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Construction Environment Management Plan
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	Construction Environment Management Plan (CEMP)		19.1Mb	202
	Appendix B1 to the CEMP		256kb	63
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Rest Area Assessment Submissions report
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	Rest Area Assessment Submissions Report		1,459kb	48
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Rest Area Assessment report
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	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part A		4,022kb	32
	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part B1		4,784kb	10
	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part B2		3,775kb	9
	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part C1		3,020kb	32
	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part C2		7,594kb	27
	Rest Area Assessment Report: Part D		1,267kb	9
	Appendix A: Traffic impact assessment		902kb	48
	Appendix B: Noise assessment		1,023kb	51
	Appendix C: Comparative ecology assessment		3,673kb	70
	Appendix D: Comparative visual assessment		5,672kb	80
Sapphire to Woolgoolga planning approval
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	Modification 1 of Minister's approval		41kb	3
	Modification 2 of Minister's approval		41kb	4
	Record of decision to proceed by the Chief Executive of the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority		41kb	2
	NSW Department of Planning Director-General's environmental assessment report		1,946kb	59
	Approval by the NSW Minister for Planning		1,036kb	23
	RTA letter withdrawing rest area from the Sapphire to Woolgoolga environmental assessment		113kb	1
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Environmental Assessment Submissions Report
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	Submissions report		4,716kb	170
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Environmental Assessment
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VOLUME 1 – ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
	Cover, table of contents and glossary and abbreviations		325kb	13
	Executive summary		2,161kb	11
PART A – BACKGROUND TO THE PROPOSAL
	Chapter 1– Introduction		282kb	15
		Figure 1.1 – Overview of the Proposal	2,749kb	1
		Figure 1.2 – Area covered by the Coffs Harbour Highway Planning Strategy	164kb	1
		Figure 1.3 – Study area for the Proposal	2,724kb	1
		Figure 1.4 – Topography of the study area	1,868kb	1
	Chapter 2 – Need for the Proposal		63kb	4
	Chapter 3 – Project objectives		47kb	2
	Chapter 4 – Process for assessment and decision making		141kb	9
	Chapter 5 – Community consultation		85kb	10
	Chapter 6 – Route option development and assessment		87kb	16
		Figure 6.1 – Sapphire to Woolgoolga options development process	2,163kb	1
		Figure 6.2 – Coffs Harbour Highway Planning Strategy preferred route	2,741kb	1
		Figure 6.3 – Composite constraints map	2,525kb	1
		Figure 6.4 – Preliminary corridor options	247kb	1
		Figure 6.5 – Route options (December 2002)	2,431kb	1
		Figure 6.6 – Supplementary route options	1,989kb	1
PART B – DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSAL
	Chapter 7 – The Proposal		545kb	50
		Figure 7.1 – Upgrade and bypass sections of the Proposal	2,663	1
		Figures 7.2a to 7.2c – Proposed design	621kb	3
		Figures 7.2d to 7.2h – Proposed design	1,05kb0	5
		Figures 7.2i to 7.2 m – Proposed design	1,012kb	5
		Figure 7.4a – General location of cross sections	2,756kb	1
		Figures 7.4b to 7.4 h – Cross sections for the Proposal	2,993kb	7
		Figures 7.5a to 7.5f – Proposed landscape design	1,361kb	6
		Figures 7.5g to 7.5m – Proposed landscape design	1,585kb	7
		Figure 7.6a – Artist impression of the Proposal	1,071kb	1
		Figure 7.6b – Artist impression of the Proposal	2,100kb	1
		Figure 7.6c – Artist impression of the Proposal	2,931kb	1
