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1.1

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1.2

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1.3

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2.1

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s 13

2.2

Sign

ifica

nt u

rban

rene

wal

14

2.3

Dar

ling

Har

bour

rede

velo

pmen

t 15

2.4

CB

D a

nd S

outh

Eas

t Lig

ht R

ail

16

2.5

Traf

fic c

hang

es

17

2.6

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use

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velo

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3.1

Rec

ent a

nd u

pcom

ing

publ

ic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts

21

3.2

Dar

ling

Squa

re s

cale

22

3.3

Dar

ling

Squa

re in

terf

ace

and

publ

ic d

omai

n 23

3.4

The

Goo

ds L

ine

24

3.5

Urb

an s

cale

con

nect

ions

25

3.6

Cyc

le n

etw

ork

stra

tegy

26

3.7

Stre

et c

hara

cter

27

3.8

Stre

et tr

ees

28

3.9

Publ

ic a

rt

29

3.10

C

omm

unity

exp

ecta

tions

30

4 In

terf

ace

stre

ets

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4.1

Hay

Str

eet i

ssue

s an

d op

port

uniti

es

32

4.2

Har

bour

Str

eet i

ssue

s an

d op

port

uniti

es

39

4.3

Hay

Str

eet &

Har

bour

Str

eet

Opt

ion

1 –

Con

serv

ativ

e 46

4.4

Hay

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ect d

etai

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49

4.5

Har

bour

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n 1

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ect d

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56

4.6

Hay

Str

eet &

Har

bour

Str

eet

Opt

ion

2 –

Hay

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eet M

all

60

4.7

Hay

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ptio

n 2

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ect d

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63

4.8

Har

bour

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n 2

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ect d

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71

4.9

Qua

y St

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76

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5.1

The

curr

ent s

ituat

ion

84

5.2

Park

land

scap

e va

lues

87

5.3

Park

issu

es

88

5.4

Rec

omm

enda

tions

89

6 Co

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ting

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6.1

Thom

as S

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t 92

6.2

Ulti

mo

Roa

d 96

6.3

Dar

ling

Dri

ve

106

6.4

Mar

y An

n St

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6.5

Mac

arth

ur S

tree

t an

d th

e Po

wer

hous

e M

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m

112

6.6

Qua

rry

Stre

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116

6.7

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iam

Hen

ry S

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8.2

Imag

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12

9

CON

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Chin

atow

n is

a u

niqu

e an

d di

stin

ctiv

e pa

rt o

f Sy

dney

, ch

arac

teris

ed b

y a

spec

ial u

rban

cha

ract

er t

hat

is li

vely,

di

vers

e an

d ev

er c

hang

ing.

It

embo

dies

a r

ich

com

bina

tion

of t

he c

ity’s

his

tory

and

its

cont

empo

rary

rol

e as

a g

loba

l ci

ty in

the

Asi

a Pa

cific

reg

ion.

Pos

sess

ing

a vi

bran

t cu

lture

th

at is

cha

ract

eris

ed b

y ea

ting

and

shop

ping

, Chi

nato

wn

is

a ve

ry p

opul

ar d

estin

atio

n fo

r lo

cals

and

tou

rists

alik

e. I

n m

any

way

s, C

hina

tow

n is

a v

ictim

of

its o

wn

succ

ess

– its

lim

ited

foot

path

s an

d pu

blic

spa

ces

are

ofte

n co

nges

ted

and

stru

ggle

to

cate

r fo

r th

ousa

nds

of d

aily

vis

itors

as

wel

l as

regu

lar

fest

ival

s an

d ev

ents

.

The

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

an (2

010)

pro

pose

s a

serie

s of

muc

h ne

eded

pro

ject

s to

bot

h si

gnifi

cant

ly in

crea

se t

he

quan

tity,

and

impr

ove

the

qual

ity, o

f Ch

inat

own’

s pu

blic

do

mai

n. F

ollo

win

g ex

tens

ive

com

mun

ity c

onsu

ltatio

n to

de

velo

p an

d re

fine

the

desi

gn p

ropo

sals

, the

Pla

n w

as

endo

rsed

by

Coun

cil i

n 20

10.

The

Plan

was

pre

cede

d by

th

e C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Stud

y (2

009)

, a s

trat

egy

docu

men

t th

at p

rovi

ded

guid

elin

es f

or t

he d

evel

opm

ent

of p

roje

cts

to im

prov

e Ch

inat

own’

s pu

blic

dom

ain.

The

St

udy

iden

tified

fou

r gu

idin

g di

rect

ions

for

pub

lic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts t

hrou

ghou

t Ch

inat

own,

and

eig

ht a

ssoc

iate

d ac

tions

for

the

rea

lisat

ion

of t

hose

gui

ding

dire

ctio

ns.

Thes

e ar

e su

mm

aris

ed in

Tab

le 1

.1 o

n pa

ge 5

.

Sinc

e 20

10, a

num

ber

of m

ajor

urb

an d

evel

opm

ents

hav

e be

en a

ppro

ved

in a

nd a

roun

d Ch

inat

own

and

the

sout

hern

pa

rt o

f th

e Ci

ty C

entr

e, w

hich

hav

e be

en c

ompl

eted

, are

cu

rren

tly u

nder

way

, or

imm

inen

t. T

hese

incl

ude:

•th

e CB

D a

nd S

outh

Eas

t Li

ght

Rail

(CSE

LR) a

nd r

elat

ed

traf

fic c

ircul

atio

n ch

ange

s th

roug

hout

the

CBD

;

•ur

ban

rene

wal

of

Dar

ling

Har

bour

(the

Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Exh

ibiti

on a

nd E

nter

tain

men

t Pr

ecin

ct

1.1

INTR

OD

UCT

ION

3IN

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dev

elop

men

t), i

nclu

ding

the

Ent

erta

inm

ent

Cent

re s

ite;

•de

velo

pmen

t of

the

nor

ther

n se

ctio

n of

the

‘Goo

ds L

ine’

(f

orm

erly

Ulti

mo

Pede

stria

n N

etw

ork)

;

•si

gnifi

cant

upg

rade

s an

d re

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he U

TS C

ity

Cam

pus;

•ne

w s

tude

nt h

ousi

ng a

nd r

esid

entia

l dev

elop

men

ts

alon

g Q

uay

Stre

et; a

nd

•ur

ban

rene

wal

of

the

Carlt

on a

nd U

nite

d Br

ewer

ies

site

(C

entr

al P

ark

deve

lopm

ent)

.

Add

ition

ally,

in F

ebru

ary

2015

the

NSW

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t an

noun

ced

its in

tent

ion

to r

eloc

ate

the

Pow

erho

use

Mus

eum

to

enab

le r

esid

entia

l red

evel

opm

ent

of it

s si

te.

