Jannali Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors January 2016 | Version: 4 Jannali Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors Transport Access Program REF–4423868 Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 5 Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 7 Executive summary ...................................................................................................... 9 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 14 1.1 Overview of the Proposal .......................................................................... 14 1.2 Location of the Proposal ........................................................................... 15 1.3 Existing infrastructure and land uses ........................................................ 17 1.4 Purpose of this Review of Environmental Factors ..................................... 21 2 Need for the Proposal ........................................................................................... 22 2.1 Strategic justification ................................................................................. 22 2.2 Design development ................................................................................. 23 2.3 Alternative options considered .................................................................. 24 2.4 Justification for the preferred option .......................................................... 25 3 Description of the Proposal ................................................................................... 26 3.1 The Proposal ............................................................................................ 26 3.2 Construction activities ............................................................................... 32 3.3 Property acquisition .................................................................................. 36 3.4 Operation management and maintenance ................................................ 36 4 Statutory considerations ........................................................................................ 37 4.1 Commonwealth legislation ........................................................................ 37 4.2 NSW legislation and regulations ............................................................... 37 4.3 State Environmental Planning Policies ..................................................... 40 4.4 Local environmental planning instrument and development controls ........ 40 4.5 NSW Government policies and strategies................................................. 43 4.6 Ecologically sustainable development ...................................................... 46 5 Community and stakeholder consultation .............................................................. 47 5.1 Stakeholder consultation during concept design ....................................... 47 5.2 Consultation requirements under the Infrastructure SEPP ........................ 47 5.3 Consultation strategy ................................................................................ 49 5.4 Public display ........................................................................................... 50 5.5 Aboriginal community involvement ........................................................... 50 5.6 Ongoing consultation ................................................................................ 51 6 Environmental impact assessment ........................................................................ 52 6.1 Traffic and transport ................................................................................. 52 6.2 Urban design, landscape and visual amenity ............................................ 60 6.3 Noise and vibration ................................................................................... 70 6.4 Indigenous heritage .................................................................................. 76 6.5 Non-Indigenous heritage .......................................................................... 77 6.6 Socio-economic impacts ........................................................................... 79 6.7 Biodiversity ............................................................................................... 81 6.8 Contamination, landform, geology and soils ............................................. 86 6.9 Hydrology and water quality ..................................................................... 88 6.10 Air quality ................................................................................................. 90 6.11 Other impacts ........................................................................................... 91 6.12 Cumulative impacts .................................................................................. 92 6.13 Climate change and sustainability ............................................................ 93 Jannali Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors – January 2016 2 7 Environmental management ................................................................................. 94 7.1 Environmental management plans ........................................................... 94 7.2 Mitigation measures ................................................................................. 94 8 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 104 References ............................................................................................................... 105 Appendix A Consideration of matters of National Environmental Significance ........ 107 Appendix B Consideration of clause 228 ................................................................ 109 Appendix C Sustainable Design Guidelines checklist ............................................. 112 Document control Status: Final Date of issue: January 2016 Version: 4.0 Document author: Natalie Green Document reviewers: Dennis Emery, Kevin Cao, Kai Budd, Sarah Stephen, Ben Groth, Fil Cerone © Transport for NSW Jannali Station Upgrade Review of Environmental Factors – January 2016 3 Figures Figure 1 Planning approval and consultation process for the Proposal ................................... 12 Figure 2 Regional context ....................................................................................................... 16 Figure 3 Site locality map ....................................................................................................... 18 Figure 4 View of Jannali Station platforms from the Railway Crescent road bridge looking north (new pedestrian bridge would extend across the railway) ....................................................... 19 Figure 5 View of eastern station entrance from the intersection of Box Road and Railway Crescent ................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 6 View of western station entrance and looking south down Jannali Avenue ............... 20 Figure 7 View from existing footpath looking north towards the Oxley Avenue car park (footpath to be upgraded and accessible parking/kiss and ride to be provided) ...................... 20 Figure 8 Plan view of the key elements of the Proposal (indicative only, subject to detailed design) ................................................................................................................................... 27 Figure 9 Artist’s impression of the Proposal – view from Railway Crescent looking north towards the station entrance .................................................................................................. 28 Figure 10 Sutherland Shire LEP 2015 zoning map ................................................................. 42 Figure 11 Potential construction vehicle routes (Cardno, 2015) .............................................. 55 Figure 12 View from Box Road looking west (GBD, 2016) ...................................................... 63 Figure 13 View from Mitchell Avenue looking east (GBD, 2016) ............................................. 64 Figure 14 Receiver locations for the Visual Impact Assessment (GBD, 2016) ........................ 66 Figure 15 Noise catchment areas and monitoring locations (AECOM, 2016) .......................... 71 Figure 16 Location of trees within study area (Jacobs, 2016) ................................................. 83 Tables Table 1 Indicative construction staging for key activities ......................................................... 33 Table 2 Other legislation applicable to the Proposal ............................................................... 38 Table 3 Relevant provisions of the Sutherland Shire LEP 2015 .............................................. 41 Table 4 NSW Government policies and strategies applicable to the Proposal ........................ 43 Table 5 Infrastructure SEPP consultation requirements.......................................................... 48 Table 6 Visual impact assessment matrix (GBD, 2016) .......................................................... 67 Table 7 Existing background and ambient noise levels........................................................... 72 Table 8 Construction noise management levels – residential receivers .................................