Annual Report 2006 (main body) - RTA - NSW Government
Annual Report 2006 (main body) - RTA - NSW Government
Annual Report 2006 (main body) - RTA - NSW Government
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Heritage Action Plan 2005–2010<br />
A scheduled review of the 1999–2004<br />
Heritage Strategic Plan demonstrated<br />
achievements to date.The Heritage Action<br />
Plan 2005–2010 provides strategies and<br />
actions for a heritage function to be<br />
integrated within <strong>RTA</strong> business.<br />
Oral History Program<br />
Under the guidance of the <strong>RTA</strong> Heritage<br />
Committee, the Oral History Program<br />
continues to document the <strong>RTA</strong>’s rich<br />
heritage of road and bridge engineering.<br />
The work this year included:<br />
Completion of ‘Building Bridges’,<br />
Part 2 of the Lawrence Hargrave<br />
Drive Oral History, which tracked<br />
the construction of Sea Cliff Bridge<br />
through to the official opening on<br />
11 December 2005.<br />
Completion of interviews for an<br />
oral history on the development<br />
of the Remembrance Driveway<br />
between Sydney and Canberra,<br />
and the Victoria Cross Rest Areas<br />
along the route.<br />
NOISE MANAGEMENT<br />
Noise Policy development<br />
The <strong>RTA</strong> and the DEC continued work on<br />
a new construction noise policy and review<br />
of the Environmental Criteria for Road<br />
Traffic Noise. This work will assist in the<br />
current review of the <strong>RTA</strong> Noise<br />
Management Manual.<br />
Northern Pacific Highway<br />
Noise Taskforce<br />
Noise mitigation strategies continued to be<br />
implemented following the August 2003<br />
report of the Northern Pacific Highway<br />
Noise Taskforce. Initiatives included:<br />
TABLE 8<br />
CONDITION OF<br />
<strong>RTA</strong> HERITAGE ITEMS<br />
Total number of <strong>RTA</strong> items 411<br />
State Heritage Register listings 35<br />
Condition:<br />
Good 193<br />
Fair 115<br />
Poor 74<br />
*Not known or applicable 29<br />
Construction of three separate<br />
noise walls at Tweed Heads with<br />
combined total length exceeding<br />
1.5 kilometres.<br />
Architectural treatment of homes<br />
at Sapphire/Korora, Ewingsdale,<br />
Tyagarah,Tintenbar and Newrybar.<br />
At least 95 per cent of architectural<br />
treatments completed at Tweed<br />
Heads and Tandys Lane.<br />
Architectural treatment for<br />
195 houses under the Northern<br />
Pacific Highway Noise Taskforce<br />
program.<br />
Construction on Ewingsdale noise<br />
wall commencing mid July <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
PROTECTING BIODIVERSITY<br />
The <strong>RTA</strong> has many mechanisms in place to<br />
protect biodiversity. These include the<br />
<strong>RTA</strong> Environmental Impact Assessment<br />
Policy, Guidelines and Procedures, stringent<br />
environmental specifications, regular<br />
environmental audits and inspections of<br />
construction sites and environmental<br />
awareness training for <strong>RTA</strong> staff and council<br />
workers. An outline of <strong>RTA</strong> projects to<br />
protect biodiversity in 2005–06 are<br />
included in Table 10.<br />
FIGURE 14<br />
CONDITION OF HERITAGE ASSETS<br />
Percentage<br />
100<br />
75<br />
50<br />
25<br />
The Victoria Cross Rest Areas were featured in<br />
the Remembrance Driveway oral history project<br />
undertaken during the year.<br />
0<br />
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06<br />
Good Fair Poor Not known / not applicable<br />
48 POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND URBAN DESIGN OUTCOMES
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