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

Operational impacts
Once operational, the proposal would support the reallocation and reprioritisation of
traffic from certain roads in the city centre onto the roads within the proposal
footprint, as described in section 6.1. In doing so it would create a number of
operational benefits as described in the previous sections of this chapter. Benefits
of the above projects would also occur as a result of their operation. These could
combine to lead to the following cumulative benefits and improvements:
Cumulative improvements in general traffic prioritisation, efficiency and
capacity across the city centre as per the objectives of the Access Strategy
Cumulative benefits across the city centre through prioritisation of public
transport movement and integration throughout the city centre
Cumulative benefits in navigation, pedestrian movement and cycling priorities
across the city centre.
Cumulative operational impacts, include:
A cumulative loss in kerbside allocations across the city centre to create
additional full- or part-time traffic lanes, which is already realised and is being
managed through Transport for NSW’s kerbside allocation strategy
Minor cumulative impacts on the setting and context of heritage-listed items in
the city centre
Minor cumulative visual impacts due to changes in traffic patterns, including the
distribution of buses, allocation of traffic and ‘intensification’ of traffic along
some sections of road
Minor cumulative loss of trees across the city centre.
These impacts would be safeguarded and managed under this proposal by the
measures listed in section 6.15.4.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 425
Review of Environmental Factors