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HW9 NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY - RAIL LEVEL CROSSING, SCONE: OPTIONS and FEASIBILITY STUDY Issues Report JULY 2013 HW9 NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY - RAIL LEVEL CROSSING, SCONE: OPTIONS AND FEASIBILITY STUDY Issues report JULY 2013 RMS/Pub. 13.1347 ISBN: 978-1-922245-58-8 HW9 New England Highway Rail Level Crossing, Scone Options and Feasibility Study – Issues Report 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Purpose of this report 3 1.2 Route options 4 1.2.1 Option 1: New England Highway Bypass of Scone 4 1.2.2 Modified Option 4: Road over rail bridge at Kelly Street level crossing 4 1.3 Consultation objectives 5 1.4 Data collection and analysis 5 2. Consultation 6 2.1 Consultation activities 6 2.2 Participation in consultation activities 7 2.2.1 Community information session 7 2.3 Responses and submissions received 8 2.4 Media articles 9 3. Comments received 11 3.1 Preference on options 11 3.2 Comments on options 12 3.2.1 Option 1: New England Highway Bypass of Scone 12 3.2.2 Modified Option 4: Road over rail bridge at Kelly Street level crossing 12 3.3 General comments 12 4. Conclusion and next steps 14 Appendix A – May 2013 Community Update Appendix B – Letters Circulated to the Community HW9 New England Highway Rail Level Crossing, Scone Options and Feasibility Study – Issues Report 2 1. Introduction In Scone, the Great Northern Railway intersects with the New England Highway (Kelly Street) and with Liverpool Street (a Regional road). These two level crossings are located approximately 500 – 600 metres apart. The Lower Hunter Transport Needs Study (Hyder Consulting, 2008) identified the level crossing on the New England Highway in Scone as a candidate project for infrastructure improvements within the short term (0 – 5 years) and recommended a grade separation. In August 2011 Roads and Maritime Services (RMS), on behalf of the Australian Government, commenced an Options and Feasibility Study to consider the impact of rail operations on the New England Highway (Kelly Street) level crossing at Scone. RMS has been working with the community to determine a preferred option. In May 2012 the Options Identification Report recommended four options for further development and consideration. The development of options identified two alternatives of one of the options, resulting in five options being brought forward. In November 2012, these five options were displayed for community comment. Following close of comments on 30 November 2012, a Value Management Workshop was held on 11 December 2012. The purpose of this workshop was to consider the five options from a wide range of perspectives and evaluate the options against agreed and weighted criteria. The main outcome of the workshop was that two options were recommended for further consideration. The options for further consideration were: • Option 1 (New England Highway bypass of Scone). This was considered the best performing option when assessed against road safety criteria, freight movement criteria and urban amenity criteria. Community feedback from the route options display in November 2012 indicated there was a preference shown for Option 1. • A modified Option 4 (in town option). This option incorporates aspects of Council’s proposal (a road over rail bridge at the Kelly Street railway crossing) and was considered the best performing option when assessed for providing best access for emergency services. These options were determined the most balanced when considering social, environmental, economic and engineering issues. The workshop participants agreed Options 2, 3 and 5 were the least preferred options because they did not perform as well as Option 1 and a modified Option 4 against the assessment criteria and project objectives. Since the Value Management Workshop, RMS has further reviewed the two options considering: • Wider community comments received during the display of the route options. • Outcomes of the Value Management Workshop. • Outcomes of technical investigations, including findings from a technical options assessment workshop held in February 2013. It is recognised that both options would remove emergency services response constraints through the provision of a road bridge over the railway, should the remaining public level crossings be blocked. To give the community and stakeholders an opportunity for a final say, the two options were displayed for further comment from 10 May to the 7 June 2013. On 27 May 2013, part way through the comment period, Council proposed a combined option which included a modification to Option 1 and a local traffic road over rail bridge at Kelly Street. This proposal is referred to herein as modified Option 1. 