7AParramatta Light Rail Stage 1 Project

7A Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 Project

7A Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 Project

(1) Development for the purposes of the Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 Project being—

(a) the construction and operation of new passenger light rail infrastructure from Westmead to Parramatta and on to Camellia, including—

(i) light rail tracks and associated works, and

(ii) light rail stops and facilities, and

(b) the construction and operation of new passenger light rail infrastructure from Camellia to Carlingford, generally along the existing rail corridor including—

(i) light rail tracks and associated works, and

(ii) light rail stops and facilities, and

(iii) stabling and maintenance facilities and an associated rail turnback.

(2) Development that is ancillary to any other development in this section including—

(a) construction of rail and bus interchange facilities, modification of bus facilities, railway stations, public amenities, pedestrian and cycle facilities and urban design features (including fencing, landscaping, lighting and planting trees), the modification and replacement of substations, utilities, amenities and signage and road and bridge modification works, and

(b) removal of heavy rail equipment including tracks, sleepers, ballast, posts, signals, trackside equipment, overhead wire structures, wires and other equipment along the former Sandown Line and the Carlingford Line from Carlingford to Parramatta Road Level Crossing at Clyde, and

(c) removal of the Parramatta Road Level Crossing at Clyde.

(3) The development includes work in the suburbs of Westmead, North Parramatta, Parramatta, Rosehill, Camellia, Rydalmere, Dundas, Telopea, Carlingford, Granville and Clyde.

(4) In this section, development does not include—

(a) surveys, test drilling, test excavations, geotechnical investigations or other tests, sampling or investigation for the purposes of the design or assessment of the project, or

(b) any remediation work at Lot 3, DP 843591 (known as 4 Grand Avenue, Rosehill) that has already been the subject of a determination under Division 5.1 of the Act.