Monorail Removal Project - Review of Environmental Factors (REF)

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10.2.2 Visual elements of the MonorailA description of the existing Monorail facility is provided in section 2.1. The key visual featuresof the facility are:• Monorail trains/rolling stock – three to four trains operate along the track seven days aweek. These are the principal dynamic visual elements of the infrastructure. The colourfuladvertising material on the sides of the carriages makes the trains a prominent feature inthe landscape when they pass by.• Monorail stations – There are eight Monorail stations of which three are free standingstructures. The remaining five are attached to existing buildings along the route. Themajority of the stations are a key feature of the landscape in which they are located, asthey involve a tubular design which is visually distinctive in the surrounding builtenvironment.• Beams, support columns and pedestals – the elevated continuous horizontal rail beam isa dominant feature of the streetscape in many locations. It consists of straight and curvedsections. The support columns and pedestal bases are also highly visible, as they extendto ground level and are situated in various streetscapes including pedestrian footpaths,parking spaces and public open space areas.• Maintenance facility building – located to the west of Darling Drive within the light railcorridor. The maintenance facility, including the stabling facility, presents as a dominantfeature of Darling Drive, particularly when viewed from the Western Distributor.Examples of the key visual features are provided at Figure 10.2. A photographic inventory of theexisting Monorail is provided in Appendix A.Direct and indirect views of the Monorail are available from a large number of locations withinthe southern CBD and Darling Harbour, including:• public footpaths and walkways, including Pyrmont Bridge• road corridors• retail outlets• cafes, restaurants and commercial offices• residential units and hotels• open space at Darling Harbour and the Entertainment Centre forecourt.A number of photos showing existing views to the Monorail are provided in Technical Paper 4.These photos provide a visual record of the urban character areas in which the Monorail islocated, and illustrate the context and relationship of the Monorail infrastructure to a number ofsurrounding view locations and view categories.94 | GHD | Transport for NSW - Monorail Removal Project REF
Monorail trainMonorail station example (Galeries Victoria)View of beam, column and pedestalMaintenance facilityFigure 10.2 Key visual features of the Monorail10.2.3 Street treesThe City of Sydney Design Code recognises the importance of street trees, noting that theirfunction is to ‘provide environmental quality, enhance visual continuity and unity and to reinforcelocal identity and character.’ There are two main areas where planted street trees are located inclose proximity to the Monorail (refer Figure 10.3):• stands of densely planted trees along Darling Drive• the pedestrian footpath along Market Street.Where trees are located in proximity to the Monorail formative pruning has been undertaken toestablish and maintain necessary clearances.GHD | Transport for NSW - Monorail Removal Project REF | 95
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