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7.3 Licensing and approvals The following licences and approvals would be required to construct and operate the proposal. Table 7-2 Summary of licensing and approval requirements Requirement Secure road occupation licences (ROLs) for work to be carried out within the Sydney city centre on classified roads Obtain the relevant heritage approvals, exemptions or excavation permits Timing Pre-construction Pre-construction Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 461 Review of Environmental Factors

8 Conclusion This chapter provides the justification for the proposal taking into account its biophysical, social and economic impacts, the suitability of the site and whether or not the proposal is in the public interest. The proposal is also considered in the context of the objectives of the EP&A Act, including the principles of ecologically sustainable development (ESD) as defined in schedule 2 of the EP&A Regulation. 8.1 Justification The proposal’s justification balances the expected long-term benefits against the temporary environmental and social impacts that would occur during construction and the effects if the proposal was not implemented. The proposal would support the reallocation and reprioritisation of traffic and transport demands that is expected to occur within the city centre over the coming years, in response to the implementation of the Access Strategy and its supporting projects, particularly the closure of part of George Street to traffic under the CSELR. The proposal would achieve this by introducing traffic capacity improvements on some of the city’s most congested roads and critical intersections. These ‘pinch points’ are either unable to cope with existing traffic volumes, or they will provide an essential function in enabling the Access Strategy. The proposal is expected to generally maintain and in some locations improve road and intersection performance at these ‘pinch points’ in the future, to enable the city centre to continue to function. By ‘doing nothing’ congestion would increase across the city centre. This would place increased demand on some of the city’s most congested roads and intersections. Doing nothing would not make effective use of the road network, nor would it introduce the needed increase in capacity at these ‘pinch points’ to enable the Access Strategy. As such, the city centre road network would be unlikely to continue to function effectively in the future to support buses, taxies, service and freight delivery and general traffic 8.1.1 Short-term impacts As reflected in section 6.16, Roads and Maritime recognises that in order to implement the proposal there would be some temporary traffic, transport and access disruption across the city centre during construction. This would include the need for temporary road and footpath restrictions that would temporarily limit access to various kerbside allocations, public amenities and off-street parking. It would also result in short-term temporary amenity impacts due to noise emissions, dust generation and effects on the streetscape character of each work site. Such impacts are consistent with similar road development projects in urban areas and would be safeguard and managed by implementing measures that have been proven to be effective in reducing the magnitude, extent, duration and scope of the above impacts. Central to this would be managing and timing the construction work to minimise the disruption as far as is reasonably and feasibly possible for road users, adjacent businesses, residents and other affected stakeholders. The proposal would also be constructed at the same time as several other developments in the city centre, which would include work on some of the same streets where improvements would be implemented under this proposal. As such, the impacts described above have the potential to combine or interact with the impacts caused by other projects, potentially leading to longer-term disruption in the city centre than that which would be introduced solely under this proposal. Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 462 Review of Environmental Factors

7.3 Licensing and approvals<br />

The following licences and approvals would be required to construct and operate the<br />

proposal.<br />

Table 7-2<br />

Summary <strong>of</strong> licensing and approval requirements<br />

Requirement<br />

Secure road occupation licences (ROLs) for<br />

work to be carried out within the Sydney<br />

<strong>city</strong> <strong>centre</strong> on classified roads<br />

Obtain the relevant heritage approvals,<br />

exemptions or excavation permits<br />

Timing<br />

Pre-construction<br />

Pre-construction<br />

Sydney City Centre Capa<strong>city</strong> Improvement 461<br />

Review <strong>of</strong> Environmental Factors

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