West Gate Tunnel Project Section 3 Order and Maps
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Environment Effects Act 1978 o the westbound tunnel having a length of approximately 4 AMENDMENT OF ORDER UNDER kilometres commencing from the SECTION 3(1) northern portal located east of the intersection of Whitehall Street The declaration of the Western Distributor and Harris Street and extending to Project to be 'public works' by Order of the the southern portal located Minister for Planning under section 3(1) of the approximately 250 metres to the west of the Newport railway line Environment Effects Act 1978 gazetted on 23 on the south side of the existing December 2015 ("the Order"), is amended by: West Gate Freeway; and 1. replacing reference to 'Western Distributor o the eastbound tunnel ventilation Project' with 'West Gate Tunnel Project'; structure located approximately 60 metres east of Whitehall street and 250 metres north of Somerville 2. replacing the description of the 'public Road, and the westbound tunnel works' to which the Order relates with the ventilation structure located in the following: widened West Gate Freeway approximately 150 metres west of The "public works” to which the Order relates the Newport railway line, and; comprise the works generally described below Bridges across the Maribyrnong River and more particularly shown on the plans including a central carriageway connecting referred to in Schedule 1: the tunnels with twin viaducts above Footscray Road and separate on and off Upgrade and widening of the existing ramps to the Port of Melbourne via West Gate Freeway by two lanes in each Mackenzie Road, new off-ramp to direction to generally provide overall Appleton Dock Road and outbound on- capacity of six through lanes each way and ramp from Footscray Road to the viaduct, auxiliary lanes as required between twin viaducts above Footscray Road and Williamstown Road and M80 interchange, connections to CityLink, Dynon Road and widening of Princes Freeway between an extension of Wurundjeri Way to Dynon M80 interchange and Kororoit Creek Road and widening to Flinders Street; Road, collector-distributor carriageways, elevated ramps, structures and surface Relocation of major services infrastructure road connections including new including relocation of high voltage connections to Hyde Street with the electricity lines and the North Yarra Main westbound freeway on ramp located to the Sewer; south of the West Gate Bridge via a Improvements to the shared pedestrian and section of Simcock Avenue and the bicycle network; eastbound freeway off ramp located immediately north of the West Gate Upgrades to pedestrian infrastructure and Bridge; links including replacing existing pedestrian bridges in the vicinity of Two bored tunnels catering for three Wembley Avenue and Rosala Avenue, a traffic lanes in both directions, with: new veloway over Footscray Road and o the eastbound tunnel having a new pedestrian bridges over Whitehall length of approximately 2.8 Street, Moonee Ponds Creek, Footscray kilometres commencing from the Road and the new Footscray Road southern portal approximately 300 connection to the east of CityLink; and metres to the west of Creation of new public open space areas of Williamstown Road and extending approximately 9 hectares. to the northern portal located east of the intersection of Whitehall Street and Harris Street; L\322389132.2 3. replacing Figure 1 with the following d. potential effects on visual, landscape, schematic diagram of the 'West Gate recreational values of areas in the Tunnel Project'; vicinity of the proposed works; e. potential effects on native vegetation and biodiversity, in particular listed flora and fauna species and communities; f. potential effects on Aboriginal and cultural heritage values; g. potential effects on existing land uses, (including Crown Land) and community and business activities, 4. amending the specified procedures and including with respect to acquisitions, requirements under the guidelines to apply services, connectivity and social to the Environment Effects Statement for impacts; the works to read as follows: h. potential temporary and permanent effects on transport network and Section 3(3) of the Environment Effects Act: services, both for residents and specified procedures and requirements businesses located in the vicinity of the proposed and related works and for the The following procedures and requirements broader community; and under the guidelines are to apply to the i. other effects on land uses and the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for the community. works. (ii) The matters to be investigated and documented in the EES for the public (i) The EES is to document investigations works described above are set out in more of potential environmental effects