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 Abbreviations ABBREVIATION AHIMS BFRMP DCP DEWHA EEC EIA GIS HCC LALC LEP LGA REF RTA RVMP SIS WoNS DESCRIPTION Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System Bush Fire Risk Management Plan Development Control Plan Department for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Endangered Ecological Community Environmental Impact Assessment Geographic Information System Hawkesbury City Council Local Aboriginal Land Council Local Environment Plan Local Government Area Review of Environmental Factors Roads and Transport Authority Roadside Vegetation Management Plan Species Impact Statement Weeds of National Significance © E C O L O G I C AL AU S T R AL I A P T Y LT D vi
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 GE T AT ION M AN AG E M E N T P L AN Executive Summary This Roadside Vegetation Management Plan (RVMP) has been prepared for the Hawkesbury Local Government Area. The development of this RVMP involved an analyst of existing information for the road network and included Hawkesbury LGA Vegetation Mapping, threatened species records, land ownership, geology and soils mapping. This analyst identified priority roads to be surveyed during the roadside vegetation surveys and grouped roads into one of three classes, high, medium or low conservation priority. During the survey 364 km of roads were surveyed, including all high priority roads, 18 medium priority roads and 11 low priority roads. These results have been mapped in a series of map books and identify the condition of the roads assessed as determined through the surveys. The surveys recorded a total of 364 plant species, including 244 native species, three of which are listed under the NSW Threatened Species Act 1972 and two of these are listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. A total of 83 introduced species of flora were observed, of which 14 are listed as Noxious Weeds under the NSW Noxious Weeds Act 1993. Additional to this five of these weed species are Weeds of national Significance (WoNS). This RVMP outlines broad management prescriptions to be undertaken for road construction and maintenance activities in a way which will have minimal impact on the biodiversity of roadsides. Other roadside activities that are addressed here include management of Ecological Communities, weed management, fauna habitat management, management of road construction stockpiles, fire management, the installation of utilities and erosion and sedimentation prevention works. As part of this RVMP a roadside signage strategy has been developed to identify high priority conservation areas and some medium priority conservation areas. This enables work crews to take precautions in areas of high and medium conservation priority areas so as to have minimal impacts on native vegetation on roadsides. Associated with this is the development of a fact sheet to educate council workers and community members about the importance of roadside vegetation. © E C O L O G IC A L AU S T R AL I A P T Y LT D vii
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