Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp will deliver a Notice of Motion this week calling on the State Government to abandon the plan to ship 12,000 cubic metres of Sydney's toxic sludge.
The material, to be dug up during construction of the Northern Beaches Link, contains lead, mercury, silver, zinc, poly-fluoroaklyl substances (PFAS) and dioxins.
After preliminary treatment in Sydney, Transport for NSW proposes to barge the waste to Newcastle with Mayfield North under consideration as a temporary storage site. Approximately 45 truckloads of material would be transported to a waste facility.
Community consultation has not been undertaken.
Mr Crakanthorp accused the government of trying to fly under the radar.
"The people of Newcastle have very strong feelings about this proposal, and I'm sure the NSW Government knows this," he said.
"We are very familiar with the havoc that PFAS can wreak, and the last thing we want is more of it around our city.
"Sydney gets the infrastructure and Newcastle gets the toxic waste.
"Newcastle is not Sydney's dumping ground."
