Changes to Legislation
The work undertaken on the development of the Kempsey to Eungai upgrade up until August 2005 has been conducted under the provisions of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act). This legislation was amended in August 2005. As a result, most of the RTA's major infrastructure projects will now be conducted under Part 3A of the EP&A Act.
The focus of the new Part 3A assessment is to ensure that the community
is consulted and an environmental assessment is undertaken.
This assessment will focus on the key issues that are identified
by the Department of Planning and other agencies as important
to evaluate the proposal, including potential social, economic
or environmental impacts.
The effect of the changes to the EP&A Act are described in the RTA’s Environmental
Assessment – Part 3A fact sheet.
For the purposes of clause 8F(3)(a) of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000, notice is hereby given that an application for approval of the Kempsey to Eungai upgrade under section 75E of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (Part 3A) was lodged with the Director-General of the Department of Planning on 8 August 2006.
Details of the application are available on the Public information page of this website.
An environmental assessment has been prepared that describes the key issues raised by the Director-General. The environmental assessment and refined design were on display for community comment until Friday 31 August 2007 at the locations shown below:
- Kempsey Shire Council, 22 Tozer Street, West Kempsey (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-4.30pm).
- Kempsey RTA Motor Registry, 55 Elbow Street, West Kempsey (Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm).
- Kempsey Visitor Information Centre, Lachlan Street (Pacific Highway) (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm and Sat, 10am-4pm).
- Frederickton Newsagent, 7 Macleay Street, Frederickton (Mon-Fri, 6am-7pm and Sat-Sun, 7am-6pm).
- Eungai Rail Post Office and General Store, 8 Station Street, Eungai Rail (Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm. Sat, 8am-6pm. Sun, 8am-3pm).
- RTA Pacific Highway Office, 21 Prince Street, Grafton (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-4.30pm).
- Nambucca Shire Council, 44 Princess Street, Macksville (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-4.30pm).
- Nambucca RTA Motor Registry, shops 11-13, Seascape Shopping Centre, Ridge Street, Nambucca Heads (Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm).
- Port Macquarie RTA Motor Registry, cnr Central and Barton Crescent, Port Macquarie (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5pm and Sat, 8.30am-12 noon).
- RTA Head Office, ground floor Centennial Plaza, 260 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills (Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5pm).
