Macarthur 2 Commuter Car Park - Transport for NSW - NSW ...

Northern siteAccess to station• Requires vehicular and pedestrianupgrades - access road, lift, lightingand accessible pathways.• Safety and passive surveillance is alsolacking on this side of the station.• Isolated from other complementarytown centre uses• Not located en route to commutercatchment (commuters mostly arrivingfrom south side)Environment• Sloping land – would require fill andretaining walls• Subject to flooding (within 1:100 floodplain of Bow Bowing Creek) wouldrequire imported fill• Hydrology – realignment of Bow BowingCreek required• Cumberland Plain Woodland vegetation– Endangered Ecological Community –earmarked for further offset plantingInfrastructure cost• On-site earthworks construction coststo achieve level car park as required byDDA• Off-site enabling works required forlocal road upgrades (roundabouts,signal controls)• Off-site works for DDA upgrade ofexisting pedestrian paths, liftinstallation to pedestrian overpass• Stormwater design and relocation ofBow Bowing Creek• Riparian zone revegetation requiredoff-site• Extensive lighting and CCTV requiredFuture planning• Master planned for university/TAFEpurposes and not available.• Other land is owned by Landcom isapproved for future residentialdevelopment (Macarthur Gardens -north), land not available• Public Open Space – Gilchrist Ovalplaying fields for local community• Land not availableSouthern site• Can link into Macarthur 1 commuter carpark which contains a new pedestrian linkon north side of Menangle Road• Close to town centre activity• Links with the Macarthur Square retaildevelopment (existing and proposed)• Closer to other transport interchangefacilities• Located on main road for publicsurveillance and vehicle access• Drainage can be accommodated with onsitedetention and installation of GrossPollutant Trap• On-site construction - relatively flat site – noretaining walls or embankments required• Off-site construction of Tailby Street androundabout required• DDA path requires upgrade of link to station– lighting costs along Menangle Road andwidened footpath• Option 1 (Bolger Street car park) –proposed tavern - land not available forpurchase from private landowner• Option 2 (proposed site) land available forpurchase from landowner• Option 3 (private ownership) commercialdevelopment plans - land not available• Displacement of land earmarked forresidential purposes1058990-1