sydney-city-centre-review-of-environmental-factors

Location and type of work
(refer to Table 3-3 to Table 3-7)
Impacted bus routes
Precinct 4: college
C2: College Street
B: Macquarie Street to Prince Albert
Road
Medium-term temporary traffic
management controls, temporary
footpath restrictions/closure and the
requirement to regrade and resurface
the road
D: Prince Albert Road to Park Street
Medium-term temporary traffic
management controls, temporary
footpath restrictions/closure and the
requirement to regrade and resurface
the road
F: Park Street to Oxford Street
Medium-term temporary traffic
management controls, temporary
footpath restrictions/closure and the
requirement to regrade and resurface
the road
One bus stop on the northern kerb
312, 441
One bus stop on the eastern kerb
480, 483
One bus stop on the western kerb
Bondi Express
One bus stop on the eastern kerb
Australian Museum
The above impacts would depend on the length of construction and the ability to
reinstate access to the above bus stops at the end of each work shift. As shown in
the above table, bus stops would only be affected for up to three months (mediumterm)
and in many instances for less than two weeks (short-term). The most notable
impacts to bus operations would occur at work site C2: College Street and
R4: Clarence Street. The associated impact of the above restrictions would include:
Access restrictions to bus stops, which would reduce accessibility and require
users to walk to alternative locations
Bus stop relocations, which would result in re-routing of existing bus services
(as described above) potentially leading to increased travel times and delays
Bus zone restrictions, which would reduce kerbside capacity for pickups and
set downs, potentially affecting the overall capacity and/or performance of
existing bus services
Bus layover restrictions, which would reduce layover capacity and could affect
current bus timetabling and increase bus travel distances and travel times
Footpath restrictions, which would reduce pedestrian capacity and accessibility
to and from bus stops.
Potential impacts would be managed and minimised by staging and programming the
work to avoid impacts to bus services during peak patronage periods, such as early
morning and early evening weekday periods, at night-time at over the weekends.
These impacts are generally consistent with the delivery of infrastructure works in the
city centre and there are well-established processes in place with bus operators to
manage them. Impacts would also be minimised by planning the works in parallel
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 183
Review of Environmental Factors