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Normanhurst Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors Transport Access Program Normanhurst Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors Artist’s impression of the proposed Normanhurst Station Upgrade, subject to detailed design February 2021 Contents Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................6 Definitions .............................................................................................................................9 Executive summary ............................................................................................................ 10 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 16 1.1. Overview of the Proposal ..................................................................................... 16 1.2. Location of the Proposal ....................................................................................... 17 1.3. Existing infrastructure and land uses .................................................................... 19 1.4. Purpose of this Review of Environmental Factors ................................................. 22 2. Need for the Proposal ................................................................................................. 24 2.1. Strategic justification............................................................................................. 24 2.2. Objectives of the Transport Access Program ........................................................ 27 2.3. Objectives of the Proposal .................................................................................... 27 2.4. Alternative options considered .............................................................................. 28 2.5. Justification for the preferred option ...................................................................... 30 3. Proposal description ................................................................................................... 31 3.1. The Proposal ........................................................................................................ 31 3.2. Scope of work....................................................................................................... 31 3.3. Design development ............................................................................................. 34 3.4. Construction activities ........................................................................................... 35 3.5. Property acquisition .............................................................................................. 40 3.6. Operation and maintenance ................................................................................. 40 4. Statutory considerations ............................................................................................ 42 4.1. Commonwealth legislation .................................................................................... 42 4.2. NSW legislation and regulations ........................................................................... 42 4.3. Ecologically sustainable development .................................................................. 51 5. Community and stakeholder consultation ................................................................. 52 5.1. Stakeholder consultation during concept design ................................................... 52 5.2. Consultation requirements under the Infrastructure SEPP .................................... 52 5.3. Consultation strategy ............................................................................................ 54 5.4. Aboriginal community involvement ....................................................................... 56 5.5. Ongoing consultation ............................................................................................ 56 6. Environmental impact assessment ............................................................................ 58 6.1. Traffic and transport ............................................................................................. 58 6.2. Landscape and visual amenity ............................................................................. 63 6.3. Noise and vibration ............................................................................................... 78 6.4. Aboriginal heritage ............................................................................................... 88 6.5. Non-Aboriginal heritage ........................................................................................ 89 6.6. Socio-economic impacts ....................................................................................... 92 6.7. Biodiversity ........................................................................................................... 95 6.8. Contamination, geology and soils ....................................................................... 108 6.9. Hydrology and water quality ............................................................................... 110 6.10. Air quality ........................................................................................................... 111 6.11. Waste and resources .......................................................................................... 113 Normanhurst Station Upgrade – January 2021 2 6.12. Hazard and risk .................................................................................................. 114 6.13. Sustainability ...................................................................................................... 115 6.14. Climate change .................................................................................................. 115 6.15. Greenhouse gas emissions ................................................................................ 115 6.16. Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................ 116 7. Environmental management ..................................................................................... 118 7.1. Environmental management plans ..................................................................... 118 7.2. Mitigation measures ........................................................................................... 118 8. Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 128 References ........................................................................................................................ 129 Appendix A Consideration of matters of National Environmental Significance ... 131 Appendix B Consideration of clause 228 ................................................................. 132 Technical Papers 1 Biodiversity Impact Assessment – EMM Consulting 2 Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment – EMM Consulting 3 Visual Impact Assessment – Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) Document control Status: Draft Date of issue: February 2021 Version: 2.0 Document author: Brendan Rice, Lia Zwolinski Document reviewers: Aaron Bowden, Louisa Rebec © Transport for NSW Normanhurst Station Upgrade – February 2021 3 Figures Figure 1 Key features of the Proposal (subject to detailed design) .......................................11 Figure 2 Planning approval and consultation process for the Proposal .................................13 Figure 3 Photomontage of the Proposal – Denman Avenue entrance looking north toward the proposal (subject to detailed design) ....................................................................................15 Figure 4 Photomontage of the Proposal – Malsbury Road entrance looking south toward the proposal (subject to detailed design) ....................................................................................15 Figure 5 Key features of the Proposal (subject to detailed design) .......................................17 Figure 6 Regional context .....................................................................................................18 Figure 7 View of Malsbury Road station access and stairs ...................................................20 Figure 8 View of Denman Parade station access and retail strip ..........................................21 Figure 9 Normanhurst station Platform 1 ..............................................................................21 Figure 10 Site locality map ...................................................................................................23 Figure 11 Proposed site compound and material laydown areas ..........................................41 Figure 12 Hornsby LEP zoning map extract .........................................................................50 Figure 13 Visual Impact Grading Matrix ................................................................................64 Figure 14 Viewpoints ............................................................................................................67 Figure 15 Viewpoint 1 View southwest from Denman Parade station entrance ....................73 Figure 16 Viewpoint 2 side-by side Southern side of the Denman Parade pedestrian crossing and photomontage showing the proposal .............................................................................74 Figure 17 Viewpoint 3 Southern station forecourt off Denman Parade, looking north ...........75 Figure 18 Viewpoint 4 Platform 1 near the existing station building, looking west towards the existing pedestrian
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