the M4/M7 interchange on this page? lawl. 61.88.20.56 (talk) 06:32, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: Please don't mention non-major incidents or alerts in this article. The paragraph detailing the truck that smashed into the front of the M5 East Tunnel was not necessary and was removed. These exact same incidents occur frequently in Melbourne's notorious Burnley and Domain Tunnels (overheight alerts) and there are no accounts recorded on any Victorian / Melbourne Wikipedia page regarding such incidents. Same goes for other states. Therefore, incidents that haven't involved fatalities (such as the Burnley Tunnel fireball in 2007 which involved numerous vehicles and some fatalities) or haven't involved major problems (such as a fire, explosion or massive pileup in the tunnel) shouldn't be mentioned!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.160.199.110 (talk) 07:49, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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message: The photo shown of Botany is not the M5 East, it is of Southern Cross Drive:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=southern+cross+drive,+botany,+nsw&aq=&sll=-33.942826,151.192131&sspn=0.019866,0.045447&gl=au&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Southern+Cross+Dr,+Sydney+New+South+Wales+2019&ll=-33.940405,151.195049&spn=0.019867,0.045447&z=15&iwloc=A
It doesn't become the M5 East until *after* it passes underneath the airport tunnel, which is way off the right side of the photo. 220.233.130.210 (talk) 23:47, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed ***Adam*** (talk) 07:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
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message: I'm the Environment & Community Manager at the M5 East Motorway. I have been in contact with Google over an issue with Google searches for our information where the M5 Southwest Motorway map appears alongside search results for the M5 East. The issue, according to Google engineers, is that the Wikipedia article has M5 East Freeway as a subset/subheading in the M5 Southwest Motorway article and uses this information/data for search results and maps. The M5 East (owned by RMS) is not part of the M5 Southwest Motorway (leased by Interlink) - the M5 East begins at King Georges Rd and ends at General Holmes Dr. By having M5 East as a subset of this article, it also creates havoc as motorway users think that we can deal with their tolling accounts, accidents, breakdowns, complaints, etc. It's become an administrative nightmare! If the page could please be split into 2 separate articles with references to the other motorway in each, it will solve a big problem for our call centre. Also, upon completion of WestConnex construction, all 3 assets (i.e. M5 East, New M5 and M5 Southwest) will be managed separately. Furthermore, the New M5 and M5 East will be sold off. They will not be managed as a single mega-asset. Once the New M5 is completed, a new article could then be published describing that asset. Refer to Page 5 of the following WestConnex document: [] and the M5 East Motorway website showing the incorrect map at the bottom [] Trubie78 (talk) 05:31, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, previously I have been in favour of retaining a single page for these roads. Creating separate pages to resolve a Google issue is very much a case of the tail wagging the dog. However, I concede that my previous opposition to a split is not as strong as before (I'm now neutral on the matter). As you stated, the M5 route comprises the Southwest, East and future WestConnex eastern section. For comparison, the M1 is broken down into Gore Hill Freeway, Warringah Freeway, Sydney Harbour Tunnel, Cahill Expressway, and the Eastern Distributor, among others. OSX (talk • contributions) 07:25, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your response - appreciate it. Can we at least change the title of the article to M5 Motorway and make M5 Southwest Motorway a subheading like the M5 East Motorway currently is? Thus the article would then have 3 sub-sections comprising the M5 Southwest Motorway, M5 East and New M5. Please? Trubie78 (talk) 04:25, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: For now I have changed the title to M5 Motorway (Sydney) and made it clearer that the roads are distinct. I will let others participate in the discussion further regarding a split of the page into individual articles. I believe the current setup is satisfactory though. The old structure with the name M5 South Western Motorway was inaccurate when applied to the entire page. However, there was issue in renaming as "M5 Motorway" was already taken. I have chosen M5 Motorway (Sydney) as this is inline with Western Distributor (Sydney) and EastLink (Melbourne).  OSX (talk • contributions) 07:03, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: M5 East Information