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

Safeguards and management measures, as detailed in Chapter 7, would mitigate or
minimise these anticipated impacts.
The proposal would benefit Sydney’s community by supporting the growing demand
for access into the Sydney city centre and maintaining (and in some cases
improving) the performance of a number of congested roads and critical intersections
in the future in light of the reallocation and reprioritisation of traffic throughout these
‘pinch points’ under the Access Strategy. It would also provide improved bus
circulation, support the effective operation of bus, service and delivery vehicles,
support the closure of part of George Street to traffic and assist in the introduction of
improved cycling and pedestrian provisions in the city centre. Collectively these
benefits are recognised as being an effective response to making ‘best-use of the
available street space’ in the city as defined under the Access Strategy. On balance
the proposal is considered justified.
The environmental impacts of the proposal are not likely to be significant and
therefore it is not necessary for an environmental impact statement to be prepared
and approval to be sought for the proposal from the Minister for Planning and
Environment under part 5.1 of the EP&A Act. The proposal is unlikely to affect
threatened species, populations or ecological communities or their habitats, within
the meaning of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 or Fisheries
Management Act 1994 and therefore a Species Impact Statement is not required.
The proposal is also unlikely to affect Australian Government land or have an impact
on any matters of national environmental significance.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 469
Review of Environmental Factors