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with the proposed changes under the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project
and in close consultation with bus companies (refer to section 5.6).
Other public transport infrastructure and services
Footpath and access restrictions have the potential to affect accessibility to other
public transport infrastructure and services, such as ferries, trains and light rail;
however impacts are assessed as negligible due to the proposal’s limited interface
with these infrastructure and services. The only indirect impact would be increased
pedestrian travel times to avoid closed footpaths (refer to Table 6-6 above).
Transport modes (construction impacts)
The proposal would not significantly affect people’s travel patterns during
construction. It may have a minor impact on the mode by which people travel into the
city during construction. In general however the proposed work would be unlikely to
impact on the method (mode) by which people would move around the city
notwithstanding some minor delays or diversions due to restrictions within and across
each work site.
Competing demands on the available ‘street space’ (construction impacts)
Pedestrians, cyclists and general traffic
About 20–30 construction vehicles would be needed to service the proposal each
day, one or two of which would be heavy vehicles. The construction workforce would
be encouraged to use public transport, which would limit their impact on the road
network.
Given the low volume of construction traffic generated by the proposal in the context
of the current traffic environment within the city centre, it is not anticipated that this
would place any increased demand on the available street space leading to
increased travel times or delays. It would also place further pressure or compete with
the demands of pedestrians and cyclists.
On-street access (kerbside allocations)
Table 6-7 presents a summary of the kerbside allocation provisions within the
proposal footprint split into each work site. The full details are presented in Table F-1
of Appendix F. At the minute the construction staging and program have not been
confirmed other than noting the requirement to undertake certain work at night and
over the weekend to avoid impacting on some of the city’s most critical routes during
weekday peak periods. As such, it is not possible to confirm the exact restrictions
that would be enforced during construction.
Table 6-9 therefore presents the total provisions that could be restricted during
construction. It is conservative for the following reasons:
It does not differentiate between areas of the kerbside that are allocated for more
than one function at different times of the day (ie morning peak period loading
zones often become on-street parking spaces during the afternoon and evening
periods)
It does not confirm how the kerbside timing restrictions would interface with the
planned timing of the construction work. For instance, it would be more likely that
certain work would take place at night when the kerbside in least demand.
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