Roads and Maritime Services/Sydney Airport Corporation Limited Sydney Gateway Road Project Environmental Impact Statement/ Preliminary Draft Major Development Plan Technical Working Paper 12 Business Impact Assessment November 2019 Sydney Gateway road project – Road Technical Advisory and Environmental Advisory Services SYDNEY GATEWAY ROAD PROJECT: Technical Working Paper 12 – Business Impact Assessment Prepared for Roads and Maritime Services November 2019 Sydney Gateway road project – Road Technical Advisory and Environmental Advisory Services Sydney Gateway Road Project: Technical Working Paper 12 – Business Impact Assessment Document prepared by: HillPDA Pty Ltd ABN 5200 3963 755 Level 3, 234 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 2748 Sydney NSW 2001 T: +61 2 9252 8777 F: +61 2 9465 5598 E: [email protected] W: www.hillpda.com Report contact Elle Clouston Associate BRTP Hons 1A, Cert IV Human Resources MPIA, IAP2 [email protected] The information in this document is confidential to HillPDA Pty Ltd and should not be disclosed, used, or duplicated in whole or in part for any purpose other than the evaluation and exhibition by the Roads and Maritime Services of NSW for the purposes of this proposal. P18027 November 2019 Sydney Gateway road project – Road Technical Advisory and Environmental Advisory Services Sydney Gateway Road Project: Technical Working Paper 12 – Business Impact Assessment Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Sydney Gateway and the project ...................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Approval requirements ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Purpose of this report ..................................................................................................... 3 1.3 The project ...................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Location ............................................................................................................. 5 1.3.2 Key design features ........................................................................................... 5 1.3.3 Construction overview ...................................................................................... 6 1.4 Structure of this report ................................................................................................... 9 2.0 Legislative and policy context .................................................................... 11 2.1 Commonwealth legislation and policies ....................................................................... 11 2.2 NSW Government legislation and policies .................................................................... 14 2.3 Local government policy ............................................................................................... 17 3.0 Methodology ............................................................................................. 19 3.1 Summary of methodology ............................................................................................ 19 3.2 Defining the BIA study area .......................................................................................... 20 3.3 Data sources used to inform the study ......................................................................... 21 3.4 Business survey ............................................................................................................. 21 3.5 Evaluation methodology ............................................................................................... 21 3.5.1 Sensitivity ........................................................................................................ 22 3.5.2 Magnitude ....................................................................................................... 22 3.5.3 Assessing level of significance ......................................................................... 23 3.5.4 Assessing impacts on Commonwealth land .................................................... 23 4.0 Existing environment ................................................................................. 25 4.1 Summary of key findings ............................................................................................... 25 4.2 BIA study area context .................................................................................................. 25 4.3 Business precinct profiles ............................................................................................. 27 4.3.1 Sydney Airport precinct .................................................................................. 28 4.3.2 Airport industrial precinct ............................................................................... 33 4.3.3 O’Riordan Street business precinct ................................................................. 35 4.3.4 Ricketty Street business park precinct ............................................................ 36 4.3.5 Mascot station precinct .................................................................................. 37 4.3.6 Qantas Drive industrial ................................................................................... 38 4.3.7 Princes Highway enterprise corridor............................................................... 39 4.4 Total number of businesses .......................................................................................... 40 4.5 Employment by industry ............................................................................................... 41 4.6 Industry value added .................................................................................................... 42 4.7 Transport ....................................................................................................................... 43 4.7.1 Journey to work .............................................................................................. 43 P18027 November 2019 Sydney Gateway road project – Road Technical Advisory and Environmental Advisory Services Sydney Gateway Road Project: Technical Working Paper 12 – Business Impact Assessment 4.7.2 Road freight and arterial networks ................................................................. 43 4.7.3 Public transport ............................................................................................... 44 4.7.4 Active transport .............................................................................................. 44 4.8 Amenity ......................................................................................................................... 44 4.8.1 Noise ............................................................................................................... 44 4.8.2 Visual ............................................................................................................... 45 5.0 Consultation findings ................................................................................. 47 5.1 Broader consultation findings ....................................................................................... 47 5.2 BIA Consultation methods ............................................................................................ 48 5.2.1 Targeted stakeholder consultation ................................................................. 48 5.2.2 Business consultation surveys......................................................................... 50 5.3 Consultation summary .................................................................................................. 51 5.3.1 Business characteristics and existing sensitivities .......................................... 51 5.3.2 Perceptions on construction related issues and impacts................................ 54 5.3.3 Perceptions of operational related issues and impacts .................................. 56 6.0 Assessment of construction impacts .......................................................... 59 6.1 Land requirements ........................................................................................................ 59 6.1.1 Advertising signs ............................................................................................. 67 6.2 Access and connectivity ................................................................................................ 67 6.2.1 Access arrangements ...................................................................................... 67 6.2.2 Travel times ..................................................................................................... 68 6.3 Amenity ......................................................................................................................... 70 6.3.1 Noise ............................................................................................................... 70 6.3.2 Vibration ......................................................................................................... 71 6.3.3 Visual ............................................................................................................... 72 6.3.4 Air quality ........................................................................................................ 72 6.4 Economic effects