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

Bus stop hubs located at Circular Quay Station, Wynyard Station, Central
Station and QVB (near Town Hall Station)
Ferry wharves at Circular Quay and Darling Harbour.
2.3 Proposal objectives
The overall objective of the proposal is to support the growing demand for access
into the Sydney city centre and to improve road network functionality over the coming
years, including during construction and operation of a number of projects proposed
under the Access Strategy.
Supporting proposal objectives are to:
Support the reallocated demand for access through improved key corridor and
intersection capacity
Support more efficient road usage to accommodate Sydney’s future growth
demand
Improve road efficiency and allow quality integrated public transport services to
meet future demand
Improve customer experience by improving the safety, amenity and efficiency
of the road network
Minimise environmental and socioeconomic impacts on Sydney city centre and
on current business operations.
2.4 Alternatives and options considered
A number of alternatives and options were identified and considered in developing
the proposal and selecting the preferred option. These are summarised in this
section.
2.4.1 Overview of the alternatives and options assessment
The proposal was first identified in 2013 as a delivery initiative of the Access
Strategy. The focus was to identify those city centre roads that were at or above
capacity (ie pinch points) and to develop traffic efficiencies to improve road network
functionality over the coming years. The proposal concept design was subsequently
developed through four key stages:
Stage 1, which considered the strategy of ‘doing nothing’ and ‘doing something’
Stage 2, which identified the pinch points within the city centre road network
that are and/or are predicted to be at or above capacity; and clarified which
roads need improvements (ie work site locations)
Stage 3, which identified the required traffic capacity improvements at each
work site location
Stage 4, which developed feasibility design options to achieve the
improvements at each location and an assessment of the options to select a
preferred option.
These stages are described further below. Further detail on the identified feasibility
design options (from Stage 4) is described in section 2.4.2, and the analysis of these
options is described in section 2.4.3. The preferred option is outlined in section 2.5.
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Review of Environmental Factors