The application for new buildings at North Eveleigh will not include the whole of site Transport Management and Accessibility Plan (TMAP) required by the Concept Plan Consent. Instead, the SMDA proposal will only address the impact of its current small development on the area’s transport and traffic.
The TMAP condition followed an independent review of the Concept Plan’s assessment of the traffic and transport impacts and required cumulative transport and traffic issues be addressed properly before any building was allowed. The SMDA’s decision to sidestep this will lead to DA objections.
Council is doing its own study on the cumulative effects of developments in the area but this will not look at impacts on the local Darlington streets.
In addition to the Department of Planning’s prohibiting an Abercrombie Street entrance to Sydney University’s Business School, the Uni must prepare a Darlington Precinct Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Strategy by June 30, 2013, to cover the Darlington Campus and connections to the broader University Campus and public transport nodes like Redfern Station. $2M needs to be spent on works prior to the occupation of the Business School. This will mesh with Council’s Abercrombie Street upgrade and work Council is starting on pedestrian movements around the station.
