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

Amenity
Kerbside
use
Business
impacts
The option would improve the road user experience for traffic by setting
priorities at the intersection.
The provided solution would result in no kerbside allocation changes.
The reconfiguration of the intersection would not affect any loading zones,
whilst it would benefit business traffic that uses the intersecting roads.
There would be some disruption during construction however this would
be limited due to the nature and scale of the proposed work in this
location.
Summary The option identified for this pinch point would achieve the proposal
objectives as it would support the growing demand for access on this
priority corridor, especially for traffic wanting to exit the city via Harris
Street, and would improve road network functionality for this traffic in
future years. The option also performed well against the evaluation criteria
and provided the required outcome through one proposed option.
S5: Broadway (four options)
Traffic
efficiency
All four options would introduce traffic capacity, reduce congestion and
improve traffic flows by improving the connectivity for general traffic
between Broadway and Wattle Street.
‘Option a’ would provide the greatest capacity by providing a dedicated
merging lane. It would prevent traffic queuing at an intersection to join
Wattle Street. This would benefit road users by reducing travel times.
Amenity
The other three options would still benefit road users due to the introduced
priorities between Broadway and Wattle Street; however ‘option b’, ‘option
c’ and ‘option d’ would introduce less capacity to benefit the road user.
‘Option a’ is assessed as creating the best road user experience by
providing driver certainty on leaving Broadway and entering Wattle Street.
It removes a merging conflict that exists under ‘option b’, ‘option c’ or
‘option d’. These options do still set priorities for the benefit of road users,
but they are less notable than ‘option a’.
By improving this turning movement and making it more attractive as
proposed under all four options, this would open up this corridor into the
city. This would benefit road users by providing an alternative lesscongested
access. It would also alleviate congestion on Broadway on its
approach to George Street.
Of the options, ‘option a’ provides the best ‘driver certainty’ outcome as it
would provide a dedicated exit and merging slip lane between Broadway
and Wattle Street. Again this would benefit road users.
Kerbside
use
‘Option a’, ‘option b’ and ‘option d’ would all benefit from the introduced
pedestrian capacity that would be achieved by extending the footpath
widths and kerbs around the intersection and including a pedestrian
crossing on the slip road. This would benefit pedestrians and in particular
the high volume of students in the area. Whilst ‘option c’ introduces the
same benefits, the extent of the pedestrian capacity improvements is less.
All options introduce indented parking bays on the intersection. This would
benefit road users, the local community and adjacent businesses. No one
option is more beneficial than another in this regard.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 44
Review of Environmental Factors