Rowville-Rail-Study-Final-Stage-1-Report-FINAL
Rowville-Rail-Study-Final-Stage-1-Report-FINAL
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<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Stage</strong> 1 Feasibility <strong>Report</strong><br />
A <strong>Rowville</strong> rail line concept<br />
Jacksons Road to <strong>Rowville</strong> –three main route options were considered between<br />
Jacksons Road and <strong>Rowville</strong> (see Figure 16):<br />
Route A passes through the northern part of Kingston Links golf course and skirts<br />
the north side of the residential area and into Stud Park from the north-west;<br />
Route B runs through the southern part of Kingston Links golf course just north of<br />
the commercial properties on the north side of Wellington Road; and<br />
Route C (the preferred route) is along Wellington and Stud Roads.<br />
All options would be on elevated structure across the valley area, then underground on the<br />
east side of the valley through to an underground terminus station at Stud Park (with each<br />
route there would be a further option of a station just west of Stud Road instead). These<br />
options are discussed in more detail below.<br />
Each of the options includes provision for an upgraded, continuous shared bicycle and<br />
pedestrian path along the route.<br />
Route options at <strong>Rowville</strong> end<br />
Impacts of the three potential alternative routes A, B and C (see Figure 16) identified at the<br />
<strong>Rowville</strong> end of the rail line have been assessed to help determine which appears to be the<br />
best solution. Preliminary desktop investigations were undertaken in land use and statutory<br />
planning, surface water, groundwater, contaminated land, flora and fauna, cultural heritage<br />
and noise and vibration. Table 9 summarises the results.<br />
Table 9 – Summary environmental appraisal of route options at <strong>Rowville</strong> end<br />
Issue<br />
Planning and land use<br />
Surface water<br />
Groundwater<br />
Ecology<br />
Cultural heritage<br />
Noise and vibration<br />
Contaminated land<br />
Route A<br />
(Kingston Links north)<br />
high risk moderate risk low risk<br />
Route B<br />
(Kingston Links south)<br />
Route C<br />
(Wellington & Stud Rds)<br />
Route C has the lowest associated risks from a social and environmental viewpoint. There<br />
are moderate environmental risks associated with Route B and particularly high risks with<br />
Route A in land use planning, surface water and ecology. Other considerations such as<br />
constructability and cost may be significant, but we consider that Route C should be the<br />
preferred solution. We have therefore produced a concept design for this route only, with two<br />
options for the location of a <strong>Rowville</strong> station (at Stud Park, or at the intersection of Stud Road<br />
and Wellington Road).<br />
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