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5.1.2 Stakeholder engagement
Roads and Maritime recognises that this proposal is one of several projects being
delivered in the city centre. Therefore, it has considered the feedback received from
the consultation completed on the other projects which form part of the Access
Strategy and used it to inform the proposal’s development and design. Roads and
Maritime has notified the City of Sydney Council and held discussions with key
government agencies prior to displaying the REF.
5.2 Community involvement
To date consultation has focused on Government agencies, particularly the City of
Sydney and Transport for NSW.
The communication and engagement plan incorporates the public display of the REF.
The community and stakeholders will be invited to make submissions during the
public display of the REF. All issues raised will be considered and responded to in
the submissions report. This process would constitute the key interface with the
community and stakeholders.
The REF will be displayed at seven locations within the City of Sydney and on the
Roads and Maritime website. A community update (refer to Appendix B) will be
letterbox-dropped to 42,000 residents and businesses in the city centre, and about
200 additional key stakeholders will receive the community update with a covering
email/letter.
During the first week of the engagement period, impacted businesses will be visited
by project team staff along key corridors and intersections to discuss the proposal
and address their issues of concern. During the engagement period, project team
staff will also schedule and meet with impacted residents, businesses and other
stakeholders. Ongoing consultation would involve the key stakeholders identified in
5.1.1 during and after the REF’s public display.
5.3 Aboriginal community involvement
Aboriginal heritage impacts have been considered under the four-stage Procedure
for Aboriginal Heritage Consultation and Investigation (PACHCI) (Roads and
Maritime, 2011). Under stage-one it was concluded that the modified proposal would
be unlikely to impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage (refer to section 6.11.3).
5.4 ISEPP notification
The City of Sydney Council has been consulted on the proposal since its inception
and was then formally notified about the proposal in writing on 28 October 2014,
consistent with the requirement under clauses 13, 14 and 15 of the ISEPP (refer to
section 4.1.1). This is in response to the proposal’s potential impact on councilprovided
infrastructure and various local heritage items, including their setting and
context (refer to section 6.5.3 and 6.6.3) and the works taking place in parts of the
city that have previously flooded (refer to section 6.7.3). At the time of publication of
this REF, no feedback had been provided in response to this ISEPP consultation.
The submissions reporting process will be used to respond to any notification
feedback from the council notwithstanding their ongoing involvement in the
proposal’s development and design to date.
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