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Roads and Maritime is, however, required to obtain a road occupancy licence (ROL)
from the transport management centre (TMC) for the proposed works along the
classified roads in the city centre, which for this proposal comprise:
Precinct 2: retail:
- R1(A) Park Street
- R3(E) Sussex Street
- R4(M) Clarence Street
- R5(E) York Street
Precinct 3: southern:
- S4(A) Ultimo Road
- S5(A-E) Broadway
- S6(A) Pitt Street
Precinct 4: college:
- C2 (E) College Street.
The ROL would allow the contractor to work within classified road corridor and
implement agreed diversions, road closures and traffic management controls. Roads
and Maritime would also work closely with City of Sydney Council before, during, and
post-construction to ensure there is an integrated response to traffic management
through the city centre over this period. This is discussed in Chapter 5.
4.3.3 Protection of Environment Operations Act 1997 (as amended)
Environmental protection is provisioned under the NSW Protection of the
Environment Operations Act 1997. The underlying objective of the Act is to reduce
pollution and manage the storage, treatment and disposal of waste.
A key feature of the Act is the issuing of environmental protection licences (EPLs) for
certain (scheduled) activities. Roads and Maritime is not required to obtain an EPL
for this proposal, as it is not a scheduled activity. Specifically, it would not result in
the construction of ‘a major road greater than one kilometre in length in a
metropolitan area’ (refer to schedule 1(35) (2a) (i) of the Act).
The Act does require Roads and Maritime to manage the proposal to limit its
potential to cause water, noise and/or air pollution. Roads and Maritime is also
required to manage the proposal’s waste streams. This would be achieved through
implementing the safeguards and management measures identified in Chapter 7 of
this REF. Roads and Maritime is also required to notify the NSW Environment
Protection Authority (EPA), which is responsible for administering the provisions of
the Act in instances where any pollution incident has the potential to ‘cause
or threaten material harm to the environment’ (refer to section 148 of the act).
4.3.4 Contaminated Land Management Act 1997
The general objective of the Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 is to
establish a process for investigating, and where appropriate, remediating land that is
considered to pose a significant risk to human health or the environment. This Act
requires Roads and Maritime to immediately notify the EPA if it suspected that the
works have resulted in ground contamination or encountered/remobilised existing
ground contamination. Section 6.8.3 discusses this further.
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