Community Update September 2018 Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link - Cammeray Proposed reference design

Western Harbour Tunnel and Entry and exit ramps for both Western This site is proposed for tunnelling and Beaches Link is an integrated Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link will surface works for Western Harbour transport solution that will make be in the between Tunnel, the Warringah Freeway Ernest and Miller Streets, providing Upgrade and Beaches Link. it easier, faster and safer to get direct connections to the wider Part of the area will be permanently around . Sydney motorway network. required for a motorway facilities Western Harbour Tunnel People driving to and from the building, which houses operational – from Rozelle, under Sydney Beaches Link and Western Harbour and electrical equipment needed for Harbour to the Warringah Freeway. Tunnels will stay in the “mainline” motorway operations. tunnels underground – they will not Warringah Freeway Upgrade surface at Cammeray. This will reduce - rationalising and streamlining traffic on Ernest Street, Falcon Street, We are working with the Australia’s busiest road in a four Brook Street and Willoughby Road. Cammeray Golf Club with kilometre upgrade between the the objective of allowing the northern end of the Sydney Harbour Works in Cammeray will include new golf course to remain open Bridge and Willoughby Road. pedestrian and cycle facilities. throughout construction. Beaches Link A temporary construction site will - from the Northern Beaches, under be located beside the Warringah There are minimal, temporary Middle Harbour to the Gore Hill and Freeway in part of the Cammeray impacts to Anzac Park. Warringah Freeways. Golf Course.

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Tunnel air quality We have more than 20 years’ To Sydney CBD Anzac Park To Lane Cove Tunnel experience in the design, operation and monitoring of tunnel ventilation systems. Beaches Link entry ramp Ventilation systems will be designed to meet stringent air-quality criteria set by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and NSW Health. On 17 February 2018, the NSW Government announced even stronger controls on tunnel ventilation facilities. Under these new reforms the EPA requires tunnel operators to meet air quality limits and carry out air quality monitoring. Western Harbour Tunnel exit ramp There will also be additional checks for new motorway tunnels before they progress to the Environmental Western Harbour Tunnel entry ramp Impact Assessment stage. These include an independent scientific review of air emissions from ventilation outlets carried out by the Beaches Link exit ramp Advisory Committee on Tunnel Air Ernest Street Quality (ACTAQ), and a statement by the NSW Chief Health Officer on the impacts of these emissions Ventilation outlets The Minister for Planning will not approve a motorway tunnel project until the ACTAQ review has been Active transport green bridge considered. You can read more about air quality management on our interactive portal on air quality: rms.nsw.gov.au/airquality The ACTAQ initial report on Tunnel Air Quality (2014) can be found at: http://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au We will continue to engage extensively with the community and Council about this important project. Motorway facilities Tunnel alignment Edge of existing road Cammeray Golf Course N Bus lane We are working with the Motorway Control Centre Cammeray Golf Club with Ventilation outlet the objective of allowing the

Acti e transport golf course to remain open throughout construction. Benefits Returning local streets to Reducing our impact communities Improved travel times and reliability • Acoustic shed to contain noise • Beaches Link takes pressure off for all Sydney Harbour crossings and dust from tunnelling key arterial roads, discouraging rat • Western Harbour Tunnel will take runs, allowing local streets to serve • Minimises requirements for pressure off Sydney Harbour local trips and improving amenity private property and minimises impacts on St Leonards Park and Bridge and Tunnel • Ernest Street will be quieter as Anzac Park • Working together, all three harbour traffic using Ourimbah Road is crossings will provide motorway reduced by around one-third • Minimise tree clearing at site standard trips across the harbour compared to future conditions boundaries to retain a green • Our approach for these crossings without the project buffer is to ensure every origin is • Brook Street north of the freeway • Direct access to Warringah connected to every destination will carry around 15% less traffic Freeway and Ernest Street for spoil – some trips will use one of the • Miller Street at Cammeray Village trucks and construction delivery – existing crossings while other trips will carry around 20% less traffic. keeping trucks off local streets will use Western Harbour Tunnel New and improved active transport • Strict controls on trucks to • Trips from Cammeray will have connections and from the site. Trucks will improved travel time and reliability • We are providing new and generally be limited to 7am - 6pm across all harbour crossings, Monday to Friday and 7am - 1pm regardless of which one is used upgraded shared user paths in and around Cammeray Saturdays. No spoil trucks on • People from Cammeray will be Sundays or public holidays able to access Western Harbour • Bike path from Miller Street to Falcon Street, connecting to the • No impacts to all-weather Tunnel via Berry Street existing Falcon Street shared football pitch, skate park or • Existing access between bridge and on to North Sydney via tennis courts Cammeray and the Sydney St Leonards Park • Site is located beside the Harbour Bridge and Tunnel will be • Ernest Street bridge will include a Warringah Freeway to minimise maintained via upgraded Falcon new green link featuring a shared impacts to the Golf Course and Miller Street interchanges. user path to connect the green • Permanent impacts to the golf Improved access for local traffic space at Cammeray Park, Anzac course will be significantly smaller • Once Beaches Link is open, a Park and Jeaffreson Jackson than the temporary construction portion of Northern Beaches Reserve. site. ‘through’ traffic will use the tunnel Improved public transport rather than routes such as Military Construction site activities • We are providing a continuous Road, Ourimbah Road and Eastern southbound bus lane on • Entry site for road header Valley Way Warringah Freeway from Miller machines tunnelling north and • There will be a significant Street to the Sydney Harbour south from the golf course reduction in traffic using , improving travel times for • Western Harbour Tunnel and Bridge and Roseville Bridge, bus customers and safety for all Beaches Link tunnel fit-out improving journey times and road users • Tunnel spoil removal by truck reliability for cars and buses on • Bus commuters from Cammeray with direct access to arterial Military Road and Warringah Road will benefit from improved travel roads and the motorway network • Trips from Cammeray to the times and reliability for bus trips • Construction material storage Northern Beaches (and other to the Sydney CBD, with bus and worker amenities areas) will benefit from reduced priority provided at the key bus • Construction of the Western through traffic on surface roads connections with Warringah Harbour Tunnel and Beaches across the Lower Freeway at Falcon Street and Mount Street Link motorway facilities and • Improved capacity and resilience ventilation facilities of the existing harbour crossings • Reduced through traffic on key • New Ernest Street bridge will reduce the present impacts bus routes (e.g. Military Road) of queuing extending from the will also improve travel times and • Warringah Freeway construction. freeway into local areas. reliability for local services.

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