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

Museum and Sydney Grammar School.
Business
impacts
Summary
Table 2-8
The only impact of this option would be to compromise parking at the
Macquarie Street intersection
Whilst the proposal would introduce loading time-restrictions it would still
allow loading/unloading at certain times.
The option identified for this pinch point would achieve the proposal
objectives as it would support the growing demand for traffic wanting to
use this priority corridor, particularly once the pedestrianisation of George
Street takes place. It would also improve road network functionality for this
traffic in future years. The option also performed well against the
evaluation criteria and provided the required outcome through one
proposed option.
Analysis of options in precinct 5: financial
F1: Macquarie Street (near Bridge Street) (one option)
Traffic
efficiency
Amenity
Kerbside
use
Business
impacts
Summary
The option would benefit road users by introducing traffic efficiencies,
reducing congestion and improving flows for traffic wanting to use this
priority corridor to circulate through the city in the morning peak, and exit
the city along the Eastern Distributor and Cahill Expressway in the
evening peak.
The most efficient method of achieving this would be to create additional
capacity through creating an additional peak period northbound traffic lane
by removing a kerb extension and altering the kerbside allocations.
The option would improve the road user experience for traffic wishing to
bypass the core city centre roads and use the Eastern Distributor and
Cahill Expressway. This would provide much needed capacity in light of
the planned pedestrianisation of George Street (with local property access
allowed) and the reprioritisation of Castlereagh Street and Elizabeth
Street.
The provided solution would result in the removal of a kerb extension and
the time-restriction in kerbside parking and loading provisions during peak
periods.
Whilst the proposal would introduce loading time-restrictions it would still
allow loading/unloading at certain times. There would be some disruption
during construction however this would be limited due to the nature and
scale of the proposed work in this location.
The option identified for this pinch point would achieve the proposal
objectives as it would support the growing demand for traffic wanting to
use this priority corridor to circulate through the city or exit the city during
the peak periods. It would also improve road network functionality for this
traffic in future years. The option also performed well against the
evaluation criteria and provided the required outcome through one
proposed option.
F2: Macquarie Street (at Hunter Street) (one option)
Traffic
efficiency
The option would benefit road users by introducing traffic efficiencies,
reducing congestion and improving flows for traffic wanting to use this
priority corridor to circulate through the city in the morning peak, and exit
the city along the Eastern Distributor and Cahill Expressway in the
evening peak.
The most efficient method of achieving this would be to reprioritise the
intersection in favour of northbound traffic exiting the city.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 47
Review of Environmental Factors