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Cumulative effect Construction noise and vibration impacts Key issues Implementing traffic management controls to respect critical timing requirements of these other projects Carefully selecting appropriate work site access and egress locations Monitoring of traffic levels and operational performance across the proposal footprint to consider cumulative effects from these other projects. There would therefore be a need to manage the interfaces of the construction staging and programming of this proposal in combination with the above projects to ensure impacts are minimised. Certain activities associated with this proposal would generate construction noise and vibration levels that would temporarily exceed the applicable management levels (refer to section 6.2.3), which have the potential for amenity and sleep disturbance impacts on adjacent sensitive receivers. Additional temporary construction noise and vibration impacts will likely occur as a result of construction of the projects listed in Table 6-68. The timing and location of any exceedance will depend on the construction staging and programming of the above projects, and specifically, the equipment that will be used in a given location at a given time. Some of the projects will be constructed in locations within and adjacent to this proposal’s footprint (refer to Table 6-68). As such, there is the potential for sensitive receivers to be affected by construction noise and vibration generated from multiple projects. This may increase the length of time some receivers would be impacted and would ultimately depend on the timing and staging overlap between these other projects and this proposal. There is also a remote potential for additive noise impacts to occur through noisy equipment operating at the same time. As such, there is the potential for longer periods of sleep disturbance and/or amenity impacts. Therefore, the timing and programming of this proposal needs to be considered in regard to the potential for cumulative noise and vibration impacts. Safeguards and management measures to avoid and/or minimise impacts of the proposal on noise and vibration are provided in Section 6.2.5. Safeguards and management measures to minimise cumulative noise and vibration impacts would be included in the NVMP for the proposal which would be incorporated into the CEMP. Relevant safeguards and management measures would include: Selecting appropriate plant and equipment for construction activities Timing certain activities to take place to avoid additive noise impacts Managing the length of time people would be exposed to exceedances of the noise management levels Revising the background noise and vibration levels through the committed background monitoring undertaking prior to and during construction and revising the management measures accordingly. Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 419 Review of Environmental Factors

Cumulative effect Disruption to public transport services Key issues Bus routes The traffic management controls implemented under this proposal has the potential to affect a number of primary, secondary and tertiary bus routes (refer to section 6.1.2). Some of these bus routes may also be affected by the traffic management controls implemented under other projects under construction at the same time as the proposal, particularly construction of the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project. Bus routes along the following roads that have the potential to be affected by simultaneous construction of both this proposal and the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project include: R1: Park Street (primary route) R2: Market Street (tertiary route) R4: Clarence Street (primary route) R5: York Street (primary route) S2: Goulburn Street (primary route) S3: Pitt Street (primary route) S5: Broadway (secondary route) S6: Pitt Street (primary route) C1: Wentworth Avenue (secondary route) C2: College Street (primary and secondary route) F1: Macquarie Street (primary route) F2: Macquarie Street (primary route). Consequently, additional service performance impacts could occur along the bus routes serviced by the above roads, which are described in section 6.1. This may lead to cumulative travel delays to bus patrons that rely on affected bus routes. Bus stops Access to 15 bus stops may also be impacted to allow this proposal to be constructed (refer to section 6.1.3). Bus stops along the following roads may be impacted by simultaneous construction of both this proposal and the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project: Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 420 Review of Environmental Factors

Cumulative effect<br />

Disruption to public<br />

transport services<br />

Key issues<br />

Bus routes<br />

The traffic management controls implemented under this proposal has the potential to affect a number <strong>of</strong> primary,<br />

secondary and tertiary bus routes (refer to section 6.1.2). Some <strong>of</strong> these bus routes may also be affected by the traffic<br />

management controls implemented under other projects under construction at the same time as the proposal,<br />

particularly construction <strong>of</strong> the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project. Bus routes along the following roads that<br />

have the potential to be affected by simultaneous construction <strong>of</strong> both this proposal and the Sydney City Centre Bus<br />

Infrastructure project include:<br />

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R1: Park Street (primary route)<br />

R2: Market Street (tertiary route)<br />

R4: Clarence Street (primary route)<br />

R5: York Street (primary route)<br />

S2: Goulburn Street (primary route)<br />

S3: Pitt Street (primary route)<br />

S5: Broadway (secondary route)<br />

S6: Pitt Street (primary route)<br />

C1: Wentworth Avenue (secondary route)<br />

C2: College Street (primary and secondary route)<br />

F1: Macquarie Street (primary route)<br />

F2: Macquarie Street (primary route).<br />

Consequently, additional service performance impacts could occur along the bus routes serviced by the above roads,<br />

which are described in section 6.1. This may lead to cumulative travel delays to bus patrons that rely on affected bus<br />

routes.<br />

Bus stops<br />

Access to 15 bus stops may also be impacted to allow this proposal to be constructed (refer to section 6.1.3). Bus stops<br />

along the following roads may be impacted by simultaneous construction <strong>of</strong> both this proposal and the Sydney City<br />

Centre Bus Infrastructure project:<br />

Sydney City Centre Capa<strong>city</strong> Improvement 420<br />

Review <strong>of</strong> Environmental Factors

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