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Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report A Rowville rail line concept Figure 27 shows a schematic layout for a station in this location. The platforms would be alongside Wellington Road, with a bus interchange and a large park-and-ride facility further south. The main vehicular access to the station could be via a new entrance road opposite Bergins Road. The aim would be to retain as much of the existing vegetation as possible to screen the site from housing areas on the opposite sides of Stud and Wellington Roads. The vegetation is of relatively high value (possibly classified as Valley Grassy Forest) and any removal would require Ministerial approval and offset planting beforehand. Although this option would provide a lower-cost alternative to Stud Park Shopping Centre as the location for a Rowville station, the majority of submissions on the Draft Stage 1 Report that commented on this issue were in favour of the Stud Park alternative. A preliminary, summary comparison of the two station options is given in Table 10; this should be explored in more detail in Stage 2 of the study to enable a decision to be made between them. Figure 27 – Rowville station layout (Wellington/Stud Roads option) PARK AND RIDE AREA Page 47
Table 10 – Summary comparison of Rowville Station options Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report A Rowville rail line concept Consideration Stud Park option Wellington/Stud Roads option Access to rail station Good access (all modes) via transport hub at Stud Park Construction Requires tunnel beneath Stud Road and into Stud Park, and underground station Land Little or no land required due to use of road reservations and underground alignment Transport improvement Requires connecting bus services and other modes to improve access to Stud Park and surrounding suburbs Shorter scheme saves around xxx metres of tunnel construction and station is at the surface Land required for rail line, station, bus/car parking and access road on south side of Wellington Road Station is close to centre of catchment area Station is less well located, but train travel times would be a couple of minutes shorter Physical impacts Less impact on surroundings due to tunnel More impact on surroundings due to surface level rail Construction Significant construction impacts due to Less construction impact because of being tunnelling activities at ground level Note: Further work is required to weigh up all the differences between the options before choosing between them. 6.3 Sustainability considerations Sustainability and climate change adaptation would be applicable to all aspects of the project. 6.3.1 Environmental sustainability Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) initiatives would ensure that the project design is as efficient and sustainable as possible. They would focus on best practice sustainable design, environmental impacts and government policies in the following categories: pollution carbon emissions energy climate change water indoor/outdoor environmental quality community, culture and heritage economic growth management & operation materials and waste biodiversity &vegetation The Sustainability Considerations Report provides details of the methodology followed, key sustainability initiatives considered to date, a proposed integration framework for the next phases of the project, and how to establish, monitor and report on sustainability targets. In summary, the key sustainability initiatives considered so far include: cooling and heating energy of underground stations reduced by including innovative Page 48
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Foreword .................
Page 5 and 6: Executive summary Introduction Fina
Page 7 and 8: Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report Ex
Page 9 and 10: area in the interim period leading
Page 11 and 12: 2. History of Rowville rail line A
Page 13 and 14: cost implications for the Huntingda
Page 15 and 16: 3. Existing and future conditions F
Page 17 and 18: Figure 6 - Land uses in the Rowvill
Page 21 and 22: 3.5.1 Journeys to work Table 3 - Jo
Page 23 and 24: Source: VicRoads Figure 9 - SmartRo
Page 27 and 28: influence on the design and operati
Page 29 and 30: Activity Description Participation/
Page 31 and 32: “Rowville and residents in surrou
Page 33 and 34: Subject area Summary of submissions
Page 35 and 36: Figure 14 - Summary of suggestions
Page 37 and 38: Final Stage 1 Feasibility Report A
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Page 43 and 44: Figure 17 - Illustrative cross sect
Page 45 and 46: 6.2.2 Station locations and layouts
Page 47 and 48: Figure 21 - Mulgrave station cross
Page 49: Figure 25 - Rowville station cross
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Page 55 and 56: 7. Travel demand effects Final Stag
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Page 59 and 60: Source: VITM modelling of Rowville
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Page 63 and 64: 8. Costs, benefits and impacts 8.1
Page 65 and 66: 8.5 Environmental and social effect
Page 67 and 68: 8.1 Conclusions Final Stage 1 Feasi
Page 69 and 70: 9.2 Recommended actions Our recomme

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