Fact sheet September 2018 Beaches Link Flat Rock Drive

Beaches Link is an integrated Should the NSW Government decide to proceed further with the proposal, The sites aim to: transport solution that will make • Minimise private property impacts it easier, faster and safer to get it will be subject to a rigorous and extensive environmental assessment • Minimise impacts to the around . – including more community community and the environment • Have good main road or water This new tunnel from the Northern engagement. access – keeping trucks off local Beaches, under , streets Northbridge and Willoughby will Construction sites are • Maintain functionality of open connect with the Warringah and Gore temporary space as much as possible Hill Freeways – delivering widespread Temporary construction sites are • Provide opportunities for traffic benefits and improving journey needed to deliver this project and we improvement of the sites times. will be working with councils and local after construction It will reduce pressure on key routes ­ communities to identify their future • Ensure the works can be including Willoughby Road, Reserve use when work is complete. delivered safely and efficiently. Road, Flat Rock Drive, Eastern Valley Construction sites have been These measures ensure the project Way and Ourimbah Road. This will carefully selected taking into account can be delivered effectively while improve these routes for users and community and industry feedback. minimising construction times and will also reduce rat running, returning levels of impact to communities, the local streets to local people. road network and the environment. Beaches Link benefits public transport across the Northern Beaches, the Davidson Northern Beaches , North Sydney and Hospital

Warringah Road around the CBD by opening up new Frenchs Forest Dee Why express bus connections between the Frenchs Forest Northern Beaches, North Sydney, the Mona Vale Narrabeen CBD, Macquarie Park and Chatswood. Forestville Terrey Hills Brookvale It also offers the opportunity for bus Wakehurst Parkway Allambie Heights interchanges with Sydney Trains and Curl Curl Sydney Metro at North Sydney. Killarney Heights Manly Brookvale Freshwater Dee Why We also expect improved efficiencies Lindfield Queenscli to surface bus routes when traffic Roseville North is redirected off surface roads and Balgowlah e Castle Cove ridg B ation nt evi r D Condamine St into the new Beaches Link Tunnel via u k B e e r C Middle Cove an upgraded Wakehurst Parkway at Middle Chatswood Harbour Manly Seaforth and the Burnt Bridge Creek Sydney Road

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Lane Cove Tunnel Beaches Link will be in deep tunnels NorthConnex M7 (75 metres beneath Bicentennial Balgowlah Heights Reserve at Willoughby and over 100 Artarmon Northbridge metres beneath Northbridge). There Reserve Sydney CBD Road North Sydney will be no permanent facilities such as Airport Parramatta tunnel ventilation outlets away from Royal North Shore Hospital the tunnel entry and exit points. Ernest St St Leonards Mosman Falcon St Crows Nest Cremorne

