Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (M4-M5 Link Project) Order 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Environmental Planning and Assessment

Amendment (M4–M5 Link Project) Order 2017

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

I, the Minister for Planning, in pursuance of sections 115U (4) and 115V of the Environmental

Planning and Assessment Act 1979, make the following Order.

Dated, this 15th day of August 2017.

ANTHONY ROBERTS, MP

Minister for Planning

Explanatory note
The object of this Order is to declare certain development for the purposes of the M4–M5 Link project to
be State significant infrastructure and critical State significant infrastructure. The relevant development is
a new multi-lane road link connecting the M4 East project at Haberfield with the New M5 project at the
St Peters interchange (including twin multi-lane tunnels between Haberfield and St Peters, with connections
to an interchange at Lilyfield and Rozelle which includes stub tunnels, ramps and related infrastructure for
a potential future Western Harbour Tunnel and a tunnel connection to the Iron Cove Bridge), together with
associated works to upgrade the surrounding road network.
Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (M4–M5

Link Project) Order 2017

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (M4–M5 Link
Project) Order 2017.

2      Commencement

This Order commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of State Environmental Planning
Policy (State and Regional Development) 2011

[1]      Schedule 5 Critical State significant infrastructure

Insert after clause 4 (5):

(6)

M4–M5 Link project

Development for the purposes of the M4–M5 Link project:

(a)

being a new multi-lane road link connecting the M4 East project at Haberfield with the New M5 project at the St Peters interchange (including twin multi-lane tunnels between Haberfield and St Peters, with connections to an interchange at Lilyfield and Rozelle which includes stub tunnels, ramps and related infrastructure for a potential future Western Harbour Tunnel and a tunnel connection to the Iron Cove Bridge), together with associated works to upgrade the surrounding road network, and

(b)

to be carried out on land in Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Rozelle, Five Dock, Drummoyne, Annandale, Pyrmont, Petersham, Stanmore, Enmore, Erskineville, Croydon, Ashfield, Chippendale, Surry Hills, Camperdown, Newtown, St Peters and Alexandria.

[2]      Schedule 5, existing clause 4

Renumber existing subclauses (6) and (7) as subclauses (7) and (8), respectively.

[3]      Schedule 5, clause 4

Insert after paragraph (b) of the definition of development in subclause (8) (as renumbered by item [2]):

(c)

in the case of the M4–M5 Link project—contamination investigations or any the following works at the former Rozelle Rail Yards:

(i)	site establishment for the site management works, including fencing and temporary site offices,
(ii)	investigative works to identify the location and nature of underground utilities and services,

(iii)	removal of waste or stockpiled materials or vegetation from the site,
(iv)	removal of existing rail infrastructure, buildings and redundant underground services, except for rail infrastructure beneath or to the east of the Victoria Road bridge,
(v)	site stabilisation works,
(vi)	stormwater management works, including drainage channels and sediment basins.