Spac

kman

Mos

sop

Mic

hael

s, in

ass

ocia

tion

with

Aru

p, h

ave

been

com

mis

sion

ed b

y th

e Ci

ty o

f Sy

dney

to

prep

are

this

Ch

inat

own

and

City

Sou

th P

ublic

Dom

ain

Plan

Rev

iew

in

resp

onse

to

the

sign

ifica

nt u

rban

cha

nges

tha

t ar

e af

fect

ing

the

sout

hern

end

of

Chin

atow

n an

d Ci

ty C

entr

e. T

he

purp

ose

of t

his

curr

ent

stud

y is

thr

eefo

ld:

•to

rev

iew

and

upd

ate

the

part

s of

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

an t

hat

are

affe

cted

by

the

rece

nt

deve

lopm

ents

;

•to

dev

elop

pro

ject

rec

omm

enda

tions

for

bet

ter

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

Chin

atow

n, D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur,

Cent

ral a

nd U

ltim

o th

at w

ould

for

m t

he b

asis

of

a fu

ture

Ci

ty S

outh

Pre

cinc

t Pl

an; a

nd

•to

pro

vide

tim

ely

inpu

t to

Infr

astr

uctu

re N

SW, S

ydne

y H

arbo

ur F

ores

hore

Aut

horit

y, D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur L

ive,

the

G

oods

Lin

e an

d Po

wer

hous

e M

useu

m o

n pu

blic

dom

ain

dire

ctio

n fo

r th

eir

curr

ent

and

upco

min

g pr

ojec

ts.

4C

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CHIN

ATO

WN

PU

BLI

C D

OM

AIN

STU

DY

The

2009

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n St

udy

prov

ides

a

stra

tegi

c fr

amew

ork

for

impr

ovem

ents

to

Chin

atow

n’s

publ

ic d

omai

n. T

he S

tudy

’s r

ecom

men

datio

ns f

orm

ed t

he

basi

s of

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

an (2

010)

and

re

mai

n di

rect

ly r

elev

ant

to t

he c

urre

nt s

tudy

.

The

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n St

udy

(200

9) id

entifi

ed

four

gui

ding

dire

ctio

ns f

or p

ublic

dom

ain

impr

ovem

ents

in

Chi

nato

wn.

Und

er t

he f

ram

ewor

k of

the

se g

uidi

ng

dire

ctio

ns, e

ight

act

ions

wer

e re

com

men

ded

to d

efine

po

ssib

le im

prov

emen

ts t

o th

e pu

blic

dom

ain,

with

pos

sibl

e pr

ojec

ts id

entifi

ed f

or e

ach

of t

he a

ctio

ns.

Tabl

e 1.

1 su

mm

aris

es t

he g

uidi

ng d

irect

ions

, the

ir as

soci

ated

ac

tions

and

rel

ated

pro

ject

s. I

t al

so p

rovi

des

an u

pdat

e on

th

e st

atus

of

the

actio

ns a

nd p

roje

cts.

For

a m

ore

deta

iled

disc

ussi

on o

f th

e gu

idin

g di

rect

ions

and

act

ions

, ref

er t

o th

e C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Stud

y (2

009)

.

TAB

lE 1

.1

SUM

MAR

Y O

F R

ECO

MM

END

ATIO

NS

FRO

M T

HE

CHIN

ATO

WN

PU

BlI

C D

OM

AIN

STU

DY

(200

9)

GU

IDIN

G D

IREC

TIO

NS

KEY

ACT

ION

SPR

OJEC

TSO

UTC

OM

ES T

O D

ATE

1.

Stre

ngth

en

Hay

mar

ket H

ub1.

1 Su

ppor

t Hay

mar

ket

Activ

ity H

ub*

Para

llel p

roje

cts

to in

form

pub

lic

dom

ain

wor

k:

– H

aym

arke

t Bus

ines

s Pr

ecin

ct P

lan

– Fu

ture

Com

mun

ity F

acili

ties

Plan

– Th

e C

ity’s

con

tinua

l sup

port

of t

he

loca

l Bus

ines

s C

ham

ber

and

dedi

cate

d B

usin

ess

Prec

inct

Coo

rdin

ator

s.

–

The

City

has

dev

elop

ed th

e Ec

onom

ic

Dev

elop

men

t Str

ateg

y (2

013)

2.

Fost

er th

e m

ix o

f tr

aditi

onal

and

co

ntem

pora

ry

2.1

Fost

er C

hina

tow

n’s

trad

ition

al a

nd

cont

empo

rary

ch

arac

teri

stic

s

* Pa

ralle

l pro

ject

s to

info

rm p

ublic

do

mai

n w

ork:

–

Hay

mar

ket B

usin

ess

Prec

inct

Pla

n –

Futu

re C

omm

unity

Fac

ilitie

s Pl

an

– Th

e C

ity h

as d

evel

oped

a C

omm

unity

St

rate

gic

Plan

(201

3)

– In

201

0 th

e C

ity c

omm

itted

to s

uppo

rt

and

part

ner

with

the

Cen

tre

for

Cul

tura

l R

esea

rch

at th

e U

nive

rsity

of W

este

rn

Sydn

ey to

con

duct

rese

arch

on

‘Syd

ney’s

C

hina

tow

n in

the

Asia

n C

entu

ry’.

Thi

s pr

ojec

t is

in p

rogr

ess.

2.1.

1 En

gage

loca

l art

ist t

o cr

eate

art

wor

ks

that

cel

ebra

te C

hina

tow

n’s

trad

ition

al

and

cont

empo

rary

cha

ract

eris

tics.

– ‘In

Bet

wee

n Tw

o W

orld

s’ b

y Ja

son

Win

g in

stal

led

in K

imbe

r La

ne

– ‘C

loud

gate

’ by

Lind

y Le

e in

tegr

ated

with

the

Thom

as S

tree

t upg

rade

3.

Faci

litat

e fe

stiv

als

and

even

ts3.

1 Ex

pand

str

eet

mar

kets

3.1.

1 In

vest

igat

e op

tions

for

the

expa

nsio

n of

st

reet

mar

kets

.–

The

man

agem

ent a

nd e

xten

t of t

he

Chi

nato

wn

Nig

ht M

arke

ts a

re re

view

ed

regu

larl

y in

kee

ping

with

Cou

ncil

polic

y

3.2

Prov

ide

bett

er

amen

ity fo

r fle

xibl

e us

es

3.1.

2 In

vest

igat

e th

e op

tions

for

flexi

ble

use

stru

ctur

es to

acc

omm

odat

e m

arke

t and

fe

stiv

al u

ses.

– Th

e C

ity h

as a

ppoi

nted

a s

peci

alis

t cur

ator

fo

r its

Chi

nese

New

Yea

r Fe

stiv

al a

nd

a ne

w a

dvis

ory

pane

l to

help

gui

de th

e fe

stiv

al’s

futu

re d

irect

ion

4.

Impr

ove

stre

ets

for

wal

king

, cyc

ling

and

acce

ssib

ility

4.1

Impr

ove

pede

stri

an

prio

rity

and

ac

cess

ibili

ty

4.1.

1 In

vest

igat

e op

port

uniti

es fo

r fo

otpa

th

wid

enin

g an

d im

prov

ed p

edes

tria

n cr

ossi

ngs.

– Fo

otpa

th w

iden

ings

and

impr

oved

cr

ossi

ngs

alon

g H

arbo

ur S

tree

t, Q

uay

Stre

et a

nd T

hom

as S

tree

t

4.2

Impr

ove

amen

ity fo

r cy

clis

ts4.

2.1

Impl

emen

t Cyc

le S

trat

egy’s

Hay

Str

eet

rout

e an

d co

ordi

nate

with

str

eet

impr

ovem

ents

– C

ycle

rout

e sh

ared

with

ligh

t rai

l cor

rido

r al

ong

Hay

Str

eet

4.3

Impr

ove

qual

ity o

f st

reet

s4.

