Transport Planning and Policy

Running head: TRANSPORT PLANNING AND POLICY
Transport Planning and Policy
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1. Introduction
Project management generally refers to the process of managing the projects in an
efficient way. The process management can be categorized into five major phases which
includes the initiation phase, planning phase, execution phase, monitoring and controlling
phase and lastly the closing phase (Edwards, 2013). This phases are generally maintained in
order to achieve certain goals which are responsible for meeting the success criteria’s within
the specified budget and within the specified time. A project is generally considered to be an
endeavour associated with the designing so as to produce a particular service or product that
consists of a defined ending and beginning time and along with this they are often
constrained by the funding or the undertaking so as to meet the unique goals and objectives.
This goals and objectives are to be achieved so as to bring certain beneficial changes or added
value.
This report would be discussing about the project “Sydney metro: Australia's biggest
public transport project”. The major objective of this report is to provide an overview of the
background of the project. Besides this the report would also be highlighting the major
features of this project along with the strengths and the weaknesses related to the appraisal of
this project (Wang et al., 2014). Besides this the report also provides the different type of
benefits that are to be incurred after the project is completed. Lastly a literature review has
been conducted which depicts the quantification or the benefits of the project.
2. Background of the project
The NSW government has been associated with investigating the corridor for the
Sydney Metro West Project. According to them this new metro rail would be the fastest and
the most easiest and reliable journey from Sydney to the Parramatta CBDs. The Government
would also be associated with integration of the transport and the usage of the land plan along

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with the corridor with the new metro railway line that is expected to be built largely
underground (Selkrig et al., 2012). This new service would be starting from the year of 2019
in the North West section of the city where there would be trains available in every four
minutes during the peak timings of the day. Besides this there is also a planning of expanding
the metro rail in the year of 2014 to CBD and beyond to the Bankstown. The Sydney Metro
project includes new CBD raiway stations underground at the Martin Place as well as in Pitt
Street and Barangaroo. Besides this there would also be a new metro platform under central.
By the year of 2024 there would be around 32 new stations in the new rail system of 66 KM
which is considered to be the biggest urban rail project of Australian history which would be
having the ultimate capacity for the trains with a time interval of two minutes in all
directions.
3. Features and strength, weakness of the appraisal
The most important feature of this project is that a geotechnical investigation would
be conducted which would be assisting in the process of planning as well as in the process of
designing of the Sydney Metro West (Profillidis, 2016). The major reason lying behind this
investigation is for the purpose of determining the ground water along with the condition of
ground water along with the strength of the underlying rock over which the project work is to
be conducted. The major works included in the project includes the following:
a. Establishment of the temporary sites which would be including the security of the site
as well as fencing of the sites, which would be around 2 meters in length and 5 meters
in width.
b. Existence of a mobile drill rig for the purpose of drilling boreholes which are below
the ground level.

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c. Existence of the vacuum evacuation trucks which would be associated with the
removal of the spoils from the site (Black, 2018).
d. Increasing the movements of the light vehicles.
e. Usage of the hand held monitors by the technicians so as to carry out monitoring of
the water level for at least six months (Sochor et al., 2016).
Befits that are likely to be obtained after and during the completion of the project in a
proper way have been listed below:
a. At the time of ongoing work there would be existing a requirement of temporary
parking, traffic and pedestrian changes and for this there would be existing traffic
control along with directorial signage. In addition to this access to the buildings as
well as to the driveways would be maintained all the time even when the project work
would be conducted (Newman, Kenworthy, & Glazebrook, 2013).
b. Backfilling of the boreholes would be done along with the reincarnation of the ground
surfaces after the project work is completed.
c. There would be existing a minimal impact of the noise during the ongoing
geotechnical works mainly during the standard constructions hours that is from
Monday to Friday in between 8 A.M to 6 P.M and in Saturday from 8 A.M to 1 P.M.
And in case if some extra works are required then the residents would be informed in
advance.
4. Types of benefits in the appraisal
Types of benefits that re likely to be obtained due to the appraisal has been discussed
in this section of the report. This project would be associated with boosting up of the
economic activity by almost more than $5 billion in a year and along with this the 66 KM
route also be provided (McIntosh, Newman & Glazebrook, 2013). This project would be