		Figure 7.6d – Artist impression of the Proposal	2,192kb	1
		Figure 7.6e – Artist impression of the Proposal	1,945kb	1
		Figure 7.6f – Artist impression of the Proposal	2,123kb	1
	Chapter 8 – Construction of the Proposal		88kb	12
PART C –- ASSESSMENT OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
	Chapter 9 – Environmental risk assessment		158kb	11
	Chapter 10 – Traffic, transport and economics		342kb	12
	Chapter 11 – Noise and vibration		1,190kb	24
		Figure 11.1 – Ambient noise survey locations	233kb	1
		Figure 11.2 – Noise catchment areas	244kb	1
	Chapter 12 – Aboriginal heritage		89kb	11
		Figures 12.1a to 12.1d – Aboriginal heritage sites	810kb	4
	Chapter 13 – Non-Aboriginal heritage		81kb	9
		Figure 13.1 – Non-Aboriginal heritage items	229kb	1
	Chapter 14 – Planning and land use		104kb	14
		Figures 14.1a and 14.1b – Existing land use	350kb	2
		Figures 14.2a to 14.2h – Potentially affected properties	1,755kb	8
	Chapter 15 – Agriculture		77kb	8
		Figures 15.1a to 15.1d – Affected agricultural properties	907kb	4
	Chapter 16 – Socio-economic analysis		94kb	14
	Chapter 17 – Flora and fauna		132kb	26
		Figures 17.1a to 17.1d – Flora and fauna	927kb	4
	Chapter 18 – Hydrology, water and soil management		1,091kb	19
	Chapter 19 – Landscape, visual and urban design		521kb	15
PART D – OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
	Chapter 20 – Management of other environmental issues		188kb	16
	Chapter 21 – Cumulative impacts		74kb	7
PART E – JUSTIFICATION AND CONCLUSION
	Chapter 22 – Justification and conclusion		165kb	10
APPENDICES A TO E
	Appendix A - Draft Statement of Commitments		93kb	19
	Appendix B – Environmental Assessment requirements checklist		42kb	5
	Appendix C –- (see Community Updates section below)
	Appendix D – RTA Land Acquisition Policy		109kb	18
	Appendix E – Study team		39kb	5
VOLUME 2 – APPENDIX F – WORKING PAPERS 1 TO 5
	Working paper 1 – Traffic and transport		2,590kb	116
	Working paper 2 – Noise and vibration – part 1 of 5		4,158kb	28
	Working paper 2 – Noise and vibration – part 2 of 5		4,009kb	62
	Working paper 2 – Noise and vibration – part 3 of 5		2,959kb	10
	Working paper 2 – Noise and vibration – part 4 of 5		2,094	11
	Working paper 2 – Noise and vibration – part 5 of 5		2,747kb	25
	Working paper 3 – Aboriginal heritage assessment – part 1 of 2		4,344kb	26
	Working paper 3 – Aboriginal heritage assessment – part 2 of 2		4,566kb	89
	Working paper 4 – Land use, planning and socio-economic assessment – part 1 of 2		3,204	39
	Working paper 4 – Land use, planning and socio-economic assessment – part 2 of 2		4,581kb	41
	Working paper 5 – Agricultural assessment		2,187kb	68
VOLUME 3 - APPENDIX F (WORKING PAPERS 6 TO 8) AND APPENDIX G
	Working paper 6 – Sikh cultural assessment		3,167kb	160
	Working paper 7a – Fauna investigations		2,024kb	88
	Working paper 7b – Vegetation survey		2,600kb	91
	Working paper 7c – Arrawarra interchange flora and fauna assessment – part 1 of 2		890kb	25
	Working paper 7c – Arrawarra interchange flora and fauna assessment – part 2 of 2		300kb	71
	Working paper 7d – Targeted frog survey		2,724kb	34
	Working paper 8 – Air quality monitoring		1,198kb	55
	Appendix G – Significance assessments – flora and fauna		439kb	39
Coffs Harbour Highway Planning Strategy economic analysis update
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	Economic analysis update		2,281kb	38
Sapphire to Woolgoolga animation videos
FLYOVERS AND DRIVE-THROUGH VIDEOS Click the links below to view the upgrade alignment travelling from south to north. Videos are best viewed with a high speed (broadband) internet connection. Users with a lower speed connection (dial-up) may experience delays when viewing the videos. Disclaimer: These visualisations are an animated representation of the proposed Sapphire to Woolgoolga upgrade. It shows the current concept design for the Proposal and the general nature only of existing adjacent features.
