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Traffic Management Sub-Plan
Uncontrolled when Printed: Revision D
Date: May 2010
7 PROPOSED PUBLIC NOTIFICATION PROCESS
Notification to all potentially affected residents and businesses will be
provided before the commencement of project activities. Method of
notification will vary with the nature and duration of the work, with potential
notification measures for nearby residents and businesses including:
• personal contact;
• notification letters; and
• signs on approach to the proposed work areas.
Project works with the potential to cause significant delays to traffic, or
potentially impact a considerable number of road users may consider a broad
scale method of notification. This is best achieved through local media outlets
(television, radio and newspapers) and the internet. Broad scale notification is
recommended in high traffic areas and project works associated with the
Bruxner and Pacific Highways.
All residents and businesses whose access ways will be crossed by the
underground electricity line upgrade will be consulted before works are to
proceed. Consultation with landholders and businesses will also determine if
diversion of traffic away from access ways and out of work zones is possible
(the use of alternative access ways may be an option for some affected
properties).
Residents will be given sufficient time to respond to the proposed traffic
management measures and any issues raised are to be addressed before the
works are to commence.
When conducting a task on the worksite that requires traffic control that will
significantly disrupt the flow of traffic or speed limit changes are required,
notification to and authorisation must be obtained from the RTA or the local
council before work can commence. Consultation with all local councils will
be required as not all councils follow the same process. In accordance with
Clause 2.29 of the Project Approval, local councils are to be notified of the
project works at least one month prior to the commencement of construction
and provided with the following information:
• detailed plans of the transmission line route including vertical horizontal
and/or underground alignment;
• construction schedule and hours of construction;
• mitigation measures proposed to reduce the impacts to traffic and
pedestrian safety; and
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA DOCUMENT NO. 0051706 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT/FINAL/28 MAY 2010
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