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F - BUSINESS Environment Effects Statement Technical Report F Business North East Link Project North East Link Environment Effects Statement Technical report F – Business Impact Assessment Prepared for North East Link April 2019 Limitations – This publication is prepared to inform the public about the North East Link. This publication may be of assistance to you but the North East Link Project (a division of the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority) and its employees, contractors or consultants (including the issuer of this report) do not guarantee that the publication is without any defect, error or omission of any kind or is appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. GHD | Report for North East Link – Business Impact Assessment Table of contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of this report........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Why understanding business impacts is important ............................................................. 1 2. EES scoping requirements ............................................................................................................ 3 2.1 EES evaluation objectives ................................................................................................... 3 2.2 EES scoping requirements .................................................................................................. 3 2.3 Linkages to other reports ..................................................................................................... 5 3. Project description ..........................................................................................................................6 3.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 6 3.2 Construction ......................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Operation ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.4 Activities and design considerations relevant to businesses ............................................... 7 4. Legislation, policy, guidelines and criteria ...................................................................................... 8 4.1 Commonwealth legislation ................................................................................................... 8 4.2 State legislation, strategies and policy................................................................................. 8 4.3 Local planning schemes and policies ................................................................................ 10 5. Method ......................................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 Overview of method ........................................................................................................... 1 7 5.2 Study area .......................................................................................................................... 18 5.3 Existing conditions ............................................................................................................. 23 5.4 Business surveys ............................................................................................................... 24 5.5 Risk assessment ................................................................................................................ 24 5.6 Impact assessment ............................................................................................................ 2 8 5.7 Rationale ............................................................................................................................ 30 5.8 Limitations, uncertainties and assumptions ....................................................................... 30 5.9 Stakeholder engagement ................................................................................................... 30 5.10 Community feedback ......................................................................................................... 33 6. Existing conditions ....................................................................................................................... 36 6.1 Geographical context ......................................................................................................... 3 6 6.2 M80 Ring Road to northern portal ..................................................................................... 40 6.3 Northern portal to southern portal ...................................................................................... 45 6.4 Eastern Freeway ................................................................................................................ 52 6.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................ 61 7. Risk assessment .......................................................................................................................... 63 8. Impact assessment ...................................................................................................................... 65 8.1 Key themes and concerns ................................................................................................. 65 GHD | Report for North East Link – Business Impact Assessment | i 8.2 Construction impacts ......................................................................................................... 68 8.3 Operation........................................................................................................................... 84 8.4 Cumulative impacts ........................................................................................................... 90 8.5 Managing impacts ............................................................................................................. 90 8.6 Alternative design options ................................................................................................. 93 8.7 Consistency of the project with business-related policies ................................................. 94 9. Environmental Performance Requirements ................................................................................ 99 10. Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 101 10.1 Existing conditions .......................................................................................................... 101 10.2 Impact assessment ......................................................................................................... 102 11. References ................................................................................................................................ 104 Table index Table 2-1 Scoping requirements relevant to business impacts .......................................................... 3 Table 2-2 Linkages to other technical reports ..................................................................................... 5 Table 4-1 Summary of relevant state legislation, strategies and policies ........................................... 8 Table 5-1 Activity centres and economic areas within broader areas ............................................... 20 Table 5-2 Likelihood of an event occurring ....................................................................................... 27 Table 5-3 Risk matrix......................................................................................................................... 27 Table 5-4 Stakeholder engagement undertaken for business impact assessment .......................... 31 Table 5-5 Community feedback relevant to the business assessment ............................................. 33 Table 6-1 Municipalities – population, employment and numbers of businesses, 2016 and 2017 .................................................................................................................. 36 Table 6-2 M80 Ring Road to northern portal employment (FTE), based on business survey responses ............................................................................... 43 Table 6-3 M80 Ring Road to northern portal revenue ....................................................................... 43 Table 6-4 Businesses by type in northern portal to southern portal precinct .................................... 48 Table 6-5 Northern portal to southern portal precinct employment ................................................... 49 Table 7-1 Business risks ................................................................................................................... 63 Table 8-1 Key themes for business impact assessment ................................................................... 66 Table 8-2 Businesses affected by permanent acquisition and temporary occupation ...................... 70 Table 8-3 Businesses and local employment affected by displacement ........................................... 70 Table 8-4 North East Link construction