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Statement of Heritage Impact Johnstons Stormwater Canal Shared Pathway Project ATTACHMENT C ATTACHMENT C STATEMENT OF HERITAGE IMPACT JOHNSTONS STORMWATER CANAL SHARED PATHWAY PROJECT ATTACHMENT C Statement of Heritage Impact ________________________________________________________ Johnston’s Stormwater Canal: Shared Pathway Project by Tory Stening February 2011 Report to Council of the City of Sydney ATTACHMENT C Executive Summary _____________________________________________________________________________ The Council of the City of Sydney and Leichhardt Municipal Council propose to develop a shared pathway adjacent to Johnston’s Canal, Glebe. The aim of the shared pathway is to improve the visual appearance; improve connections for pedestrians and cyclists from Orphans School Creek to Blackwattle Bay; and to reduce current impacts of pedestrian and bicycle traffic on tree roots and other vegetation. An inspection and archaeological survey was conducted on Wednesday 2nd February 2011. The survey considered the possible impact of the approximately 1km long shared pathway on the non- Aboriginal heritage of the study area. This assessment concludes that there will be no adverse impacts on the non-Aboriginal cultural heritage significance of the study area and surrounds. ATTACHMENT C Table of Contents _________________________________________________________________________________ 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................3 1.1 Background .............................................................................................................................3 1.2 Location and Site Description .................................................................................................3 1.3 Proposal ..................................................................................................................................8 1.4 Heritage Listings......................................................................................................................8 1.5 Aims of the project..................................................................................................................9 1.6 Authorship and Acknowledgements.......................................................................................9 2.0 Methodology.............................................................................................................................10 3.0 History.......................................................................................................................................11 3.1 The Study Area......................................................................................................................11 3.2 Land Grants and Landownership ..........................................................................................12 4.0 Physical Evidence ......................................................................................................................39 4.1 Built Environment .................................................................................................................39 4.2 Cultural Landscape................................................................................................................39 4.3 Archaeological Deposits........................................................................................................39 5.0 Impact .......................................................................................................................................40 5.1 Built Environment .................................................................................................................40 5.2 Cultural Landscape................................................................................................................40 5.3 Archaeological Deposits........................................................................................................40 5.4 Summary of Impact...............................................................................................................40 6.0 Legislation .................................................................................................................................42 6.1 Heritage Act 1977 .................................................................................................................42 6.2 City of Sydney LEP 2005........................................................................................................42 6.3 Leichhardt LEP 2000..............................................................................................................43 7.0 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................44 References ............................................................................................................................................45 Photographs..........................................................................................................................................48 ATTACHMENT C 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background The Council of the City of Sydney and Leichhardt Municipal Council propose to construct a shared pathway adjacent to Johnston’s Stormwater Canal between Wigram Road and Blackwattle Bay, Glebe. Full details of the project are included at Section 1.3 of this report. To ensure that the non-Aboriginal cultural heritage significance of the subject area is not adversely impacted upon by the proposal, the Council of the City of Sydney has commissioned this Statement of Heritage Impact. This assessment has been undertaken in accordance with the NSW Heritage Manual. 1.2 Location and Site Description Johnston’s Stormwater Canal is located approximately 3km west of the Sydney GPO within the suburbs of Annandale, Glebe and Forest Lodge. The northern limit of the study area is where Johnston’s Stormwater Canal runs into Blackwattle Bay and the southern limit is where Johnston’s Creek feeds into Johnston’s Stormwater Canal at the junction of Wigram Road and Booth Street. The northern and southern portions of the proposed shared pathway are in the local government area of the City of Sydney. The central portion, between ‘The Crescent’ and Taylor Street, is in the local government area of Leichhardt Municipal Council. The study area runs along the banks of Johnston’s Canal. The northern section consists of approximately 300 metres of an existing, largely, informal pedestrian walkway on the western side of the canal (Federal Park North and Federal Park Central), and a parallel 300 metres of a formal shared pedestrian and bicycle pathway on the eastern side of the canal south to Harold Park Bridge (Jubilee Oval). The western pedestrian area appears to have developed largely as a ‘desire line’. The grass has been worn away by pedestrian traffic, exposing the underlying soil and the roots of Casuarina groves. In some sections the Council of the City of Sydney has laid gravel to make the path passable during wet weather. The 300m of pathway adjacent to Jubilee Oval is already a formal shared pathway. Its finishes include concrete, bitumen and timber planking. This section has existing lighting installations –with the power cables buried under the pathway. For a short distance north of the railway viaduct, this section is squeezed between the constructed walls of the canal and the mounded surrounds of the Jubilee Cricket Oval. South of the viaduct a large mound of soil and rubble is held back by a stone wall. The northern sections of pedestrian and shared pathways join at Harold Park Bridge (leading to the former Rozelle Tramshed on the eastern side of the canal). The pathway is then bituminised and continues south on the western side of the canal (Federal Park South and Spindler Park) for approximately another 500m to the McMahons Bridge (foot bridge) connecting Taylor Street to Minogue Crescent. The pathway then continues south on the eastern side of the canal past housing units on the former PABCO industrial site. This section of informal dirt track terminates at the intersection of the Johnston’s Stormwater Canal with Wigram Road. South of Wigram Road an existing shared pedestrian and cycle way continues beside the much landscaped ‘Orphans School Creek’. Page 3 Statement of Heritage Impact Johnston’s Canal Shared Pathway ATTACHMENT C Johnston’s Stormwater Canal is crossed by two roadways, a railway viaduct, a sewer viaduct and four foot bridges. In the mid section of the study area, the north-western extremity of the former Harold Park Raceway stadium also overhangs the canal near The Crescent. The stadium seating is supported by large pylons on both sides of the canal - seven of these on the western side of the canal adjacent to the pathway. A landscaped tidal wetland, also fed by storm water drains, lies on the north-western side of the study area adjacent to the canal and is bounded by the railway viaduct, Chapman Road and Johnston’s Canal. Figure 1 shows the location of the study area, Figure 2 shows the location on an aerial photograph whilst Figure 3 shows the plans. Page 4 Statement of Heritage Impact Johnston’s Canal Shared Pathway ATTACHMENT C Figure 1: Map showing the location of Johnstons Canal (indicated by arrow) (source www.WhereIs.com.au) Page 5 Statement of Heritage Impact Johnston’s Canal Shared Pathway ATTACHMENT C Figure 2: Location of Johnston’s Stormwater Canal. The red line indicates the study area (source: Google Maps) Page 6 Statement of Heritage Impact Johnston’s Canal
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