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Torrens Rail Junction National Heritage Impact Assessment DA153199 : Revision A : 09.12.15 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................. 2 1 Scope ........................................................................................ 3 1.1 Project Scope ............................................................................... 3 1.2 Author Identification ....................................................................... 5 1.3 Scope of Assessment ................................................................... 6 2 Heritage Impact Assessment Overview ....................................... 7 3 Heritage Places .......................................................................... 8 3.1 Scope of Listing ............................................................................ 8 3.2 Historic Context ........................................................................... 11 4 Summary of Works That May Result in Potential Impacts ......... 27 5 National Heritage Impact Assessment ...................................... 29 5.1 Criterion A Assessment ............................................................... 30 5.1.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 31 5.2 Criterion B Assessment ............................................................... 32 5.2.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 32 5.3 Criterion D Assessment ............................................................... 32 5.3.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 33 5.4 Criterion F Assessment ................................................................ 34 5.4.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 34 5.5 Criterion G Assessment ............................................................... 35 5.5.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 36 5.6 Criterion H Assessment ............................................................... 37 5.6.1 Potential Heritage Impacts ..................................................... 37 6 National Heritage Impact ‘Self Assessment’ ............................. 38 7 Summary .................................................................................. 40 Appendix A .................................................................................... 41 National Heritage Listing ....................................................................... 41 Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout ................................................ 41 2 National Heritage Impact Assmt : DA153199 : 0 Junction Torrens Rail : Rev 8 Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout ....................................... 42 Summary Statement of Significance ..................................................... 42 Official Values ....................................................................................... 43 Description ........................................................................................... 45 History .................................................................................................. 47 Appendix B .................................................................................... 55 Bibliography ......................................................................................... 55 A 9 .12.15 1 Scope 1.1 Project Scope DASH Architects has been engaged by The Department of Planning Transport & Infrastructure (DPTI) to undertake a National Heritage Impact Assessment of the proposed Torrens Rail Junction Project. This project was summarised (in broad terms) in our project brief provided by the Department as follows: The department is currently in the planning phase for the upgrade of the Torrens Rail Junction; between the River Torrens rail bridge and Chief Street, Brompton. The interstate mainline freight railway crosses the Outer Harbor metropolitan passenger railway at-grade at the existing Torrens Rail Junction, imposing restrictions on rail freight. The project will involve removing the junction by lowering the metropolitan passenger railway below ground level and underneath the interstate mainline railway. Once completed, freight trains up to 1,800 metres (currently restricted to 1,500 metres when coming from the north) will be able to pass through this location without reducing speed, which will provide significant improvements to freight rail productivity. Traffic delays caused by Outer Harbor passenger trains at the existing Park Terrace Bowden level crossing will be eliminated through the continuation of the rail underpass underneath Park Terrace and through to Bowden. The project also includes provision of some temporary rail track works outside of the project corridor.... This assessment is based upon the following documentation: • “Outer Harbor, Torrens Rail Junction Grade Separation, Outer Harbor (Down Track)” Option 2 (by DPTI): - IW089300-ESR-SK-0009 (Rev B, dated 23.06.15): Plan and Profile; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0048 (Rev B, dated 28.07.15): Bowden Station Plan and Profile; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0101 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 1 General Construction; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0102 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 2 General Construction; 3 National Heritage Impact Assmt : DA153199 : 0 Junction Torrens Rail : Rev - IW089300-ESR-SK-0103 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 3 General Construction; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0104 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 4 General Construction; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0105 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 5 General Construction; - IW089300-ESR-SK-0106 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 6 General Construction; A - IW089300-ESR-SK-0107 (Rev A, dated 31.07.15): Construction Staging (Option 5)- Stage 7 General Construction. 9 .12.15 • Concept visualisation (file provided 12 August titled TorrensJunction_v011.mp4); • Torrens Rail Junction Concept Study (by Cox and Outer Space, 17 Sept 2015 Rev C, drawings: - Site Plan; - Station Precinct Plan; - Longitudinal Section Through Station Section A; - Longitudinal Section Through Station Section B and C; - Longitudinal Section Through Station Section D and E; and - 3D massing. • Torrens Rail Junction Construction Noise and Vibration Management Framework (dated 1 Sept 2015, Rev A), by Resonate Acoustics. The Torrens Rail Junction Construction Noise and Vibration Management Framework (CNVMF) prepared by Resonate Acoustics provides the following project description: The Torrens Rail Junction project is the second project planned as part of the separation of freight and passenger rail lines in metropolitan Adelaide, the first being the recently completed Goodwood Rail Junction project. The project will grade separate the Melbourne to Adelaide freight line and the Outer Harbor passenger rail line at the existing crossing point near Bonython Park and will also underground the passenger line beneath Park Terrace and Gibson Street in Bowden. The concept design includes: • creation of a cutting along the alignment of the existing Outer Harbor passenger rail line from just north of the Torrens River Rail Bridge in the Adelaide Parklands to just north of the current Gibson Street level crossing in Bowden; • a rail bridge to allow the Melbourne to Adelaide freight line and Gawler passenger rail line to cross the Outer Harbor line at the existing junction point; • removal of the existing level crossings at Park Terrace and Gibson Street; 4 • creation of a new underground railway station in the Bowden National Heritage Impact Assmt : DA153199 : 0 Junction Torrens Rail : Rev urban development site; and • improved cycling and pedestrian facilities. The rail junction currently creates problems for operation of the freight line in particular, in the form of delays and length restrictions for trains. The project will have a number of significant benefits for the transport network including: • removal of the requirement for freight trains to wait for passenger A trains to pass through the junction, thereby increasing efficiency of movements on the freight line; 9 • increased safety by the removal of the Park Terrace and Gibson .12.15 Street level crossings; • removal of the Park Terrace level crossing improving traffic flows and reducing waiting times on Park Terrace, an important part of Adelaide’s inner ring route; • reduced traffic waiting times at the Hawker Street and Torrens Road level crossings; and • creation of a new passenger railway station at Bowden, which is an important urban development site for Adelaide. It is expected that construction will commence in 2016 and be completed by 2017. During the construction phase, a temporary rail alignment will be established for all three lines, largely on the western side of the existing junction. The key project features, including the temporary rail line proposal, and the surrounding areas are shown on Figure 1. 5 National Heritage Impact Assmt : DA153199 : 0 Junction Torrens Rail : Rev Image 1. Project Overview as included in Resonate Acoustics CNVMF. 1.2 Author Identification This report has been prepared by Jason Schulz B Arch St, B Arch (Hons) FRAIA, Director of DASH Architects. A 9 .12.15 1.3 Scope of Assessment The scope of this report is limited to the potential impact on the non-Aboriginal formally identified National