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Cumulative effect Some very 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 Cumulative loss of trees across the city centre Key issues Footpath widths and kerb extension would be permanently reduced or modified in certain locations within the proposal footprint to introduce the needed capacity improvements. In other locations kerbside restrictions would be implemented to create additional traffic lanes that would either operate part time or full time. As a consequence, road traffic would become more dominant within the available ‘street space’ at certain locations within the proposal footprint, resulting in very minor adverse visual amenity impacts. The CSELR, Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project and Sydney City Centre Cycleway project will also have an impact on traffic patterns, allocations and priorities around the city centre, affecting the ‘dominance’ and ‘influence’ of traffic along certain roads, whilst reducing or removing its influence on other roads (eg the removal of traffic from part of George Street under the CSELR). Overall, there would be a greater change to the streetscape and landscape character of parts of the city centre through the cumulative and combined impacts of the above projects and this proposal. Overall any cumulative impacts would be minor, considering that all roads within the city centre are already established. The proposal and the above projects would not result in any major change to their layout, configurations or geometries. As such, any cumulative visual impacts on adjacent receivers would be minor adverse and would not require specific mitigation. The proposal, the CSELR, the Sydney City Centre Bus Infrastructure project and the Sydney City Centre Cycleway project all require the removal of planted trees within the city centre. A tree replacement strategy is proposed to offset tree loss under the CSELR project. The additional loss of trees from this proposal would be negligible. Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 427 Review of Environmental Factors

6.15.4 Safeguards and management measures It is not possible to directly safeguard or manage any cumulative effects. However, during the detailed design phase, there would be opportunity for Roads and Maritime to work with the Transport for NSW, City of Sydney Council and with other developers across the city centre to modify the detailed design, the construction staging and programming and/or the CEMP to consider the above cumulative effects. Table 6-70 lists the safeguards and management measures that would be implemented to account for the potential cumulative impacts identified above in section 6.15.3. Table 6-70 Cumulative impact safeguards and management measures Impact Environmental safeguard Responsibility Timing Cumulative impacts Cumulative impacts Consult with Roads and Maritime and Transport for NSW to obtain information about project timeframes and impacts. Identify and implement appropriate safeguards and management measures to minimise cumulative impacts of construction if any of the projects are constructed at the same time as the proposal. Update the CEMP to consider potential cumulative impacts from surrounding development activities as they become known and apparent Include a process to review and update safeguards and management measures as new work begins or complaints are received. Roads and Maritime Construction contractor Roads and Maritime Construction contractor Preconstruction/ Construction Preconstruction/ Construction 6.16 Summary of beneficial effects The predicted benefits of the proposal largely focus on supporting the reallocation and reprioritisation of traffic in the city centre due to the changes introduced under the Access Strategy. Table 6-71 also describes these and the other expected benefits delivered under the proposal. Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 428 Review of Environmental Factors

6.15.4 Safeguards and management measures<br />

It is not possible to directly safeguard or manage any cumulative effects. However,<br />

during the detailed design phase, there would be opportunity for Roads and Maritime<br />

to work with the Transport for NSW, City <strong>of</strong> Sydney Council and with other<br />

developers across the <strong>city</strong> <strong>centre</strong> to modify the detailed design, the construction<br />

staging and programming and/or the CEMP to consider the above cumulative effects.<br />

Table 6-70 lists the safeguards and management measures that would be<br />

implemented to account for the potential cumulative impacts identified above in<br />

section 6.15.3.<br />

Table 6-70<br />

Cumulative impact safeguards and management measures<br />

Impact Environmental safeguard Responsibility Timing<br />

Cumulative<br />

impacts<br />

Cumulative<br />

impacts<br />

Consult with Roads and Maritime<br />

and Transport for NSW to obtain<br />

information about project timeframes<br />

and impacts. Identify and implement<br />

appropriate safeguards and<br />

management measures to minimise<br />

cumulative impacts <strong>of</strong> construction if<br />

any <strong>of</strong> the projects are constructed at<br />

the same time as the proposal.<br />

Update the CEMP to consider<br />

potential cumulative impacts from<br />

surrounding development activities<br />

as they become known and apparent<br />

Include a process to <strong>review</strong> and<br />

update safeguards and management<br />

measures as new work begins or<br />

complaints are received.<br />

Roads and<br />

Maritime<br />

Construction<br />

contractor<br />

Roads and<br />

Maritime<br />

Construction<br />

contractor<br />

Preconstruction/<br />

Construction<br />

Preconstruction/<br />

Construction<br />

6.16 Summary <strong>of</strong> beneficial effects<br />

The predicted benefits <strong>of</strong> the proposal largely focus on supporting the reallocation<br />

and reprioritisation <strong>of</strong> traffic in the <strong>city</strong> <strong>centre</strong> due to the changes introduced under<br />

the Access Strategy. Table 6-71 also describes these and the other expected<br />

benefits delivered under the proposal.<br />

Sydney City Centre Capa<strong>city</strong> Improvement 428<br />

Review <strong>of</strong> Environmental Factors

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