Gold Coast Rapid Transit Stage 2
Specialist Urban Design and Visual Assessment Advice
IRIS Visual Planning + Design provided specialist Landscape and Visual Assessment advice to the Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project Environmental Approvals Team. This project includes a light rail corridor extending the existing line and connecting with the commuter rail service with a transit hub. Suzie provided peer review of the urban design and visual assessment components of the environmental approvals package and undertook early urban design advice to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.
Specialist Urban Design and Visual Assessment Advice
IRIS Visual Planning + Design provided specialist Landscape and Visual Assessment advice to the Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project Environmental Approvals Team. This project includes a light rail corridor extending the existing line and connecting with the commuter rail service with a transit hub. Suzie provided peer review of the urban design and visual assessment components of the environmental approvals package and undertook early urban design advice to the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.
CBD & South East Light Rail EIS, Sydney
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
This project is located within the CBD and south eastern suburbs of Sydney, within view of numerous sites of national and state heritage significance, and transforming the public realm in the heart of the city. The alignment begins at Circular Quay and continues along George Street to Central Station, through Surrey Hills and onto Randwick in the east and Kingsford in the south. The project proposes wireless and traditional light rail infrastructure and includes two stabling yard sites. Numerous alignments and options were considered as the reference design was developed in concert with the environmental assessment. Of particular importance was consideration of the temporary impacts of the project during construction, night time impacts of the light rail vehicles, and public realm improvements provided by the urban design strategy. *
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
This project is located within the CBD and south eastern suburbs of Sydney, within view of numerous sites of national and state heritage significance, and transforming the public realm in the heart of the city. The alignment begins at Circular Quay and continues along George Street to Central Station, through Surrey Hills and onto Randwick in the east and Kingsford in the south. The project proposes wireless and traditional light rail infrastructure and includes two stabling yard sites. Numerous alignments and options were considered as the reference design was developed in concert with the environmental assessment. Of particular importance was consideration of the temporary impacts of the project during construction, night time impacts of the light rail vehicles, and public realm improvements provided by the urban design strategy. *
Southern Freight Rail Corridor
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
This Landscape and Visual assessment was prepared as a part of the preliminary planning and impact assessment for the Southern Freight Rail Corridor Study. The study was commissioned to identify a future route for a freight rail corridor connecting the western rail line between Rosewood and the interstate railway north of Beaudesert, some 50 km in length. The project considered a range of alternative routes crossing remote rural and natural landscapes of South East Queensland. **
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
This Landscape and Visual assessment was prepared as a part of the preliminary planning and impact assessment for the Southern Freight Rail Corridor Study. The study was commissioned to identify a future route for a freight rail corridor connecting the western rail line between Rosewood and the interstate railway north of Beaudesert, some 50 km in length. The project considered a range of alternative routes crossing remote rural and natural landscapes of South East Queensland. **
Sydney Metro NorthWest, Sydney
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
The Metro NorthWest project includes eight new rail stations linked by 24 kilometres of tunnels and viaduct structure, crossing the north western suburbs of Sydney. This project required the preparation of two separate EIS reports, one addressing the Major Civil Works, and a second addressing the impacts of the Stage 2 Construction and Operation of the project. The scale and duration of construction was an important consideration, with noise attenuation sheds likely to be some 100m in length and four stories high, and with a day and night time construction program. The alignment included potential views from the Rouse Hill and Farm, a Historic Houses Trust property, and within the context of a range of landforms and land uses. *
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
The Metro NorthWest project includes eight new rail stations linked by 24 kilometres of tunnels and viaduct structure, crossing the north western suburbs of Sydney. This project required the preparation of two separate EIS reports, one addressing the Major Civil Works, and a second addressing the impacts of the Stage 2 Construction and Operation of the project. The scale and duration of construction was an important consideration, with noise attenuation sheds likely to be some 100m in length and four stories high, and with a day and night time construction program. The alignment included potential views from the Rouse Hill and Farm, a Historic Houses Trust property, and within the context of a range of landforms and land uses. *