Rowville-Rail-Study-Final-Stage-1-Report-FINAL

Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report
A Rowville rail line concept
Jacksons Road to Rowville –three main route options were considered between
Jacksons Road and Rowville (see Figure 16):
Route A passes through the northern part of Kingston Links golf course and skirts
the north side of the residential area and into Stud Park from the north-west;
Route B runs through the southern part of Kingston Links golf course just north of
the commercial properties on the north side of Wellington Road; and
Route C (the preferred route) is along Wellington and Stud Roads.
All options would be on elevated structure across the valley area, then underground on the
east side of the valley through to an underground terminus station at Stud Park (with each
route there would be a further option of a station just west of Stud Road instead). These
options are discussed in more detail below.
Each of the options includes provision for an upgraded, continuous shared bicycle and
pedestrian path along the route.
Route options at Rowville end
Impacts of the three potential alternative routes A, B and C (see Figure 16) identified at the
Rowville end of the rail line have been assessed to help determine which appears to be the
best solution. Preliminary desktop investigations were undertaken in land use and statutory
planning, surface water, groundwater, contaminated land, flora and fauna, cultural heritage
and noise and vibration. Table 9 summarises the results.
Table 9 – Summary environmental appraisal of route options at Rowville end
Issue
Planning and land use
Surface water
Groundwater
Ecology
Cultural heritage
Noise and vibration
Contaminated land
Route A
(Kingston Links north)
high risk moderate risk low risk
Route B
(Kingston Links south)
Route C
(Wellington & Stud Rds)
Route C has the lowest associated risks from a social and environmental viewpoint. There
are moderate environmental risks associated with Route B and particularly high risks with
Route A in land use planning, surface water and ecology. Other considerations such as
constructability and cost may be significant, but we consider that Route C should be the
preferred solution. We have therefore produced a concept design for this route only, with two
options for the location of a Rowville station (at Stud Park, or at the intersection of Stud Road
and Wellington Road).
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