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We need a primary (temporary) Reducing our impact - Option A Reducing our impact - Option B tunnelling site south of Middle • We will work with Willoughby • Impact on bushland is limited to an Harbour to tunnel north, south Council and local sports clubs to area that has been re-vegetated by and west from the site. minimise the impact on sporting Willoughby Council over the past activities in the area while the 20 years The options are: baseball diamond is unavailable • Old growth bushland will not be Option A is at the current Flat Rock during construction impacted Baseball Diamond, west of Flat Rock • No impact to Willoughby Leisure • Shared user path to be Drive. Centre indoor facilities, netball re-routed and remain open courts or car park Option B is east of Flat Rock Drive in during construction an area re-vegetated by Willoughby • Shared user path remains open for • Opportunity to provide new Council over the past 20 years. the duration of construction recreation facilities, or re-vegetate • Opportunity for major the site after construction refurbishment of the area following Construction site activities • We will work with Willoughby construction Council on the final form of the site • Entry site for roadheader • Single large site in a strategic in consultation with residents and tunnelling machines tunnelling location reduces the need for the community north, south and west additional intermediate sites • Tunnel fit-out • No impact to baseball diamond, • Allows safe, signalised road access Willoughby Leisure Centre indoor • Tunnel spoil removal by truck directly onto Flat Rock Drive to facilities, netball courts or car park directly onto Flat Rock Drive to keep trucks off local streets the • Single large site in strategic • No direct impact to private location reduces the need for • There would be a large noise and properties additional intermediate sites dust acoustic shed with all tunnel • Acoustic shed for tunnelling works • Allows safe, signalised road access spoil management contained to contain noise and dust. inside it. This is standard practice directly onto Flat Rock Drive to There will be strict controls on trucks on modern major tunnelling sites keep trucks off local streets travelling to and from the site. Truck • No direct impact to private • Parking and amenities for movements will generally be limited properties construction workers would be to 7am - 6pm Monday to Friday and contained on-site, with no worker 7am - 1pm Saturdays. No trucks on • Acoustic shed for tunnelling works parking on surrounding streets. Sundays or public holidays. to contain noise and dust. Environmental safeguards Environmental Impact Local benefits of Beaches The project team understands Statement Link and Western Harbour community concerns and Once we have received community Tunnel environmental sensitivities and stakeholder feedback on the Taking traffic off some of Sydney’s associated with the Flat Rock Creek proposed reference design we will most congested roads will have local and surrounding bushland. refine the design and prepare the benefits: EIS for public exhibition. In regards to the two options: • Less traffic on key local roads – The EIS exhibition and the • The creek and downstream areas Flat Rock Drive, Eastern Valley accompanying community Way and Miller Street will be protected submissions process will be • Greater resilience to incidents and • Site works will be controlled conducted independently by DPE. delays on North Shore roads through well-understood, best The EIS will include a comprehensive practice environmental procedures • Reduced rat-running on local assessment of key environmental including water run off, erosion streets issues, including a description of the and sedimentation controls • Improved travel times via surface existing environment, assessment of road network • Site will be limited to the regrowth potential direct and indirect impacts area located on man-made landfill of the project from construction • Better amenity of Naremburn, • Old growth areas will not be through to operation. Northbridge and Crows Nest impacted and will be specifically • Continuous southbound bus lane This assessment will include any and protected – for example the on the Warringah Freeway to all impacts on local flora and fauna, steeper slope running to the east rail and Metro stations at North water quality, traffic, spoil transport, of the existing creek Sydney and for the Sydney noise and vibration, air quality and Harbour Bridge providing faster, • Access off Flat Rock Drive will community impacts. be via a new intersection with more reliable bus trips Should the proposal be approved by turning bays and controlled by • Western Harbour Tunnel takes the Minister for Planning, DPE will traffic signals pressure off existing crossings – impose a series of conditions which faster and more reliable trips • High level screening of the site will require us to eliminate, manage • Under Option A, future from a biodiversity and heritage or mitigate impacts. perspective has been undertaken opportunity for major and further studies would refurbishment of the area be conducted as part of an • Under Option B, opportunity to Environmental Impact Statement leave a permanent, positive legacy (EIS) − We will work with Willoughby • Major activity and spoil transfer Council on possible plans for will be inside the acoustic shed – this site in consultation with the greatly reducing noise and dust local community • Any contaminated materials in − The impact on bushland is existing man-made fill will be limited to the area re-vegetated assessed and treated via stringent over the past 20 years environmental management − We could leave our acoustic methods shed on site to be re-purposed • Should the project receive as an indoor multi-use sports planning approval by the facility – with extra outdoor Department of Planning and sports areas such as netball Environment (DPE), there would courts or an open playing field be stringent environmental − Construction site parking could safeguards to protect these areas. Noise attenuation shed at Bella Vista. become sports area parking.

Key EIS conditions Key EIS conditions would likely include: • All tunnel spoil management will be contained inside an acoustic shed • Comprehensive safeguards for the treatment and • Mandating truck operations – keeping trucks to disposal of any contaminated soil defined routes on arterial roads and ensuring all • Strict water run-off and storage conditions trucks are covered • Limiting spoil truck operations to 7am to 6pm • Pre-condition surveys of all buildings near tunnelling Monday to Friday and 7am to 1pm Saturday sites – any faults later identified would be rectified • Limit construction impacts on weekend sports fully by the tunnelling contractor at their expense. Local air quality Next steps We have more than 20 years’ experience in the efficient building and maintenance of tunnel ventilation systems. Ventilation Preliminary planning systems will be designed to meet stringent 2015–2017 air quality criteria set by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, NSW Environment Protection Authority Initial design (EPA) and NSW Health. March 2017 • On 17 February 2018, the NSW Government announced even stronger protections on tunnel ventilation State Significant Infrastructure facilities. Under these new reforms, Application the EPA requires tunnel operators to November 2017 meet air quality limits and carry out air quality monitoring. • There will also be additional checks Proposed reference design Ongoing community engagement for new motorway tunnels before they July 26, 2018 progress to the Environmental Impact Assessment stage. These include a scientific review of air emissions from WE Community engagement ARE ventilation outlets carried out by the July 26 ­ November 9, 2018 HERE Advisory Committee on Tunnel Air Quality (ACTAQ), and a statement by the NSW Chief Health Officer on the impacts of these emissions Environmental assessment • The Minister for Planning will not approve a motorway tunnel project until the ACTAQ review has been considered. Seek planning approval You can read more about air quality management on the NSW Government air quality portal: https://v2.communityanalytics.com.au/ Open to trafficConstruction rms/air-quality The ACTAQ initial report on Tunnel Air Quality (2014) can be found at: http://www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au Open to traffic We will continue to engage extensively with the community and Council about this important project.

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