Professional Project: Sydney Metro Northwest Planning and Alternatives

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Introduction
In this part, the paper will present a breakdown of the supreme metropolitan planning
context as well as the broad design structure for the project. The paper will concentrate on the
elements of the project that have particular significance to the Urban Design and Corridor
Landscape Plan (UDCLP).
Synthesis
Project Context
Sydney Metro Northwest is a main concern railway transport set-up project for the New
South Wales administration. The Sydney Metro Northwest will be combined with the CityRail
network that comprise eight new stations as well as services covering approximately 23
kilometers rail line running from Epping all the way to Rouse Hill in North West Sydney
(Birdsall, 2015). The Sydney Metro Northwest project will in summary comprise the following:
1. A direct underground that connect to the present Epping to Chatswood rail line at Epping.
2. Eight new rail service and stations include: Bella Vista, Cudgegong Road, Showground,
Cherrybrook, Rouse Hill, Castle Hill, Northwest and Kellyville.
3. An underground section route of 15.5 km for two track railway in a twin tunnel
configuration between Bell Vista and Epping.
4. A 7.5 km section with above ground route from Bella Vista to Cudgegong Road Station
that consists a collection of embankment, viaduct at grade and cutting.
5. Commuter car parking accommodation at Bella Vista, Cudgegong Road stations,
Kellyville, Showground and Cherrybrook.

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6. Service amenities at Chelteranham, and Epping as well as the Sydney Metro Trains
Facility (SMTF) at Tallwong Road Cudgegong.
7. Pedestrians, taxi, bus, cycling access and kiss and ride facilities at all stations.
Statutory and Strategic Context
The statutory and strategic design framework for the Sydney Metro Northwest project
that led to the corridor strategy as well as the successive urban and landscape design include the
2009 national planning agenda of the Council of Australian Government. This strategy plan has
outlined a criteria to make sure that all Australian metropolitan cities have longstanding
strategies to manage progression.
The state and regional planning policies such as the New South Wales (NSW) 2021 plan
where the government invest and allocate budget to deliver the community with public services
by delivering infrastructure. The NSW rebuilding state set-up strategy that pinpoint and
prioritizes delivery of essential public infrastructure like water, transport, telecommunications,
health and electricity. The NSW long-term transport master plan is to provide a framework that
will deliver an integrated modern transport system by determining the objectives of NSW
transport and investment for the next 10 years (Gharehbaghi, & Farnes, 2018). As a result, the
long-term transport master plan acknowledged that by integrating land use and transport it will
be a significant aspect of the design for Sydney Metro Northwest.
Local strategic plan. The Sydney Metro Northwest project has incorporated the local
community objectives. In addition, building of the Sydney Metro Northwest offers an chance to
plan for and shape civilized centers surrounding each of the projected new stations by creating