Austral and Leppington North Bus Services & infrastructure plan

Austral and Leppington North is a planned precinct located in the North West Growth Area. It is currently home to around 3,000 residents across low-density residential land uses and farmsteads. By 2036, the Precinct is planned to reach population targets of around 70,000 residents. This will be a density similar to today’s Cammeray in the Lower North Shore or Randwick in the Eastern suburbs.

Over the last two years, development across the greenfield site has accelerated and with it the need to build new transport infrastructure to support the newly arriving residents and businesses. However, Council is experiencing rapid change in the patterns and speed of development across the site since the Department of Planning had published its plan for the precinct back in 2012. The key driver of change is Greater Sydney Commission’s vision of a Western Sydney Parklands City and Aerotropolis, both positioned a stone’s throw west of the site.

Edmondson Avenue Traffic Signal Investigations

Edmondson Avenue is located in the suburb of Austral in Liverpool Council. Austal is currently a greenfield site with a population subject to grow from around 3,000 residents today, to 70,000 by 2036. To support this growth, Edmondson Avenue is set to transform from a single two-lane carriageway into a sub-arterial corridor and transit boulevard.

Our team was commissioned to assess the future requirement for traffic signals at intersections along Edmondson Avenue, and if so, what year would the warrant be triggered.

To complete this task, the team analysed forecast traffic volumes from a macroscopic traffic model; and manually adjusted volumes to reflect planned development in the immediate vicinity of the intersections.

North-West Precinct Land Use Planning

Our client, Transport for NSW (formerly Roads and Maritime Services) works everyday with private and public developers to advise, assess and regulate projects and development proposals located on or in the immediate vicinity of the State road network.

Crossley has been working with Sydney’s North West Land Use Planning Team which includes the North West Growth Centre, Macquarie Park and Parramatta to assess development applications (DA’s). As an embedded member of the team, we have been responding to Pre-DA’s, DA’s and State Significant Developments on matters regarding Roads and Maritime Services as part of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Parts 3A, 4 and 5 including the Roads Act – and works authorisation deed requirements.

Sydney Road Network Plans & Strategies

A city’s roads and streets are contested spaces. They form our key links to move people and goods from place to place and form the majority of a City’s public space. This creates a tug-o’-war between transport modes and place activities; generating complex decisions in how and when to prioritise one over the other.

To help manage this contest and support planning for successful places for people; Transport for NSW (Transport) released a draft Road Planning Framework. The framework is based on the Movement and Place concept which integrates a multidisciplinary approach to planning and managing road corridors.

Stephanie, our Team’s Transport Planning Specialist, was commissioned to develop and pilot the movement and place approach to investigate and develop State road strategies across a 20-year horizon. This involved developing processes, testing and interpreting metrics, and creating technical report templates and contract briefs.