Attachment 1 to Item 53 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan

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H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. vii 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Aim ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 What is a Roadside Environment? ............................................................................................ 1 1.4 Importance of Roadsides ........................................................................................................... 2 1.5 Preparation of this Roadside Vegetation Management Plan ..................................................... 3 1.6 Scope of this Roadside Vegetation Management Plan ............................................................. 3 2 Statutory Requirements ............................................................................................................. 6 2.1 Commonwealth Legislation ........................................................................................................ 7 2.1.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 ............................................. 7 2.1.2 Draft National Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2020 ......................................................................... 7 2.2 NSW State Legislation, Strategies and Policies ........................................................................ 8 2.2.1 NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ........................................................ 8 2.2.2 NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 .................................................................... 9 2.2.3 NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 .................................................................................... 10 2.2.4 NSW Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No. 156 ........................................ 10 2.2.5 NSW Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 ................................................................... 11 2.2.6 NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003 No. 103 .............................................................................. 12 2.2.7 NSW Water Management Act 2000 ......................................................................................... 12 2.2.8 NSW Rural Fires Act 1997 No. 65 ........................................................................................... 13 2.2.9 NSW Roads Act 1993 No. 33 .................................................................................................. 14 2.2.10 NSW Heritage Act 1997 ........................................................................................................... 15 2.2.11 NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ............................................................................. 15 2.2.12 NSW Noxious Weeds Act 1993 ............................................................................................... 16 2.2.13 NSW Local Government Act 1993 No. 30 ............................................................................... 17 2.2.14 NSW Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 No. 143 ...................................................................... 18 2.2.15 NSW Energy and Utilities Act 1987 ......................................................................................... 19 2.2.16 State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure 2007) ..................................................... 19 2.2.17 State Environmental Planning Policy No.19 – Bushland in Urban Areas ................................ 21 2.2.18 State Environmental Planning Policy No.44 – Koala Habitat Protection ................................. 22 2.2.19 NSW Biodiversity Strategy ....................................................................................................... 22 2.2.20 State Regional Environmental Plan No. 20 – Hawkesbury-Nepean River (No 2 – 1997) ....... 22 2.2.21 Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Action Plan .......................................................................... 23 © E C O L O G I C AL AU S T R AL I A P T Y LT D ii
H AW K E S B U R Y C IT Y C O U N C IL R O AD S ID E V E G E T AT IO N M AN AG E M E N T P L AN 2.3 Local Government Planning Policies ....................................................................................... 23 2.3.1 Hawkesbury Local Environment Plan 1989 and Hawkesbury Development Control Plan ...... 23 2.4 Other Matters ........................................................................................................................... 23 2.4.1 Regionally Significant Species ................................................................................................. 23 2.5 Roadside Activities and their Assessment ............................................................................... 24 3 Key Considerations in Roadside Vegetation Management ..................................................... 27 3.1 Road Construction and Maintenance Activities, Road Safety, and Drainage ......................... 27 3.2 Strategic Planning Issues ........................................................................................................ 27 3.3 Endangered Ecological Communities ...................................................................................... 28 3.4 Threatened Flora and Fauna ................................................................................................... 28 3.5 Native Wildlife / Fauna Habitat Management .......................................................................... 28 3.6 Weed Management .................................................................................................................. 29 3.7 Plant Pathogen Management .................................................................................................. 30 3.8 Stockpile / Dumpsite Management .......................................................................................... 31 3.9 Fire Management ..................................................................................................................... 31 3.10 Erosion and Sedimentation, Water Catchments and Pollution ................................................ 31 3.11 Scenic and Cultural Values ...................................................................................................... 32 3.12 Recreational Activities .............................................................................................................. 32 3.13 Utilities ...................................................................................................................................... 32 3.14 Landuse (Agricultural Use – Travelling Stock Routes) ............................................................ 33 3.15 Education / Community Awareness, Training .......................................................................... 33 4 Methods for Developing This Roadside Vegetation Management Plan .................................. 34 4.1 Data Audit and Literature Review ............................................................................................ 34 4.1.1 Data Layers Reviewed ............................................................................................................. 34 4.1.2 Literature Supplied and Reviewed ........................................................................................... 34 4.2 Priority Matrix – Development of Road Management Categories ........................................... 35 4.2.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 35 4.2.2 Data Inputs ............................................................................................................................... 35 4.2.3 Polygon and Point Data ........................................................................................................... 37 4.2.4 Scoring and Counting Systems................................................................................................ 37 4.2.5 Conservation Priority Ranking ................................................................................................. 38 4.3 Roadside Surveys .................................................................................................................... 41 4.4 Mapping ................................................................................................................................... 41 5 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 42 5.1 Roadside Surveys .................................................................................................................... 42 5.2 Mapping ................................................................................................................................... 43 5.3 Vegetation ................................................................................................................................ 44 © E C O L O G I C AL AU S T R AL I A P T Y LT D iii
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