of the detail in the scoping requirements dated proposed works, including, as appropriate, April 2016 endorsed by the Minister for the feasibility of design alternatives for the Planning. The scoping requirements West Gate Tunnel Project and associated continue to apply to the EES, as environmental mitigation and management appropriate. measures, in particular for: (iii) The proponent may prepare and submit a. potential effects of construction works to the Department of Environment, Land, on noise, dust and vibration levels, and Water and Planning (DELWP) a draft EES hydrology and quality of groundwater study program to inform the preparation of and surface water; scoping requirements. b. potential effects arising from (iv) The level of detail of investigation for disturbance of contaminated soils or the EES studies should be consistent with groundwater, acid sulphate soils or the approach set out in the scoping geophysical conditions, including risks requirements and be adequate to inform an related to land and river bank or bed assessment of the significance and stability; acceptability of the potential environmental c. potential effects on amenity and effects of the proposed works, in the environmental quality of the adjacent context of the guidelines. residential areas from the works’ (v) DELWP will convene an inter-agency operation, in particular air emissions Technical Reference Group (TRG) to from the proposed ventilation stacks and increased noise levels; advise the Department and the proponent, as appropriate, during the preparation of the EES, on the scoping requirements, the L\322389132.2 design and adequacy of the EES studies, (x) An inquiry will be appointed under the and coordination with statutory approval Environment Effects Act 1978 to consider processes. environmental effects of the proposal. (vi) The proponent is to prepare and implement an EES Consultation Plan for Excluded works informing the public and consulting with The works specified in Schedule 2 hereof are stakeholders during the preparation of the excluded from the declaration of “public EES, having regard to advice from DELWP works.” and the TRG. (vii) The proponent is also to prepare and SCHEDULE 1 submit to DELWP its proposed schedule for the completion of studies, preparation Plans and exhibition of the EES, which may be [See attached] amended following endorsement of the scoping requirements. This schedule is SCHEDULE 2 intended to facilitate the alignment of the proponent’s and DELWP’s timeframes, Excluded works including for TRG review of technical The following preliminary works: studies for the EES and the main EES documentation. 1. Design and investigation activities and (viii) The proponent is to apply appropriate works associated with designing the West peer review where necessary and quality Gate Tunnel Project and assessing its management procedures to enable the impacts through the Environment Effects completion of EES studies to a satisfactory Statement process. standard. (ix) The EES is to be exhibited for a period of 30 business days for public comment, unless the exhibition period spans the Christmas–New Year period, in which case 40 business days will apply. Hon Richard Wynne MP Minister for Planning Date: 14 May 2017 L\322389132.2 LAVERTON NORTH CITY OF WYNDHAM ALTONA CITY OF NORTH HOBSONS BAY Project alignment Old Geelong Road Reserve LAVERTON ALTONA Legend 0 50 100 200 300 WEST GATE TUNNEL Project Boundary Yarraville Melbourne PROJECT PLANS Metres Laverton o Property boundary North WDA-WGTP-LFWD-001 Sheet 1 of 12 Date: 5/05/2017 Rev B LAVERTON NORTH CITY OF WYNDHAM CITY OF ALTONA HOBSONS NORTH BAY Legend 0 50 100 200 300 WEST GATE TUNNEL Project Boundary Yarraville Melbourne PROJECT PLANS Metres Laverton o Property boundary North WDA-WGTP-LFWD-002 Sheet 2 of 12 Date: 5/05/2017 Rev B CITY OF BRIMBANK BROOKLYN Shared use path connections/upgrades K O R O R O IT CITY OF C R WYNDHAM E E K ( L O W E R ) LAVERTON NORTH CITY OF HOBSONS BAY G J Hosken Reserve Crofts Reserve ALTONA NORTH G J Hosken Reserve Legend 0 50 100 200 300 WEST GATE TUNNEL Project Boundary Yarraville Melbourne PROJECT PLANS Metres Laverton o Property boundary North WDA-WGTP-LFWD-003 Sheet 3 of 12 Date: 5/05/2017 Rev B CITY OF Shared use path BRIMBANK upgrade BROOKLYN Brooklyn Reserve Shared use path connections/upgrades CITY OF D N Duane HOBSONS Reserve BAY ALTONA NORTH Crofts Reserve A W Bond Reserve Legend 0 50 100 200 300 WEST GATE TUNNEL Project Boundary Yarraville Melbourne PROJECT PLANS Metres Laverton o Property boundary North WDA-WGTP-LFWD-004 Sheet 4 of 12 Date: 5/05/2017 Rev B CITY OF MARIBYRNONG J B U A N C C C T H IO U N S - M N A E R W S P H O R T BROOKLYN YARRAVILLE Mcivor Shared use path Reserve connections CITY OF HOBSONS BAY Westbound southern SPOTSWOOD portal (including ventilation