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	View the flyover: From Sapphire to Moonee Beach interchange
	View the flyover: From Moonee Beach interchange to Emerald Beach interchange
	View the flyover: From Emerald Beach interchange to south Woolgoolga interchange
	View the flyover: From south Woolgoolga interchange to Arrawarra interchange
	View the drive-through: From Sapphire to Moonee Beach interchange
	View the drive-through: From Moonee Beach interchange to Emerald Beach interchange
	View the drive-through: From Emerald Beach interchange to south Woolgoolga interchange
	View the drive-through: From south Woolgoolga interchange to Arrawarra Interchange
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Environmental Assessment requirements
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	Director-General's requirements for environmental assessment		451kb	5
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Part 3A Project Application Report
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	Part 3A Project Application Report Table of Contents and Section 1		4,144kb	18
	Part 3A Project Application Report Section 2		850kb	3
	Part 3A Project Application Report Section 3		7,070kb	14
	Part 3A Project Application Report Section 4		5,606kb	10
	Part 3A Project Application Report Section 5		171kb	20
	Part 3A Project Application Report Section 6		70kb	1
	Part 3A Project Application Report Appendix A-C		808kb	24
Coffs Harbour Highway Planning Strategy Preferred Option Report, November 2004
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	Part 1 - Table of Contents, pdf format		3,605kb	10
	Part 2 - Section 1, pdf format		70kb	9
	Part 3 - Section 2 part 1, pdf format		3,583kb	2
	Part 4 - Section 2 part 2, pdf format		2,684kb	2
	Part 5 - Section 2 part 3, pdf format		3,120kb	2
	Part 6 - Section 2 part 4, pdf format		1,893kb	14
	Part 7 - Section 3 part 1, pdf format		2,657kb	7
	Part 8 - Section 3 part 2, pdf format		2,726kb	2
	Part 9 - Section 3 part 3, pdf format		1,380kb	10
	Part 10 - Section 4 part 1, pdf format		3,095kb	6
	Part 11 - Section 4 part 2, pdf format		4,431kb	2
	Part 12 - Section 4 part 3, pdf format		2,024kb	1
	Part 13 - Sections 4 part 4 to 6 part 1, pdf format		1,880kb	18
	Part 14 - Sections 6 part 2 and 7, pdf format		4,311kb	5
	Part 15 - Appendices A, B and C, pdf format		2,258kb	129
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Section: Supplementary Options Report, February 2004
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	Part 1 - Table of Contents		377kb	10
	Part 2 - Sections 1 to 3 part 1		2,669kb	10
	Part 3 - Sections 3 part 2 to 6 part 1		2,567kb	20
	Part 4 - Sections 6 part 2 to 7 plus Appendices A, B and C		3,236kb	82
	Part 5 - Appendices D and E		2,344kb	61
Sapphire to Woolgoolga Draft Route Options Development Report, December 2002
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	Part 1 - Table of Contents		1,576kb	15
	Part 2 - Sections 1 to 3 inclusive		1,183kb	11
	Part 3 - Section 4 - 1/6		1,258kb	10
	Part 4 - Section 4 - 2/6		2,090kb	1
	Part 5 - Section 4 - 3/6		2,067kb	1
	Part 6 - Section 4 - 4/6		1,954kb	1
	Part 7 - Section 4 - 5/6		2,641kb	1
	Part 8 - Section 4 - 6/6		2,786kb	1
	Part 9 - Section 5		64kb	10
	Part 10 - Section 6 - 1/5		2,477kb	4
	Part 11 - Section 6 - 2/5		1,747kb	4
	Part 12 - Section 6 - 3/5		2,801kb	1
	Part 13 - Section 6 - 4/5		3,038kb	2
	Part 14 - Section 6 - 5/5		2,803kb	4
	Part 15 - Sections 7 to 11 inclusive plus Appendix A		84kb	37
Sapphire to Woolgoolga draft route options working papers, December 2002
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	Working paper No 1: Statutory and strategic planning issues, November 2002		1,744kb	23
	Working paper No 2: Non-Indigenous heritage assessment, November 2002		1,821kb	18
	Working paper No 3: Geotechnical investigation, November 2002
	Part 1 of 4		1,898kb	74
	Part 2 of 4		1,967kb	3
	Part 3 of 4		1,961kb	3
	Part 4 of 4		2,508kb	3
	Working paper No 4: Noise and vibration assessment, November 2002		2,317kb	36
