SARA RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

EMP – CONSTRUCTION PHASE                                                                                     4-24

4.9     Element C.9:                             Visual            and   General   Amenity
        Protection
        Policy:            Maintain the amenity of residents near the construction site (Condition 5, 56-
                           61).



       Strategy:           To ensure the construction program does not adversely affect the visual and
                           general qualities for adjacent residential areas.

       Responsibility: Principal Contractor.

       Management Actions:
        1.    Security lighting is to be positioned to prevent nuisance to adjoining properties.
        2.    Size and location of promotional/identification signs are to be located to avoid nuisance to
              residents, be of a form agreed to by Councils Compliance Officer and in accordance with
              Council Policy.
        3.    Vehicle washdowns are to be established at the site exits to avoid dirt deposition on local roads.
        4.    No parking on local roads- all parking is to be within allocated areas as per plan submitted at pre-
              start meeting (Element D.3).
        5.    Access to site to be as described in Construction Management Plan (Element C.13).
        6.    All loads of loose material carried by trucks are to be covered when entering and leaving site.
        7.    Air quality and noise controls are described in Elements C.6 and C.7.
        8.    Site to be kept rubbish and vermin free.

       Performance Requirement: No complaints from residents. No visible impacts on local roads.
       Minimal traffic delays caused by construction activities.

       Corrective Action: To depend on nature of complaint.

4.10 Element C.10: Bushfire Control
        Policy:            To ensure that risk to life and property is minimised during construction within the
                           constraints of protecting remnant vegetation.( refer Conditions 14.6; 62-78)



       Strategy:           To implement a fire control strategy that protects life and property and protects
                           ecosystems

       Responsibility: Principal Contractor and Site Environmental Officer.

       Management Actions: The Fire Management Plan (WBM 2005) presents fire control strategies
       applicable mainly to the design and post construction phases of the development. The following are
       measures to be addressed during the construction of the RHD area:


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