sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Impact Environmental safeguard Responsibility Timing
Driver safety
across the
proposal during
operation
Notify the public to describe
the altered traffic conditions
Place notices along the
proposal footprint forewarning
of the changes
Introduce the traffic changes
in stages to allow driver
familiarisation.
Roads and
Maritime
Operation
6.15 Cumulative impacts
Clause 228 of the EP&A Regulation requires that for the purposes of Part 5 of the
EP&A Act any cumulative environmental effect of the proposal with other existing or
likely future activities must be taken into account when consideration is being given
to the likely impact of an activity on the environment.
This section assesses the potential cumulative effects of constructing and operating
the proposal in combination with other, as yet unbuilt, projects.
6.15.1 Method
Study area
The cumulative effects study area considered the geographical location (spatial) and
timing (temporal) extent of any potential impacts identified in section 6.1 to
section 6.14.
Method and assessment criteria
The assessment:
Identified the proposal’s impacts
Identified committed projects that are likely to be under construction and/or
operation in the city centre at the same time as the proposal, by referring to:
- The NSW Department of Planning and Environment major projects
assessments register
- The Australian Government Department of Environment public notices
and the invitation to comment register
- Public agency websites that are progressing development under Part 5 of
the EP&A Act, with a particular focus on Transport for NSW and Roads
and Maritime websites
- The City of Sydney Access Strategy (Transport for NSW, 2013)
Identified the potential impacts of the above projects where known
Assessed if the proposal’s l impacts would combine with the impacts of these
projects to create a cumulative effect
Assessed if the safeguards and management measures considered in this REF
would be affected sufficient to need modifying or supplementing.
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Review of Environmental Factors