	Working paper No 5: Ecological assessment, November 2002
	Part 1 of 5		1,934kb	25
	Part 2 of 5		2,047kb	1
	Part 3 of 5		2,102kb	1
	Part 4 of 5		2,178kb	59
	Part 5 of 5		2,868kb	124
	Working paper No 6: Agricultural land use assessment, November 2002		2,147kb	35
	Working paper No 7: Socio-economic assessment, November 2002		2,348kb	36
	Working paper No 8: Traffic and transport assessment, November 2002		2,345kb	72
	Working paper No 9: Cost estimates and economic analysis, November 2002		1,898kb	57
	Working paper No 10: Urban design and visual assessment, November 2002		2,423kb	50
Community updates
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	Progress update, July 2010		43kb	1
	Progress update, May 2010		48kb	1
	Community update, May 2010		623kb	2
	Community update, September 2009		2,734kb	2
	Progress update, February 2009		1,452kb	2
	Community update 8, November 2007		3,060kb	2
	Community update 7, November 2006		2,006kb	2
	Community update, Letter to Residents, August 2006		2,087kb	2
	Progress update, April 2005		106kb	1
	Community update 6, November 2004		614kb	2
	Community update 5, June 2004		384kb	6
	Community update 4, February 2004		2,258kb	14
	Community update 3, December 2002		5,050kb	18
	Community update 1, September 2002		111kb	2
	Information sheet No.2, March 2002		995kb	12
	Information sheet No.1, September 2001 for copies phone 1800 63 63 63
	Summary brochure, September 2001 for copies phone 1800 63 63 63
	Discussion paper, for copies phone 1800 63 63 63
Community involvement summary reports
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	Community Involvement Summary Report (Coffs Harbour City Council's Preferred Corridor), July 2004		711kb	81
	Community Involvement Summary Report (Short-Listed Options), June 2004		3,882kb	124
	Community Involvement Summary Report, May 2003		880kb	96
	Community Involvement Summary Report, September 2002		1,448kb	263
Community focus group meetings - Sapphire to Woolgoolga
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	S2W (South) - CFG-201, December 2007		164kb	11
	S2W (North) - CFG-21, December 2006 [accepted December 2007]		302kb	19
	S2W (North) - CFG-20, November 2006 [accepted December 2006]		192kb	20
	S2W (South) - CFG-19, November 2006		148kb	16
	S2W (North) - CFG-19, August 2006 [accepted December 2006]		193kb	22
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-18, June 2006 [accepted December 2006]		96kb	17
	S2W (South) - CFG-17, May 2005		56kb	6
	S2W (North) - CFG-17, May 2005 [accepted December 2006]		130kb	17
	S2W (South) - CFG-16, March 2005		80kb	4
	S2W (North) - CFG-16, March 2005		127kb	13
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-15, December 2004		115kb	14
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-14, July 2004		66kb	13
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-12, February 2004		66kb	7
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-11, May 2003		121kb	15
	S2W (South) - CFG-10, March 2003		128kb	16
	S2W (North) - CFG-10, March 2003		114kb	14
	S2W (South) - CFG-9, November 2002		207kb	11
	S2W (North) - CFG-9, November 2002		328kb	19
	S2W (South) - CFG-8, September 2002		165kb	9
	S2W (North) - CFG-8, September 2002		165kb	9
	S2W (South) - CFG-7, August 2002		130kb	7
	S2W (North) - CFG-7, August 2002		151kb	12
	S2W (North) - CFG-7 SPECIAL, July 2002		97kb	8
	S2W (South) - CFG-6, July 2002		48kb	5
	S2W (North) - CFG-6, July 2002		78kb	8
	S2W (South) - CFG-5, May 2002		52kb	6
	S2W (North) - CFG-5, May 2002		71kb	8
	S2W (South) - CFG-4, March 2002		39kb	4
	S2W (North) - CFG-4, March 2002		49kb	6
	S2W (South) - CFG-3, February 2002		44kb	5
	S2W (North) - CFG-3, February 2002		55kb	7
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-2, December 2001		38kb	8
	S2W (North & South) - CFG-1, December 2001		62kb	5
Open information sessions
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	Open Information Sessions Report, for copies phone 1800 63 63 63
Land acquisition
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	RTA Land Acquisitions Policy Statement, June 2002		83kb	16