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West Gate Tunnel Project Assessment of Social Impacts on the Community of the City of Hobsons Bay 2Nd August 2017 West Gate Tunnel Project Assessment of social impacts on the community of the City of Hobsons Bay 2nd August 2017 Symplan Planning for People Place Purpose West Gate Tunnel Project Assessment of social impacts on the community of the City of Hobsons Bay Contact Bonnie Rosen Principal, Symplan Suite 1301 9 Yarra Street South Yarra Vic 3141 Tel: 9523 7538 Mobile: 0419 574 481 Fax: 9804 8884 Email: [email protected] www.symplan.com.au Disclaimer Symplan produces work of the highest professional and academic standards. Symplan has taken all the necessary steps to ensure that an accurate document has been prepared. However, we accept no responsibility or liability for damages or loss incurred as a result of reliance placed upon either the Report or its contents. Readers should therefore rely on their own skill and judgement when applying any information or analysis presented in this Report to particular issues or circumstances. © Symplan 2017 Symplan Planning for People Place Purpose West Gate Tunnel Project Assessment of social impacts on the community of the City of Hobsons Bay Contents Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................................... iv Preliminaries ........................................................................................................................................................... v Full name and address ........................................................................................................................................ v Qualifications and experience ............................................................................................................................ v Area of expertise and expertise to make the Report ......................................................................................... v Private or business relationship with Hobsons Bay City Council ....................................................................... vi Instructions defining the scope of the Report ................................................................................................... vi Facts, matters and assumptions ........................................................................................................................ vi Identity of persons carrying out tests ................................................................................................................ vi Statement .......................................................................................................................................................... vi Provisional opinions not fully researched ....................................................................................................... viii Questions falling outside the expertise of the witness ................................................................................... viii Completeness of Report .................................................................................................................................. viii Declaration ...................................................................................................................................................... viii 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope of the brief .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Process and methodology ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Limitations ............................................................................................................................................. 2 2 Project description .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 West Gate Tunnel Project ..................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 West Gate Freeway section .................................................................................................................. 5 2.3 Social and health issues ........................................................................................................................ 8 3 Council’s submission ....................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Key aspects ............................................................................................................................................ 9 4 Hobsons Bay City Strategic Context .............................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Strategic location ................................................................................................................................ 11 4.2 Road network ...................................................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Public transport ................................................................................................................................... 12 4.4 Urban renewal..................................................................................................................................... 13 4.5 Concurrent major projects .................................................................................................................. 14 5 Community and health profile ...................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 Socio-demographic profile .................................................................................................................. 15 5.2 Health and wellbeing .......................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Connectivity and accessibility ............................................................................................................. 19 6 Social impact assessment ............................................................................................................................. 20 6.1 Hobsons Bay City Council Community ................................................................................................ 20 6.2 Communities of Brooklyn, Altona North, South Kingsville and Spotswood ........................................ 24 i Symplan Planning for People Place Purpose West Gate Tunnel Project Assessment of social impacts on the community of the City of Hobsons Bay 6.3 Users of community and recreation facilities ..................................................................................... 34 6.4 Active transport users ......................................................................................................................... 39 6.5 Public transport users ......................................................................................................................... 42 6.6 Business, tourism, commercial and industrial .................................................................................... 44 6.7 Cultural and heritage values ............................................................................................................... 46 7 Summary and conclusions ............................................................................................................................ 49 7.1 Summary ............................................................................................................................................. 49 7.2 Assessment according to key social impact considerations ................................................................ 50 7.3 Alignment with core principles of social impact assessment .............................................................. 52 7.4 Alignment with objectives and principles of the Project .................................................................... 57 8 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 58 8.1 Further information ............................................................................................................................ 58 8.2 Mitigation measures ........................................................................................................................... 58 Appendix 1 – Curriculum Vitae, Bonnie Rosen ..................................................................................................... 61 Appendix 2 – Brief to Symplan ............................................................................................................................. 64 Appendix 3 – Components associated with construction and operation of the Project ...................................... 68 Appendix 4 – Main roads serving the
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