1.1 Purpose of this report This report describes the community consultation undertaken in conjunction with the public display of the two viable options for the Scone level crossing options and feasibility study. The options were presented to the community at a staffed display held on Thursday, 30 May 2013 from 11.30am to HW9 New England Highway Rail Level Crossing, Scone Options and Feasibility Study – Issues Report 3 2.30pm. The Project Manager was also available for appointments to talk one on one with property owners to discuss how they may be affected. Community comments received on these options will be considered before a final decision is made on the preferred option. The purpose of this report is to assist RMS in the decision making process with respect to selecting a preferred route. This report: • Describes activities undertaken during the submissions period. • Identifies community and stakeholder preferences on the options. • Summarises the comments received by RMS during the submission period. • Outlines the next steps in selecting a preferred option. Section 3 of this report provides an overview of the comments and preferences received for the displayed options, Option 1 and modified Option 4. 1.2 Route options The two route options placed on display were: • Option 1: New England Highway bypass of Scone. • Modified Option 4: Road over rail bridge at Kelly Street level crossing. The May 2013 Community Update provided a description of each option. A copy of the Community Update is provided in Appendix A. A modified Option 1 and local traffic road over rail bridge at Kelly Street was discussed by Council and RMS on 27 May 2013. Some members of the community have commented on this option during the submission period. Descriptions on the two options displayed by RMS for community comment are below. 1.2.1 Option 1: New England Highway bypass of Scone Option 1 is a bypass of the Scone town centre. In summary, Option 1 has the following characteristics: • Length of bypass is approximately 4.2 kilometres. • The proposed route traverses the floodplain. It is anticipated the bypass would have a one in twenty year flood immunity. • Design height over the existing rail line is eight metres, with an embankment width of 65 metres on the southern approach. • The design height at St Aubins Street is two metres above ground level within the flood plain. • Liverpool Street would intersect with the bypass, allowing local traffic access to both sides of town. The benefits of Option 1 include: • Option 1 performs strongly against the objectives of the project. It best aligns with the long term plans and strategies of the NSW and Australian governments. • A road bypass of Scone would support freight and long distance travel important to the NSW and national economy as part of the Sydney-Brisbane National Land Transport Network and Gunnedah Basin to Port of Newcastle link. • Bypassing Scone supports the NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan objective to provide essential access for regional NSW by providing town bypasses to improve travel within towns, reduce delays caused by freight traffic, increase safety, and increase the amenity of towns through reduced noise, lower emissions and less traffic. Option 1 received community preference during the November 2012 public display. 1.2.2 Modified Option 4: Road over rail bridge at Kelly Street level crossing This option incorporates aspects of the option endorsed by Council at its November 2012 meeting (Option 6 from November 2012 display) and the proposed alignment is similar to that chosen for Option HW9 New England Highway Rail Level Crossing, Scone Options and Feasibility Study – Issues Report 4 4. The modified Option 4 is based on minimising the impact on the local environment, improving road safety and reducing the project cost. If an in town option is adopted Council also propose an alternative heavy vehicle route along Guernsey Street, crossing the railway at a new rail level crossing on Kingdon Street and rejoining the highway near Mount Street. In summary, modified Option 4 has the following characteristics: • Design height over the rail line is eight metres with approach grades of four per cent and six per cent. • Construction is a combination of earth embankment and vertical retaining walls minimising the footprint on the landscape. • Pavement width and configuration is for a single through lane for highway traffic with turning protection at Muffett Street, Guernsey Street and Belmore Street for improved local traffic flows. • A roundabout at Susan Street, traffic lights at Muffett Street and turning lanes at Guernsey Street. The benefits of modified Option 4 include: • Modified Option 4 would incorporate aspects of Council's proposal. It is considered a less expensive, in-town solution that includes a road over rail bridge at the Kelly Street railway level crossing. • Modified Option 4 would provide better access for emergency services and local trips. • Adoption of modified Option 4 would provide satisfactory traffic performance in the long term. A modified route for Option 1 was put forward by Council at a meeting with RMS held on 27 May 2013 in Scone. Modified Option 1 is intended to address community concern by providing a shorter, re- aligned bypass and unrestricted pedestrian and vehicle (emergency vehicles and local traffic) access over the railway in town.
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