Sydney International Speedway Environmental Impact Statement Technical Paper 9 Socio-Economic
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Sydney International Speedway Environmental Impact Statement Technical Paper 9 Socio-economic sydneymetro.info Sydney International Speedway Socio-economic assessment Sydney International Speedway | Final July 2020 Sydney Metro Socio-economic assessment Sydney Metro Socio-economic assessment Sydney International Speedway Project No: IA199800 Document Title: Socio-economic assessment Document No.: Sydney International Speedway Revision: Final Date: July 2020 Client Name: Sydney Metro Client No: Project Manager: Claire Vahtra Author: Nicole Sommerville File Name: SIS EIS_TP9_Socio-economic_FINAL Jacobs Australia Pty Limited Level 7, 177 Pacific Highway North Sydney NSW 2060 Australia PO Box 632 North Sydney NSW 2059 Australia T +61 2 9928 2100 F +61 2 9928 2444 www.jacobs.com © Copyright 2019 Jacobs Australia Pty Limited. The concepts and information contained in this document are the property of Jacobs. Use or copying of this document in whole or in part without the written permission of Jacobs constitutes an infringement of copyright. Limitation: This document has been prepared on behalf of, and for the exclusive use of Jacobs’ client, and is subject to, and issued in accordance with, the provisions of the contract between Jacobs and the client. Jacobs accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for, or in respect of, any use of, or reliance upon, this document by any third party. Document history and status Revision Date Description Author Reviewed Approved Final 31/07/2020 Issue for exhibition N. Sommerville C. Vahtra C. Vahtra Sydney International Speedway i Socio-economic assessment Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Sydney International Speedway ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Location ................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2.1 Local context of the project ...................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Overview of the project .................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Purpose and scope of this report ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements ......................................................................................... 6 1.6 Structure of this report ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Legislation and guidelines .............................................................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Study area ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Study methodology........................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3.1 Scoping of likely socio-economic issues ............................................................................................................... 8 2.3.2 Socio-economic baseline ........................................................................................................................................... 9 2.3.3 Assessment of socio-economic impacts ............................................................................................................... 9 Evaluation of significance framework .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3.4 Identification of mitigation and management measures .............................................................................. 11 2.4 Data sources ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.5 Stakeholder consultation .............................................................................................................................................. 11 3. Social policy context .......................................................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Western Sydney Parklands Plan of Management 2030 ..................................................................................... 12 3.2 Local government strategies ....................................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Our Blacktown 2036 .................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.2.2 2016-2026 Fairfield City Plan ............................................................................................................................... 13 4. Existing socio-economic environment .......................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Regional context .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Community profile ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Economic profile .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 4.3.1 Income and employment primary study area ................................................................................................... 16 4.3.2 Local business and industry .................................................................................................................................... 17 Sydney Dragway .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Sydney Motorsport Park (operated by the Australian Racing Drivers' Club) ......................................................... 18 Other businesses near the project ......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.4 Social infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 4.4.1 Western Sydney Parklands ...................................................................................................................................... 20 4.5 Community values ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 4.6 Access and connectivity ................................................................................................................................................. 22 Sydney International Speedway ii Socio-economic assessment 5. Impact assessment ............................................................................................................................................. 23 5.1 Construction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.1.1 Employment ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 5.1.2 Local business .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 5.1.3 Social infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.1.4 Community values ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.1.5 Access and connectivity ............................................................................................................................................ 25 5.2 Operation ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25 5.2.1 Employment ................................................................................................................................................................