Epping Bridge Project
Overview
The Australian and NSW governments are investing $220 million in funding to replace Epping Bridge to ease congestion, reduce travel times and improve road safety.
A concept design and Review of Environmental Factors has been prepared to identify potential environmental and community impacts from the project and proposed mitigation measures.
The community are invited to provide feedback by Monday 7 October 2024.
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See how the new Epping Bridge will be built and how road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, will use the new bridge
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Review of Environmental Factors
The Review of Environmental Factors (REF) identifies and outlines all potential environmental impacts, constraints, risks and opportunities for the project.
Key impacts identified include:
temporary reduction of road network capacity due to construction staging
temporary impacts on local traffic flow due to construction traffic and speed limit reductions
temporary rail and road closures during construction
changes to bus stop locations on Beecroft Road
temporary disruption to pedestrian movements during construction
temporary reduction in secure bicycle parking available at Langston Place due to the partial removal of the Opal bike shed during construction
temporary impacts to heritage items
temporary adverse impacts to visual amenity from construction site(s)
minor impacts to the visual environment from the introduction of new elements, such as safety screens, retaining walls and the removal of 28 existing planted native and exotic trees
temporary noise and vibration impacts to adjacent residential and business areas during construction, including periods of weekend and night work.
No adverse long-term operational impacts are expected as a result of this project.
As the project is expected to take approximately five years to complete we acknowledge that some of the community impacts may affect adjacent residents and businesses, the local community, and road users for significant periods of time. Transport for NSW will look for opportunities to reduce the construction duration during detailed design.