Transport Access Program Normanhurst Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors Artist’s impression of the proposed Normanhurst Station Upgrade, subject to detailed design February 2021 Contents Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................6 Definitions .............................................................................................................................9 Executive summary ............................................................................................................ 10 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 16 1.1. Overview of the Proposal ..................................................................................... 16 1.2. Location of the Proposal ....................................................................................... 17 1.3. Existing infrastructure and land uses .................................................................... 19 1.4. Purpose of this Review of Environmental Factors ................................................. 22 2. Need for the Proposal ................................................................................................. 24 2.1. Strategic justification............................................................................................. 24 2.2. Objectives of the Transport Access Program ........................................................ 27 2.3. Objectives of the Proposal .................................................................................... 27 2.4. Alternative options considered .............................................................................. 28 2.5. Justification for the preferred option ...................................................................... 30 3. Proposal description ................................................................................................... 31 3.1. The Proposal ........................................................................................................ 31 3.2. Scope of work....................................................................................................... 31 3.3. Design development ............................................................................................. 34 3.4. Construction activities ........................................................................................... 35 3.5. Property acquisition .............................................................................................. 40 3.6. Operation and maintenance ................................................................................. 40 4. Statutory considerations ............................................................................................ 42 4.1. Commonwealth legislation .................................................................................... 42 4.2. NSW legislation and regulations ........................................................................... 42 4.3. Ecologically sustainable development .................................................................. 51 5. Community and stakeholder consultation ................................................................. 52 5.1. Stakeholder consultation during concept design ................................................... 52 5.2. Consultation requirements under the Infrastructure SEPP .................................... 52 5.3. Consultation strategy ............................................................................................ 54 5.4. Aboriginal community involvement ....................................................................... 56 5.5. Ongoing consultation ............................................................................................ 56 6. Environmental impact assessment ............................................................................ 58 6.1. Traffic and transport ............................................................................................. 58 6.2. Landscape and visual amenity ............................................................................. 63 6.3. Noise and vibration ............................................................................................... 78 6.4. Aboriginal heritage ............................................................................................... 88 6.5. Non-Aboriginal heritage ........................................................................................ 89 6.6. Socio-economic impacts ....................................................................................... 92 6.7. Biodiversity ........................................................................................................... 95 6.8. Contamination, geology and soils ....................................................................... 108 6.9. Hydrology and water quality ............................................................................... 110 6.10. Air quality ........................................................................................................... 111 6.11. Waste and resources .......................................................................................... 113 Normanhurst Station Upgrade – January 2021 2 6.12. Hazard and risk .................................................................................................. 114 6.13. Sustainability ...................................................................................................... 115 6.14. Climate change .................................................................................................. 115 6.15. Greenhouse gas emissions ................................................................................ 115 6.16. Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................ 116 7. Environmental management ..................................................................................... 118 7.1. Environmental management plans ..................................................................... 118 7.2. Mitigation measures ........................................................................................... 118 8. Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 128 References ........................................................................................................................ 129 Appendix A Consideration of matters of National Environmental Significance ... 131 Appendix B Consideration of clause 228 ................................................................. 132 Technical Papers 1 Biodiversity Impact Assessment – EMM Consulting 2 Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment – EMM Consulting 3 Visual Impact Assessment – Spackman Mossop Michaels (SMM) Document control Status: Draft Date of issue: February 2021 Version: 2.0 Document author: Brendan Rice, Lia Zwolinski Document reviewers: Aaron Bowden, Louisa Rebec © Transport for NSW Normanhurst Station Upgrade – February 2021 3 Figures Figure 1 Key features of the Proposal (subject to detailed design) .......................................11 Figure 2 Planning approval and consultation process for the Proposal .................................13 Figure 3 Photomontage of the Proposal – Denman Avenue entrance looking north toward the proposal (subject to detailed design) ....................................................................................15 Figure 4 Photomontage of the Proposal – Malsbury Road entrance looking south toward the proposal (subject to detailed design) ....................................................................................15 Figure 5 Key features of the Proposal (subject to detailed design) .......................................17 Figure 6 Regional context .....................................................................................................18 Figure 7 View of Malsbury Road station access and stairs ...................................................20 Figure 8 View of Denman Parade station access and retail strip ..........................................21 Figure 9 Normanhurst station Platform 1 ..............................................................................21 Figure 10 Site locality map ...................................................................................................23 Figure 11 Proposed site compound and material laydown areas ..........................................41 Figure 12 Hornsby LEP zoning map extract .........................................................................50 Figure 13 Visual Impact Grading Matrix ................................................................................64 Figure 14 Viewpoints ............................................................................................................67 Figure 15 Viewpoint 1 View southwest from Denman Parade station entrance ....................73 Figure 16 Viewpoint 2 side-by side Southern side of the Denman Parade pedestrian crossing and photomontage showing the proposal .............................................................................74 Figure 17 Viewpoint 3 Southern station forecourt off Denman Parade, looking north ...........75 Figure 18 Viewpoint 4 Platform 1 near the existing station building, looking west towards the existing pedestrian