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

Object
5(a)(vi) To encourage
the protection of the
environment, including
the protection and
conservation of native
animals and plants,
including threatened
species, populations and
ecological communities,
and their habitats.
5(a)(vii) To encourage
ecologically sustainable
development (ESD).
5(a)(viii) To encourage
the provision and
maintenance of
affordable housing.
5(b)(viii) To promote the
sharing of the
responsibility for
environmental planning
between different levels
of government in the
State.
5(c)(viii) To provide
increased opportunity for
public involvement and
participation in
environmental planning
and assessment.
Comment
However the ability to stage and program the work to reduce
these impacts during times of heaviest demand on the city’s
resources and values would ensure any overall impact on
the ability to use such facilities and services would not be
disproportionately impacted.
Operationally, the proposal would indirectly benefit the city’s
community services and facilities by supporting and enabling
the Access Strategy, which focuses on the provision of
public transport services, and maintaining the traffic
movement into, out of and around the city.
The REF has ‘examined and taken into account to the fullest
extent possible all matters affecting, or likely to affect, the
environment by reason of that activity’. In doing so it has
identified a number of safeguards and management
measures to protect the environment. Principal to these are
pollution prevention controls, waste management controls,
resource conservation and the protection of environmental
and social values and resources. These measures are
deemed sufficient to avoid the potential for any significant
residual impacts to occur as a result of the proposal’s
construction or operation. This consequently means that the
environment would be adequately protected. The
environment of the proposal footprint does not contain any
important biological value or sensitive habitats.
ESD is considered in sections 8.2.1–8.2.4 below
Not relevant to the proposal.
Not relevant to the proposal.
The REF commits Roads and Maritime to ongoing
consultation as the detailed detail is developed, as the preconstruction
works take place, whilst the proposal is being
constructed, and once construction is complete. As such,
the public would be involved at all stages of the proposal’s
lifecycle.
The display of the REF and the submissions response
process will provide an opportunity for the public to raise
concerns and comments about the proposal. Roads and
Maritime will respond to these query submissions and
undertake additional environmental assessment or design
refinements if and where required.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 465
Review of Environmental Factors