3.1

Inve

stig

ate

and

prio

ritie

s th

e up

grad

e of

Su

ssex

Str

eet,

Gou

lbur

n St

reet

, Tho

mas

St

reet

and

Ulti

mo

Roa

d.

– Th

omas

Str

eet u

pgra

de is

cur

rent

ly

unde

rway

4.4

Activ

ate

unde

r us

ed

stre

ets

and

lane

s4.

4.1

Inve

stig

ate

and

prio

ritis

e ac

tivat

ing

Har

bour

, Hay

, Litt

le H

ay, F

acto

ry, N

orth

D

ixon

Str

eets

and

Kim

ber

Lane

.

– La

new

ays

upgr

ade

of L

ittle

Hay

Str

eet,

Fact

ory

Stre

et a

nd K

imbe

r La

ne c

ompl

ete

* N

ot p

roje

cts

but c

onsu

ltatio

n an

d co

ordi

natio

n w

ith o

ther

pro

ject

s re

quire

d.

1.2

BAC

KG

RO

UN

D

5IN

TRO

DU

CTIO

N

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

CHIN

ATO

WN

PU

BLI

C D

OM

AIN

PLA

N

The

2010

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n Pl

an e

xten

ded

the

wor

k of

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n St

udy

(200

9) t

o pr

opos

e a

serie

s of

ach

ieva

ble

proj

ects

tha

t w

ould

, ove

r tim

e, s

igni

fican

tly t

rans

form

Chi

nato

wn’

s pu

blic

dom

ain.

Th

e Pl

an p

ropo

sed

two

cate

gorie

s of

pro

ject

s: o

verla

ys a

nd

upgr

ades

.

The

over

lay

proj

ects

aim

to

impr

ove

the

over

all q

ualit

y of

the

Ch

inat

own

publ

ic d

omai

n ex

perie

nce

whi

le e

nhan

cing

the

ar

ea’s

spe

cial

cha

ract

er t

hat

is u

niqu

e w

ithin

the

City

. Th

e si

x ov

erla

ys w

ere:

•Li

ghtin

g ov

erla

y

•M

ater

ials

and

way

findi

ng o

verla

y

•Fu

rnitu

re o

verla

y

•St

reet

tre

e ov

erla

y

•En

viro

nmen

tal s

usta

inab

ility

ove

rlay

•Pu

blic

art

ove

rlay

Add

ition

ally,

the

Pla

n pr

opos

ed t

en s

ite-s

peci

fic u

pgra

de

proj

ects

tha

t ai

m t

o m

ake

phys

ical

cha

nges

to

impr

ove

Chin

atow

n’s

publ

ic d

omai

n. E

ach

proj

ect

focu

ses

on

a di

scre

te a

rea

of C

hina

tow

n an

d ca

n be

impl

emen

ted

inde

pend

ently

of

the

othe

r pr

ojec

ts.

The

ten

upgr

ade

proj

ects

wer

e:

•D

ixon

Str

eet:

ren

ovat

ion

•Su

ssex

Str

eet:

tra

ms

•G

oulb

urn

Stre

et: c

onne

ctin

g

•H

ay S

tree

t: h

ub

•H

arbo

ur S

tree

t: w

elco

me

mat

•Th

omas

Str

eet:

spi

ne

•U

ltim

o Ro

ad: c

ycle

•Q

uay

Stre

et: b

oule

vard

•Va

lent

ine

Stre

et

•D

ougl

ass

Stre

et &

Dou

glas

s La

ne, E

agar

Str

eet

& E

agar

La

ne: l

anew

ays

revi

talis

atio

n

•Li

ttle

Hay

Str

eet,

Fac

tory

Str

eet

& K

imbe

r La

ne: e

arly

sta

rt

Com

bine

d, t

he c

ompl

etio

n of

the

ten

upg

rade

pro

ject

s w

ould

del

iver

a s

igni

fican

t 44

% g

ain

in p

edes

tria

n-fo

cuss

ed

publ

ic s

pace

, and

cre

ate

a fu

ndam

enta

l rec

onfig

urat

ion

of t

he p

ublic

dom

ain

to p

rovi

de a

div

erse

, int

egra

ted

and

inte

rcon

nect

ed n

etw

ork

of p

ublic

spa

ces

thro

ugho

ut

Chin

atow

n.

Sinc

e 20

10, t

hree

of

the

upgr

ade

proj

ects

hav

e be

en

com

plet

ed o

r ar

e cu

rren

tly u

nder

way

. Th

ese

are:

Litt

le

Hay

Str

eet,

Fac

tory

Str

eet

& K

imbe

r La

ne; Q

uay

Stre

et; a

nd

Thom

as S

tree

t.

6C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

MAI

N P

LAN

REV

IEW

· IN

TER

FACE

STR

EETS

AN

D C

ON

NEC

TIN

G S

TREE

TS ·

DR

AFT

[E] ·

NO

VEM

BER

201

5

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

THE

STU

DY

AR

EA

This

stu

dy f

ocus

es o

n ke

y st

reet

s w

ithin

Chi

nato

wn

and

City

Sou

th t

hat

are

affe

cted

by

the

curr

ent

and

imm

inen

t m

ajor

urb

an c

hang

es p

lann

ed in

the

are

a, p

artic

ular

ly: t

he

Dar

ling

Har

bour

ren

ewal

; the

CBD

and

Sou

th E

ast

Ligh

t Ra

il; a

nd t

he G

oods

Lin

e. T

he s

tudy

res

pond

s to

the

impa

ct

of t

hese

dev

elop

men

ts o

n th

e cu

rren

t pu

blic

dom

ain

and,

w

here

rel

evan

t, t

he p

ropo

sed

publ

ic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts

desc

ribed

in t

he C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Plan

(201

0).

It al

so le

vera

ges

oppo

rtun

ities

pre

sent

ed b

y th

ese

and

othe

r de

velo

pmen

ts t

o im

prov

e pe

dest

rian

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

Chin

atow

n, D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur, C

entr

al a

nd U

ltim

o.

This

stu

dy a

ddre

sses

tw

o ca

tego

ries

of s

tree

ts:

•In

terf

ace

stre

ets

– H

ay S

tree

t, H

arbo

ur S

tree

t an

d Q

uay

Stre

et.

Thes

e ke

y st

reet

s fr

om t

he C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Plan

(201

0) d

irect

ly in

terf

ace

with

the

En

tert

ainm

ent

Cent

re r

edev

elop

men

t (p

art

of t

he

SICE

EP D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur r

enew

al),

whi

ch w

ill b

ring

an u

npre

cede

nted

cha

nge

in s

cale

and

den

sity

to

the

imm

edia

te w

este

rn e

dge

of C

hina

tow

n.

•C

on

nec

tin

g s

tree

ts –

Tho

mas

Str

eet,

Ulti

mo

Road

, D

arlin

g D

rive,

Mar

y A

nn S

tree

t, M

acar

thur

Str

eet,

W

illia

m H

enry

Str

eet

and

Qua

rry

Stre

et.

