Sydney
,
New South Wales
Message
Modification Request for Remediation of Part of Hickson Rd (SSD6617 Mod.
2)-36 Hickson Rd, Barangaroo
We refer to the above modification request seeking to extend the site
boundary and install a temporary overhead gantry.
We comment as follows.
Past experience has shown us that control measures for the mitigation
of construction noise in the overnight period at Barangaroo South and
the Hickson Road remediation area have not been effective.
Earlier this year your Compliance Department (Cameron Sargarent and
Elizabeth Williamson) assisted us in resolving a noise/vibration issue
following the commissioning of the dewatering system on the Barangaroo
South site. This activity caused us significant sleep deprivation and
took some time to resolve. Of course we were grateful to Lendlease and
the Compliance Department for their efforts in finally mitigating the
noise but we suffered significantly in the interim.
For your information we took measures, at our own expense, before any
construction occurred on the Barangaroo Site to acoustically treat our
bedroom in the belief that we were making a "live and help live"
gesture that would preserve our night time amenity. Unfortunately,
these measures, while very effective for ordinary levels of noise are
ineffective with regard to "low frequency noise". Noise levels during
normal construction hours, irrespective of their tonality and levels
are normally always tolerated by us.
In the letter from Wilkinson Murray dated 23May2018, Appendix F, page
4, specific mitigation measures have been recommended [Extract of
Recommendations from Project Application Noise and Vibration
Assessment] and these form part of the Modification Request relating
to Response to Submissions. We ask that the Department of Planning &
Environment in its likely approval of the modification, mandate that
these recommendations are to be adopted and strictly adhered to in
order to provide assurances that our night time amenity will be
preserved.
