State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major Transport Projects (Amendment No 1) (2002-400) [GG No 104 of 21.6.2002, p 4663] (NSW)

2002 No 400

State Environmental Planning Policy New South Wales

No 63—Major Transport Projects

(Amendment No 1)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following State environmental planning policy under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in accordance with the recommendation made by the Minister for Planning.

ANDREW REFSHAUGE, M.P.,

Minister for Planning

Published in Gazette No 104 of 21 June 2002, page 4663	Page 1
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Clause 1

State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major Transport Projects

(Amendment No 1)

State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major

Transport Projects (Amendment No 1)

1     Name of Policy

This Policy is State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major

Transport Projects (Amendment No 1).

2     Principal Policy

In this Policy, the State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major

Transport Projects is the Principal Policy.

3     Aims and objectives

The aims and objectives of this Policy are to amend the Principal

Policy:

(a)	to remove all references to the Bondi Beach Rail Link, and
(b)	to change the areas to which the Principal Policy applies by removing the local government areas of Auburn and Waverley and inserting the local government area of North Sydney, and
(c)	to insert the proposed Lane Cove Tunnel and associated road improvements as a major transport project to which the Principal Policy applies, and
(d)	to enable the application of the Principal Policy to major transport projects as modified from time to time.

4 Amendment of State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major Transport Projects

State Environmental Planning Policy No 63—Major Transport

Projects is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Amendments Schedule 1

Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 4)

[1]     Clause 2 Aims and objectives of Policy

Omit clause 2 (1) (a) (iv). Insert instead:

(iv)       Lane Cove Tunnel,

[2]     Clause 3 Definitions

Omit the definition of major transport project from clause 3 (1).

Insert instead:

major transport project means a project of a type generally described in Schedule 1, or that project as may be modified from time to time.

[3]     Clause 4 Where Policy applies

Omit “Auburn,” and “Waverley,”.

[4]     Clause 4

Insert “North Sydney,” after “Liverpool City,”.

[5]     Clause 8 Referral of development applications or modifications of development consents likely to affect major transport projects

Insert “, or an application to modify a development consent,” after “a development application” in clause 8 (1).

[6]     Clause 8 (3)

Insert “, or an application to modify a development consent,” after “a development application”.

[7]     Clause 8 (3) (a) and (b)

Insert “or modification application” after “the development application” wherever occurring.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[8]     Clause 8 (4)

Insert “, or modify the development consent,” after “consent to the development application”.

[9]     Clause 8 (4)

Insert “or modification application” after “copy of the development application”.

[10]     Schedule 1 Major transport projects to which this Policy applies

Omit “western” from item 3 of Schedule 1. Insert instead “eastern”.

[11]     Schedule 1, item 4

Omit the item. Insert instead:

4     Lane Cove Tunnel

A transport system compromising the following:

(a)	dual road tunnels that generally follow the alignment of Epping Road from just east of the intersection of Epping Road and Mowbray Road West to the Gore Hill Freeway, east of the Pacific Highway,
(b)	a 2 lane bridge over the Lane Cove River adjacent to the south side of the existing bridge,
(c)	modifications, including widening to some sections, to Epping Road between Wicks Road and the Gore Hill Freeway and adjustments to lanes connecting with the M2 Motorway,
(d)	modifications to the Gore Hill Freeway including widening between the Pacific Highway and Reserve Road and beneath the Willoughby Road overpass at Narumburn,
(e)	associated ramps between the tunnel and Epping Road and between the tunnel and the Pacific Highway,
(f)	north facing ramps between Falcon Street and the Warringah Freeway,

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Amendments Schedule 1

(g)	a ramp between the eastbound tunnel and the Gore Hill Freeway,
(h)	modifications to existing ramps between the Pacific Highway and the Gore Hill Freeway,

(i)        2 ventilation stacks, 1 near the eastern end of the tunnel and 1 near the western end of the tunnel.

The project would include all associated and ancillary works, activities, uses, structures or facilities including (but not limited to) works, activities, uses, structures or facilities for the following:

(a)	geotechnical investigations for the project,
(b)	construction(includinganydemolitionworks), maintenance or operation of the project,
(c)	access for construction, maintenance or operation of the project, including access for pedestrians, public transport and vehicles,
(d)	environmental management and pollution control,
(e)	electronic tolling facilities on the tunnels and the Falcon Street ramps,
(f)	provision of dedicated bus lanes or transit lanes on EppingRoad, Longueville Road and Gore Hill Freeway, and pedestrian and cycle facilities on Epping Road, Longueville Road and Gore Hill Freeway.

BY AUTHORITY

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