Thes

e ke

y st

reet

s pr

ovid

e pe

dest

rian

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

Chin

atow

n, D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur, C

entr

al a

nd U

ltim

o.

Opp

ortu

nitie

s to

impr

ove

the

publ

ic d

omai

n of

the

se

stre

ets

can

be le

vera

ged

from

cur

rent

and

upc

omin

g de

velo

pmen

ts.

Loca

ted

at t

he e

aste

rn e

nd o

f H

ay S

tree

t on

the

edg

e of

Chi

nato

wn,

Bel

mor

e Pa

rk is

an

esse

ntia

l gre

en p

ublic

op

en s

pace

for

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

The

Dar

ling

Har

bour

1.3

STU

DY

SCO

PE

7IN

TRO

DU

CTIO

N

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

rene

wal

will

sig

nific

antly

incr

ease

Chi

nato

wn’

s po

pula

tion

dens

ity a

nd p

lace

add

ition

al p

ress

ure

on t

he p

ark

as a

co

mm

unity

res

ourc

e. A

s su

ch, t

his

repo

rt a

lso

incl

udes

a

prel

imin

ary

stud

y an

d up

grad

e re

com

men

datio

ns f

or

Belm

ore

Park

.

STR

ATEG

IC O

BJE

CTIV

E

Coun

cil’s

ove

rarc

hing

str

ateg

ic o

bjec

tive

for

impr

ovem

ents

to

Chi

nato

wn,

as

artic

ulat

ed in

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic

Dom

ain

Stud

y (2

009)

, is:

To r

espe

ct, p

rote

ct a

nd b

uild

on

the

area

’s h

isto

ric li

nks

with

Chi

nese

cul

ture

and

the

Chi

nese

com

mun

ity, t

oget

her

with

the

gro

win

g in

fluen

ce o

f ot

her

Asi

an c

ultu

res

and

com

mun

ities

, whi

le r

ecog

nisi

ng t

he a

rea’

s im

port

ance

to

cont

ribut

ing

to t

he v

italit

y an

d di

vers

ity o

f Sy

dney

as

a gl

obal

City

.

STU

DY

AIM

The

fund

amen

tal a

im o

f th

is s

tudy

is t

o gu

ide

futu

re

impr

ovem

ents

to

the

publ

ic d

omai

n of

Chi

nato

wn

and

City

So

uth

thro

ugh

the

City

’s c

apita

l wor

ks p

rogr

am.

This

has

be

en d

one

in t

wo

way

s:

•Co

ncep

t de

sign

pro

posa

ls t

hat

wou

ld b

e fu

rthe

r de

velo

ped

and

deliv

ered

thr

ough

the

City

’s c

apita

l wor

ks

prog

ram

, whe

re t

he C

ity o

wns

and

man

ages

the

land

in

ques

tion.

•D

esig

n co

ncep

ts a

nd s

trat

egie

s th

at f

orm

the

City

’s

publ

ic d

omai

n ad

vice

to

othe

r G

over

nmen

t ag

enci

es o

r de

velo

pers

, whe

re t

he la

nd in

que

stio

n is

not

cur

rent

ly

cont

rolle

d by

the

City

of

Sydn

ey.

STU

DY

OB

JECT

IVES

The

orig

inal

eig

ht K

ey A

ctio

ns id

entifi

ed in

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic D

omai

n St

udy

(200

9) f

orm

the

des

ign

obje

ctiv

es f

or

this

pre

sent

stu

dy.

Thes

e ar

e:

1.1

Supp

ort

the

Hay

mar

ket

Act

ivity

Hub

2.1

Fost

er C

hina

tow

n’s

trad

ition

al a

nd c

onte

mpo

rary

ch

arac

teris

tics

3.1

Expa

nd s

tree

t m

arke

ts

3.2

Prov

ide

bett

er a

men

ity f

or fl

exib

le u

ses

4.1

Impr

ove

pede

stria

n pr

iorit

y an

d ac

cess

ibili

ty

4.2

Impr

ove

amen

ity f

or c

yclis

ts

4.3

Impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f th

e st

reet

s; a

nd

4.4

Act

ivat

e un

deru

sed

stre

ets

and

lane

s.

STR

ATEG

IC P

LAN

NIN

G C

ON

TEXT

The

wor

k in

thi

s st

udy

is in

form

ed b

y, a

nd c

ontr

ibut

es t

o th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of, k

ey s

trat

egic

pol

icie

s an

d in

stru

men

ts o

f th

e Ci

ty o

f Sy

dney

. In

par

ticul

ar:

•Su

stai

nabl

e Sy

dney

203

0 St

rate

gic

Vis

ion

(200

8), w

hich

id

entifi

es t

he H

aym

arke

t an

d Ch

inat

own

area

as

one

of

the

City

’s t

en ‘A

ctiv

ity H

ubs’

•Pu

blic

Spa

ces

Publ

ic L

ife S

tudy

(Geh

l Arc

hite

cts

2007

)

•Lo

cal A

ctio

n Pl

ans

(200

7), w

hich

des

crib

e in

divi

dual

ac

tions

for

the

Chi

nato

wn

and

Hay

mar

ket

area

•St

reet

Tre

e M

aste

rpla

n 20

11

•Sy

dney

Str

eets

Cod

e 20

13

•Li

vabl

e G

reen

Net

wor

k St

rate

gy a

nd M

aste

rpla

n 20

11

•C

ycle

Str

ateg

y an

d A

ctio

n Pl

an 2

007-

2017

and

im

plem

enta

tion

upda

te (2

012)

•In

clus

ion

(Dis

abili

ty) A

ctio

n Pl

an 2

014-

2017

8C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

MAI

N P

LAN

REV

IEW

· IN

TER

FACE

STR

EETS

AN

D C

ON

NEC

TIN

G S

TREE

TS ·

DR

AFT

[E] ·

NO

VEM

BER

201

5

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

STU

DY

APP

RO

ACH

This

stu

dy r

evie

ws

the

effe

cts

of t

he c

urre

nt a

nd im

min

ent

maj

or u

rban

dev

elop

men

ts o

n th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

of t

he

sout

hern

par

t of

Chi

nato

wn

and

the

City

Cen

tre,

and

ex

amin

es t

heir

impa

ct o

n th

e vi

abili

ty o

f th

e re

leva

nt p

roje

ct

reco

mm

enda

tions

put

for

war

d in

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic

Dom

ain

Plan

(201

0).

It in

vest

igat

es in

det

ail h

ow t

he e

ight

Ke

y A

ctio

ns a

risin

g fr

om t

he G

uidi

ng D

irect

ions

can

be

achi

eved

with

in t

he s

tudy

are

a in

ligh

t of

the

sig

nific

ant

urba

n ch

ange

s th

at a

re a

bout

to

occu

r, an

d pu

ts f

orw

ard

reco

mm

enda

tions

for

pub

lic d

omai

n im

prov

emen

ts t

hat

resp

ond

to t

hose

cha

nges

. Th

e re

com

men

datio

ns o

f th

is

stud

y ha

ve b

een

form

ulat

ed a

s a

serie

s of

indi

vidu

al p

roje

cts

with

the

inte

ntio

n th

at t

hey

will

con

trib

ute

to d

esig

n br

iefs

fo

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of f

utur

e ca

pita

l w

orks

.

