Redbank Tunnel Deviation

Redbank Tunnel Deviation
Tahmoor Colliery
7 Out of Hours Work
Work is to be conducted in accordance with the Standard Construction Hours:
7am to 6pm Monday to Friday;
8am to 1pm Saturday; and
at no time on Sundays or public holidays.
Exceptions to these hours may only occur as requested or directed from the ARTC, the form located in
Appendix 2 will be completed and approved prior to these works occurring. An assessment of the work to
be undertaken will occur to determine the impact and associated mitigation measures to be implemented
for these works. ARTC directed work outside of construction hours will involve community notification as
detailed in Section 7.1.
7.1 Community Notification Outside of Standard Construction Hours
Where out of hours works are requested by ARTC through the NVMP process, the following community
notification strategy should be implemented at a minimum to initiate proactive management of potential
issues from construction noise and vibration. The strategy will be approved by Tahmoor Coal’s
Environmental Representative before the information is directed to the community; exceptions to this are
limited to emergency notifications.
The objective of the strategy is to inform potentially affected noise sensitive receivers and identify the
requirement for additional noise and vibration management measures prior to the commencement of
works. The notification strategy will be compliant with requirements of the project EA.
This notification will be distributed through mediums such as a letterbox drop, website notifications, email
distribution lists or specific briefings. The notifications must contain the following information:
the reason that the work is required to be conducted outside of standard business hours;
include a diagram that clearly identifies the location of the proposed works;
include details of relevant time restrictions that apply to the proposed works;
clearly outline the location, nature, scope and duration of the proposed works;
describe the expected noise impacts at sensitive receiver locations;
clearly state how further information may be obtained; and
clearly state how complaints may be made, including the number of the telephone complaints line, an
after-hours contact phone number specific to the works and the project website address.
7.2 ARTC Directed Intrusive Works
When ARTC direct works to occur out of normal construction hours that are predicted to be moderately or
highly intrusive, the highly impacted sensitive receivers will be approached on an individual basis to
determine the best management strategy. The following steps are to assist to determine which additional
mitigation measures to be implemented from the AMMM:
1. Determine the time period when work is to be undertaken
RTD Annexure E NVMP Rev 0
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