33Warragamba Dam project

33 Warragamba Dam project

33 Warragamba Dam project

(1) Development for the purposes of the Warragamba Dam project, being a project to increase the capacity of Lake Burragorang for the purposes of flood mitigation.

(2) The development includes—

(a) increasing the height of spillways by up to 14 metres, and

(b) increasing the height of the roadway above the wall of the dam by up to 17 metres, and

(c) the construction of an upstream multi-level intake and downstream valve house using existing pipe infrastructure to facilitate environmental flows, and

(d) ancillary development, including development for the purposes of control and monitoring equipment, construction compounds, infrastructure used to transport material to the site (including roads or cableways), utilities infrastructure, signage, recreational facilities and landscaping and urban design features.

(3) The development is to be carried out on land at Farnsworth Avenue and Weir Road, Warragamba, being Lot 1, DP 87998 and Lot 1124, DP 1159978.

(4) In this section—

development does not include surveys, test drilling, archaeological investigations, geotechnical investigations, contamination investigations or other tests, surveys, sampling or investigations for the purposes of the design or assessment of the project.