The

stud

y w

as u

nder

take

n as

a c

olla

bora

tive

team

eff

ort,

w

hich

incl

uded

:

•Sp

ackm

an M

osso

p M

icha

els

as le

ad u

rban

des

igne

rs

and

land

scap

e ar

chite

cts

•Th

e Ci

ty o

f Sy

dney

’s C

ity D

esig

n te

am

•A

rup

as t

rans

port

and

tra

ffic

cons

ulta

nts

TRA

FFIC

STU

DY

An

exam

inat

ion

of t

he t

raffi

c im

pact

s of

the

pro

pose

d D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur r

enew

al a

nd C

BD a

nd S

outh

Eas

t Li

ght

Rail

(CSE

LR) i

s cr

ucia

l to

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

e op

port

uniti

es

and

cons

trai

nts

for

win

ning

bac

k sp

ace

for

pede

stria

ns a

nd

cycl

ists

with

in t

he s

tree

ts o

f Ch

inat

own

and

City

Sou

th.

To

that

end

, Aru

p ha

s pr

epar

ed a

tra

ffic

asse

ssm

ent

repo

rt

to t

est

the

viab

ility

and

sup

port

the

dev

elop

men

t of

the

pr

opos

ed s

tree

t ch

ange

s de

scrib

ed in

thi

s re

port

.

As

the

basi

s fo

r its

tra

ffic

asse

ssm

ent,

The

City

Sou

th a

nd

Chi

nato

wn

Traf

fic A

sses

smen

t Re

port

(Aru

p, 2

015)

rev

iew

s th

e Tr

affic

, Tra

nspo

rt a

nd A

cces

sibi

lity

Repo

rt p

repa

red

by H

yder

(201

3) in

sup

port

of

the

Stat

e Si

gnifi

cant

D

evel

opm

ent

App

licat

ion

for

the

SICE

EP r

edev

elop

men

t pr

ojec

t at

Dar

ling

Har

bour

. A

s tr

affic

ana

lysi

s fo

r th

e C

SELR

pr

ojec

t w

as n

ot a

vaila

ble

at t

he t

ime

of w

ritin

g, it

als

o m

akes

kno

wle

dgea

ble

assu

mpt

ions

abo

ut p

ossi

ble

traf

fic

redu

ctio

n in

the

Chi

nato

wn

and

City

Sou

th s

tudy

are

a as

a

resu

lt of

the

CSE

LR p

roje

ct a

long

Geo

rge

Stre

et.

The

prop

osed

cha

nges

to

stre

ets

with

in t

he s

tudy

are

a re

spon

d to

the

find

ings

of

Aru

p’s

traf

fic a

sses

smen

t an

d in

tegr

ate

deta

iled

tech

nica

l adv

ice

prov

ided

by

Aru

p an

d th

e Co

unci

l’s C

ity T

rans

form

atio

n te

am.

INTE

RN

AL

STA

KEH

OLD

ER C

ON

SULT

ATIO

N

Dev

elop

men

t of

the

Chi

nato

wn

and

City

Sou

th P

ublic

D

omai

n St

udy

has

been

gui

ded

by t

he in

put

of r

elev

ant

team

s w

ithin

the

City

of

Sydn

ey, i

nclu

ding

:

•Ci

ty T

rans

form

atio

n

•Ci

ty R

enew

al

•Ci

ty P

lann

ing

•Tr

ansp

ort

Plan

ning

•Tr

ansp

ort

Polic

y

•Tr

ansp

ort

Stra

tegy

•Ci

ty A

rt

•Tr

ee M

anag

emen

t

•Ci

ty P

roje

cts

Add

ition

ally,

dra

ft d

esig

n co

ncep

ts w

ere

pres

ente

d to

the

Ci

ty D

esig

n A

dvis

ory

Pane

l on

02 J

une

2015

. Th

e Pa

nel’s

ad

vice

has

bee

n in

corp

orat

ed in

to t

he r

ecom

men

datio

ns

that

are

pre

sent

ed in

thi

s re

port

.

EXTE

RN

AL

STA

KEH

OLD

ER C

ON

SULT

ATIO

N

The

deve

lopm

ent

of t

his

stud

y ha

s be

en in

form

ed b

y co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith a

ran

ge o

f ex

tern

al s

take

hold

ers.

D

irect

mee

tings

and

pre

sent

atio

ns h

ave

been

hel

d w

ith

repr

esen

tativ

es o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

orga

nisa

tions

:

•In

fras

truc

ture

for

NSW

•Le

nd L

ease

•Ro

ads

and

Mar

itim

e Se

rvic

es

•Sy

dney

Har

bour

For

esho

re A

utho

rity

•Po

wer

hous

e M

useu

m

1.4

STU

DY

MET

HO

D

9IN

TRO

DU

CTIO

N

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

This

rep

ort

cons

ists

of

seve

n ch

apte

rs, i

nclu

ding

the

cur

rent

in

trod

ucto

ry c

hapt

er.

Thes

e ar

e:

Chap

ter

2: U

rban

con

text

This

cha

pter

sum

mar

ises

the

cur

rent

and

upc

omin

g m

ajor

ur

ban

deve

lopm

ents

tha

t ar

e af

fect

ing

the

City

, and

di

scus

ses

the

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

the

se u

rban

cha

nges

are

lik

ely

to h

ave

on t

he p

ublic

dom

ain

of C

hina

tow

n an

d Ci

ty

Sout

h.

Chap

ter

3: P

ublic

Dom

ain

Cont

ext

This

cha

pter

dis

cuss

es t

he k

ey u

rban

dev

elop

men

t, s

trat

egic

pl

anni

ng a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal f

acto

rs t

hat

are

affe

ctin

g th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

of C

hina

tow

n an

d Ci

ty S

outh

.

Chap

ter

4: In

terf

ace

Stre

ets

This

cha

pter

dis

cuss

es H

ay S

tree

t, H

arbo

ur S

tree

t an

d Q

uay

Stre

et –

the

thr

ee s

tree

ts in

Chi

nato

wn

that

inte

rfac

e di

rect

ly w

ith t

he D

arlin

g Sq

uare

red

evel

opm

ent

of t

he

Ente

rtai

nmen

t Ce

ntre

site

.

The

chap

ter

desc

ribes

the

exi

stin

g pu

blic

dom

ain

of t

hese

th

ree

stre

ets

and

outli

nes

the

corr

espo

ndin

g pu

blic

dom

ain

upgr

ade

proj

ects

rec

omm

ende

d in

the

Chi

nato

wn

Publ

ic

Dom

ain

Plan

(201

0).

It al

so o

utlin

es t

he p

ublic

dom

ain

inte

rfac

e w

ith t

he D

arlin

g Sq

uare

dev

elop

men

t at

eac

h st

reet

, exa

min

es t

he p

rimar

y is

sues

aff

ectin

g th

e pu

blic

do

mai

n, a

nd c

onsi

ders

the

con

stra

ints

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r ch

ange

. It

then

mak

es r

ecom

men

datio

ns t

o im

prov

e th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

in t

hese

thr

ee s

tree

ts.

As

Hay

Str

eet

and

Har

bour

Str

eet

are

inex

tric

ably

link

ed

due

to t

heir

com

bine

d tr

affic

fun

ctio

n, r

ecom

men

datio

ns

for

thes

e tw

o st

reet

s m

ust

be c

oord

inat

ed.

