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

Business
impacts
Summary
S6: Pitt Street (one option)
Traffic
efficiency
All options would be comparable in terms of their construction impacts;
however it is possible that ‘option c’ would take less time to construct.
It would therefore have less of an impact on existing bus services and
travel times due to its potential shorter construction period. ‘Option c’ also
benefits from its smaller construction footprint, which would cause less
disruption to road users, bus users, pedestrians, adjacent businesses and
buildings and the community.
In summary, the purpose of improving Broadway and Wattle Street would
be to reallocate traffic onto Wattle Street from Broadway in order to
reduce traffic volumes on George Street so as to benefit road users. This
would be best achieved by providing the most attractive diverge and
merge arrangement between the two roads, which is achieved under
‘option a’. In this way, ‘option a’ would best meet the overall proposal
objective of supporting growing demand for access to the city centre and
improving road network functionality in future years. ‘Option a’ would also
have more benefits for pedestrian amenity, capacity and kerbside use
allocations than ‘option b’, and ‘option d’ and a potentially greater benefit
than ‘option c’ in this regard. This is despite its potential longer
construction program and wider construction footprint compared to ‘option
c’. ‘Option a’ therefore performed best against the proposal objectives and
evaluation criteria.
The option would introduce traffic efficiencies, reduce congestion and
improve traffic flows for this priority corridor for northbound traffic entering
the city from George Street and Pitt Street at this location.
Amenity
Kerbside
use
Business
impacts
Summary
This improvement would prioritise demand on the intersection during peak
periods.
The option would improve the road user experience for traffic by setting
priorities at the intersection and improving traffic flows into George Street
and Pitt Street from the south.
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.
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 northbound traffic wanting to enter the city
from George Street into George Street and Pitt Street at this location.
It 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.
Sydney City Centre Capacity Improvement 45
Review of Environmental Factors