Two

optio

ns a

re p

ropo

sed

for

Hay

and

Har

bour

Str

eets

. Ea

ch o

ptio

n is

pre

sent

ed w

ith H

ay S

tree

t an

d H

arbo

ur

Stre

et in

com

bina

tion

in o

rder

to

expl

ain

the

prop

osed

tr

affic

fun

ctio

n, w

ith f

urth

er d

iscu

ssio

n of

the

det

aile

d re

com

men

datio

ns f

or e

ach

stre

et p

rese

nted

sep

arat

ely.

Chap

ter

5: B

elm

ore

Park

The

Dar

ling

Squa

re d

evel

opm

ent

will

res

ult

in a

n en

orm

ous

30%

incr

ease

in C

hina

tow

n’s

resi

dent

ial p

opul

atio

n, w

hich

w

ill p

lace

add

ition

al p

ress

ure

on B

elm

ore

Park

as

it is

Ch

inat

own’

s on

ly lo

cal p

ark.

This

cha

pter

pro

vide

s a

prel

imin

ary

open

spa

ce a

nd p

ublic

do

mai

n re

view

of

Belm

ore

Park

, loc

ated

at

the

east

ern

end

of H

ay S

tree

t. I

t pr

ovid

es p

relim

inar

y re

com

men

datio

ns f

or

impr

ovem

ents

to

this

ess

entia

l gre

en o

pen

spac

e fo

r th

e Ch

inat

own

com

mun

ity.

Chap

ter

6: C

onne

ctin

g St

reet

s

This

cha

pter

dis

cuss

es t

he s

tree

ts t

hat

prov

ide

key

pede

stria

n an

d cy

cle

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

Chin

atow

n, D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur,

Cent

ral a

nd U

ltim

o. T

hese

are

: Tho

mas

Str

eet,

Ulti

mo

Road

, D

arlin

g D

rive,

Mar

y A

nn S

tree

t, M

acar

thur

Str

eet,

Qua

rry

Stre

et a

nd W

illia

m H

enry

Str

eet.

The

chap

ter

desc

ribes

the

exi

stin

g pu

blic

dom

ain

of t

hese

st

reet

s an

d, w

here

app

licab

le, o

utlin

es t

he c

orre

spon

ding

pu

blic

dom

ain

upgr

ade

proj

ects

rec

omm

ende

d in

the

C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Plan

(201

0).

It ex

amin

es t

he

prim

ary

issu

es a

ffec

ting

the

publ

ic d

omai

n of

eac

h st

reet

, an

d co

nsid

ers

the

cons

trai

nts

and

oppo

rtun

ities

for

cha

nge.

It

also

out

lines

the

maj

or u

rban

dev

elop

men

ts (c

urre

nt o

r pl

anne

d) o

r pl

anni

ng s

trat

egie

s th

at c

ould

be

leve

rage

d to

im

prov

e th

e pu

blic

dom

ain

of e

ach

stre

et.

It th

en m

akes

reco

mm

enda

tions

to

impr

ove

the

publ

ic d

omai

n in

eac

h st

reet

.

Chap

ter

7: O

utco

mes

This

cha

pter

sum

mar

ises

how

the

rec

omm

ende

d pu

blic

do

mai

n up

grad

es f

or e

ach

stre

et a

chie

ve t

he G

uidi

ng

Dire

ctio

ns a

nd a

ddre

ss t

he K

ey A

ctio

ns o

utlin

ed in

the

C

hina

tow

n Pu

blic

Dom

ain

Stud

y (2

009)

, whi

ch f

orm

the

de

sign

obj

ectiv

es f

or t

his

curr

ent

stud

y.

1.5

REP

OR

T O

UTl

INE

10C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

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IEW

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TER

FACE

STR

EETS

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NEC

TIN

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UB

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IEW

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13U

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AFT

PRIN

T: 1

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015

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In a

dditi

on t

o th

e Ci

ty o

f Sy

dney

, a n

umbe

r of

NSW

Gov

ernm

ent

agen

cies

ha

ve o

wne

rshi

p an

d/or

pla

nnin

g co

ntro

l ove

r pa

rts

of t

he s

tudy

are

a.

Thes

e ar

e:

•Ro

ads

and

Mar

itim

e Se

rvic

es, w

hich

has

con

trol

ove

r:

¬

Hay

Str

eet

betw

een

Geo

rge

Stre

et a

nd H

arbo

ur S

tree

t

¬

Har

bour

Str

eet

¬

Will

iam

Hen

ry S

tree

t

•Sy

dney

Har

bour

For

esho

re A

utho

rity,

whi

ch h

as c

ontr

ol o

ver:

¬

Dar

ling

Har

bour

¬

Padd

y’s

Mar

ket

¬

Hay

Str

eet

betw

een

Qua

y St

reet

and

Dar

ling

Driv

e

¬

Qua

y St

reet

bet

wee

n U

ltim

o Ro

ad a

nd H

ay S

tree

t

¬

Dar

ling

Driv

e

¬

The

Goo

ds L

ine

nort

h an

d so

uth,

incl

udin

g th

e U

ltim

o Ro

ad

Railw

ay B

ridge

•Th

e M

useu

m o

f A

pplie

d A

rts

and

Scie

nces

, whi

ch o

wns

the

Po

wer

hous

e M

useu

m a

nd t

he s

ectio

n of

Mac

arth

ur S

tree

t be

twee

n D

arlin

g D

rive

and

Om

nibu

s La

ne

2.1

AUTH

OR

ITY

OVE

RlA

PS

14C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

MAI

N P

LAN

REV

IEW

· IN

TER

FACE

STR

EETS

AN

D C

ON

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TIN

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TREE

TS ·

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AFT

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5

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A n

umbe

r of

larg

e ur

ban

rene

wal

pro

ject

s ar

e cu

rren

tly u

nder

way

in

Sydn

ey t

hat

will

hav

e a

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

the

urba

n fo

rm, s

cale

and

de

nsity

of

the

city

. Th

ese

are:

•Th

e Ba

rang

aroo

urb

an r

enew

al p

roje

ct o

n th

e no

rth-

wes

tern

edg

e of

th

e CB

D, a

red

evel

opm

ent

of a

22

hect

are

form

er c

onta

iner

wha

rf s

ite

for

com

mer

cial

, ret

ail,

resi

dent

ial a

nd c

ultu

ral u

ses.

Onc

e co

mpl

eted

, Ba

rang

aroo

is e

xpec

ted

to a

ccom

mod

ate

up t

o 23

,000

offi

ce w

orke

rs

and

attr

act

up t

o 33

,000

vis

itors

per

day

(sou

rce:

Bar

anga

roo

Del

iver

y A

utho

rity)

.

•Th

e Ce

ntra

l Par

k re

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he 5

.8 h

ecta

re f

orm

er C

arlto

n an

d U

nite

d Br

ewer

y (C

UB)

site

on

Broa

dway

, im

med

iate

ly s

outh

wes

t of

Chi

nato

wn.

Onc

e co

mpl

eted

, the

dev

elop

men

t is

exp

ecte

d to

ac

com

mod

ate

3,50

0 re

side

nts

and

5,00

0 vi

sito

rs a

nd w

orke

rs p

er

day.

•Th

e D

arlin

g H

arbo

ur r

enew

al, k

now

n as

the

SIC

EEP

deve

lopm

ent

(Syd

ney

Inte

rnat

iona

l Con

vent

ion,

Exh

ibiti

on a

nd E

nter

tain

men

t Pr

ecin

ct) –

a 2

0 he

ctar

e re

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he S

ydne

y Co

nven

tion

Cent

re, E

xhib

ition

Cen

tre

and

Ente

rtai

nmen

t Ce

ntre

site

s at

Dar

ling

Har

bour

for

mix

ed c

onve

ntio

n, e

xhib

ition

, com

mer

cial

, ret

ail a

nd

resi

dent

ial u

ses.

The

Dar

ling

Har

bour

and

CU

B de

velo

pmen

ts in

par

ticul

ar w

ill h

ave

a si

gnifi

cant

eff

ect

on C

hina

tow

n’s

publ

ic d

omai

n as

the

y ar

e lo

cate

d im

med

iate

ly a

djac

ent

to C

hina

tow

n an

d in

clud

e a

sign

ifica

nt in

crea

se in

re

side

ntia

l den

sity

.

2.2

SIG

NIF

ICAN

T U

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15U

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AFT

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The

SICE

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edev

elop

men

t at

Dar

ling

Har

bour

is lo

cate

d on

the

im

med

iate

wes

tern

edg

e of

Chi

nato

wn.

The

20

hect

are

proj

ect

will

br

ing

abou

t th

e la

rges

t tr

ansf

orm

atio

n of

Dar

ling

Har

bour

in o

ver

25

year

s. T

he p

roje

ct is

bei

ng d

eliv

ered

by

Infr

astr

uctu

re N

SW in

par

tner

ship

w

ith t

he p

rivat

e co

nsor

tium

Dar

ling

Har

bour

Liv

e, le

d by

Len

d Le

ase.

The

de

velo

pmen

t w

ill in

clud

e:

•Th

e IC

C Ba

ysid

e an

d Pa

rksi

de C

onve

ntio

n Ce

ntre

s

•Th

e IC

C Ex

hibi

tion

Cent

re

•Th

e Ev

ent

Dec

k, a

5,0

00 s

quar

e m

etre

roo

ftop

ext

erna

l eve

nt s

pace

w

ith a

new

ped

estr

ian

brid

ge o

ver

Dar

ling

Driv

e to

Qua

rry

Stre

et

•Th

e Th

eatr

e, a

9,0

00 c

apac

ity li

ve p

erfo

rman

ce s

pace

•D

arlin

g Sq

uare

, a r

edev

elop

men

t of

the

Ent

erta

inm

ent

Cent

re s

ite f

or

mix

ed r

esid

entia

l, co

mm

erci

al a

nd r

etai

l use

s th

at w

ill c

ompr

ise:

¬

thre

e re

side

ntia

l bui

ldin

gs w

ith g

roun

d flo

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etai

l (N

E, S

E &

SW

bu

ildin

gs)

¬

one

com

mer

cial

bui

ldin

g w

ith g

roun

d flo

or r

etai

l (N

W b

uild

ing)

¬

one

mix

ed u

se b

uild

ing

with

com

mun

ity f

acili

ties

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uild

ing)

¬

two

stud

ent

acco

mm

odat

ion

build

ings

bet

wee

n D

arlin

g D

rive

and

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light

rai

l cor

ridor

Whe

n co

mpl

ete,

the

Dar

ling

Har

bour

red

evel

opm

ent

will

incl

ude

an

addi

tiona

l 7,0

00 s

quar

e m

etre

s of

ret

ail s

pace

and

brin

g an

add

ition

al

5,00

0 ne

w r

esid

ents

, inc

ludi

ng 1

,000

stu

dent

s, t

o th

e ve

ry e

dge

of

Chin

atow

n. T

his

repr

esen

ts a

sig

nific

ant

incr

ease

of

abou

t 30

% o

ver

the

curr

ent

estim

ated

pop

ulat

ion

of 1

6,64

4 pe

ople

in C

hina

tow

n an

d Ci

ty

Sout

h (C

hina

tow

n an

d C

BD S

outh

Vill

age

Com

mun

ity P

rofil

e, 2

011)

.

The

Dar

ling

Squa

re d

evel

opm

ent

will

res

ult

in a

n un

prec

eden

ted

and

sign

ifica

nt c

hang

e in

urb

an s

cale

and

res

iden

tial d

ensi

ty t

o Ch

inat

own’

s w

este

rn e

dge.

Thi

s pl

aces

pre

ssur

e on

Chi

nato

wn’

s pu

blic

dom

ain

to

acco

mm

odat

e ev

en m

ore

peop

le, i

n cu

rren

tly o

ne o

f m

ost

pede

stria

n-in

tens

e ar

eas

of t

he c

ity.

2.3

DAR

lIN

G H

ARB

OU

R R

EDEV

ElO

PMEN

T

16C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

MAI

N P

LAN

REV

IEW

· IN

TER

FACE

STR

EETS

AN

D C

ON

NEC

TIN

G S

TREE

TS ·

DR

AFT

[E] ·

NO

VEM

BER

201

5

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

The

CBD

and

Sou

th E

ast

Ligh

t Ra

il (C

SELR

) is

a m

ajor

new

pub

lic

tran

spor

t de

velo

pmen

t th

at w

ill r

eint

rodu

ce li

ght

rail

to t

he c

ity c

entr

e an

d co

nnec

t it

to m

ajor

ent

erta

inm

ent,

edu

catio

n, h

ealth

and

ope

n sp

ace

prec

inct

s in

the

sou

thea

st.

The

12 k

ilom

etre

long

CSE

LR li

ne w

ill

com

men

ce a

t Ci

rcul

ar Q

uay

and

run

dow

n G

eorg

e St

reet

to

Cent

ral

Stat

ion

via

Eddy

Ave

nue.

Fro

m a

new

Cen

tral

Sta

tion

inte

rcha

nge

on

Chal

mer

s St

reet

, the

new

ligh

t ra

il w

ill t

rave

l thr

ough

Sur

ry H

ills

alon

g D

evon

shire

Str

eet

to M

oore

Par

k, w

here

the

line

will

bifu

rcat

e to

con

tinue

on

to

Rand

wic

k an

d Ki

ngsf

ord.

The

CSE

LR p

roje

ct w

ill b

ring

abou

t su

bsta

ntia

l urb

an c

hang

es a

long

its

rou

te.

A s

igni

fican

t ch

ange

in t

he c

ity c

entr

e w

ill b

e th

e cl

osur

e of

G

eorg

e St

reet

to

nort

h-so

uth

traf

fic b

etw

een

Hun

ter

Stre

et a

nd B

athu

rst

Stre

et, c

reat

ing

a m

ajor

new

ped

estr

ian

mal

l jus

t no

rth

of C

hina

tow

n.

With

in C

hina

tow

n, t

he C

SELR

pro

ject

will

incl

ude

a ne

w C

hina

tow

n st

op o

n G

eorg

e St

reet

bet

wee

n G

oulb

urn

Stre

et a

nd C

ampb

ell S

tree

t.

Impo

rtan

tly, t

he H

ay S

tree

t an

d G

eorg

e St

reet

inte

rsec

tion

is t

he ju

nctio

n be

twee

n th

e C

SELR

line

and

the

exi

stin

g In

ner

Wes

t Li

ght

Rail

line.

Maj

or c

onst

ruct

ion

on C

SELR

is d

ue t

o be

gin

in S

epte

mbe

r 20

15, w

ith

the

entir

e lin

e sc

hedu

led

to b

e op

en a

nd o

pera

tiona

l in

2019

.

2.4

CBD

AN

D S

OU

TH E

AST

lIG

HT

RAI

l

17U

RB

AN C

ON

TExT

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

The

intr

oduc

tion

of li

ght

rail

to G

eorg

e St

reet

, and

the

par

tial

pede

stria

nisa

tion

of G

eorg

e St

reet

, will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

impa

cts

on t

raffi

c ac

cess

and

circ

ulat

ion

thro

ugho

ut t

he c

ity c

entr

e –

incl

udin

g Ch

inat

own.

To

hel

p in

form

the

pre

sent

stu

dy, A

rup

has

unde

rtak

en a

tra

ffic

asse

ssm

ent

for

the

Chin

atow

n an

d Ci

ty S

outh

stu

dy a

rea.

Whi

le t

raffi

c an

alys

is f

or G

eorg

e St

reet

was

not

ava

ilabl

e to

the

stu

dy t

eam

at

the

time

of w

ritin

g, in

form

ed a

ssum

ptio

ns h

ave

been

mad

e ab

out

the

poss

ible

tr

affic

vol

ume

chan

ges

post

ligh

t ra

il de

velo

pmen

t. T

hese

ass

umpt

ions

ar

e ba

sed

on a

dvic

e fr

om t

he C

ounc

il’s

City

Tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

team

and

Tr

ansp

ort

for

NSW

’s c

urre

nt li

ght

rail

deve

lopm

ent

plan

s.

The

intr

oduc

tion

of li

ght

rail

alon

g G

eorg

e St

reet

will

res

ult

in a

red

uctio

n in

the

num

ber

of t

raffi

c la

nes

in b

oth

dire

ctio

ns g

ener

ally

fro

m t

wo

to

one.

In

Chin

atow

n, t

he n

umbe

r of

nor

thbo

und

traf

fic la

nes

feed

ing

into

G

eorg

e St

reet

fro

m t

he s

outh

will

red

uce

from

tw

o to

one

. Fu

rthe

rmor

e Ra

wso

n Pl

ace,

whi

ch c

urre

ntly

fee

ds t

raffi

c on

to G

eorg

e St

reet

fro

m t

he

east

, will

be

clos

ed t

o ge

nera

l tra

ffic.

With

thi

s si

gnifi

cant

red

uctio

n in

ro

ad c

apac

ity, i

t is

exp

ecte

d th

at t

raffi

c vo

lum

es o

n G

eorg

e St

reet

wou

ld

redu

ce b

y m

ore

than

50%

(Chi

nato

wn

and

City

Sou

th T

raffi

c A

sses

smen

t,

Aru

p 20

15).

Curr

ently

, Hay

Str

eet

and

Har

bour

Str

eet

are

an R

MS

sign

post

ed r

oute

fo

r no

rthb

ound

acc

ess

to t

he S

ydne

y H

arbo

ur B

ridge

. Th

e Sy

dney

City

C

entr

e C

apac

ity S

trat

egy

(Tra

nspo

rt f

or N

SW, 2

013)

mai

ntai

ns t

his

rout

e po

st li

ght

rail

deve

lopm

ent.

How

ever

, bet

wee

n 20

15 a

nd 2

019,

tra

ffic

will

be

disc

oura

ged

from

the

Hay

Str

eet–

Har

bour

Str

eet

rout

e du

ring

the

light

rai

l con

stru

ctio

n on

Geo

rge

Stre

et.

Inst

ead,

nor

th-s

outh

thr

ough

tr

affic

will

be

dire

cted

to

use

the

Wes

tern

Dis

trib

utor

and

Har

ris S

tree

t,

bypa

ssin

g Ch

inat

own.

The

City

Cen

tre

Cap

acity

Impr

ovem

ent

Plan

(RM

S, 2

014)

iden

tifies

Ulti

mo

Road

as

a ke

y ex

it po

int

from

the

city

dur

ing

the

even

ing

peak

per

iod,

w

ith t

he m

ajor

mov

emen

t be

ing

sout

hbou

nd o

nto

Har

ris S

tree

t. I

t re

com

men

ds t

hat

the

Ulti

mo

Road

/Har

ris S

tree

t in

ters

ectio

n be

mod

ified

to

pro

vide

a d

ual l

eft

turn

into

Har

ris S

tree

t.

EXIS

TIN

G T

RA

FFIC

PL

AN

NED

TR

AFF

IC C

HA

NG

ES

2.5

TRAF

FIC

CHAN

GES

18C

HIN

ATO

WN

AN

D C

ITY

SOU

TH P

UB

LIC

DO

MAI

N P

LAN

REV

IEW

· IN

TER

FACE

STR

EETS

AN

D C

ON

NEC

TIN

G S

TREE

TS ·

DR

AFT

[E] ·

NO

VEM

BER

201

5

DR

AFT

PRIN

T: 1

2 N

ov 2

015

3:18

PM

The

Pow

erho

use

Mus

eum

is a

his

toric

ally

and

cul

tura

lly s

igni

fican

t pu

blic

in

stitu

tion

at C

hina

tow

n’s

wes

tern

edg

e, t

erm

inat

ing

the

Hay

Str

eet

vist

a. T

he m

useu

m f

orm

s pa

rt o

f a

clus

ter

of c

ultu

ral a

nd c

omm

unity

fa

cilit

ies

at t

he c

orne

r of

Har

ris S

tree

t an

d W

illia

m H

enry

Str

eet,

in

clud

ing

the

Ulti

mo

Com

mun

ity C

entr

e an

d Li

brar

y an

d th

e Ia

n Th

orpe

A

quat

ic C

entr

e. T

he m

useu

m is

an

adap

tive

reus

e of

the

for

mer

Ulti

mo

Pow

erho

use

(con

stru

cted

189

9), w

hich

is h

erita

ge li

sted

in t

he S

ydne

y LE

P 20

12.

The

Pow

erho

use

Mus

eum

ext

ensi

on o

n H

arris

Str

eet

was

op

ened

in 1

988

and

rece

ived

the

Sul

man

Priz

e fo

r pu

blic

arc

hite

ctur

e.

In F

ebru

ary

2015

, the

NSW

Sta

te G

over

nmen

t an

noun

ced

its in

tent

to

rel

ocat

e th

e Po

wer

hous

e M

useu

m t

o W

este

rn S

ydne

y, m

ost

likel

y Pa

rram

atta

, and

sel

l the

cur

rent

Ulti

mo

site

for

res

iden

tial r

edev

elop

men

t.

This

will

hav

e a

sign

ifica

nt im

pact

on

the

wes

tern

edg

e of

Chi

nato

wn,

es

peci

ally

whe

n co

nsid

ered

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith t

he u

npre

cede

nted

ur

ban

chan

ge b

eing

wro

ught

by

the

resi

dent

ial r

edev

elop

men

t of

the

En

tert

ai