SeaLink Travel Group Limited is an ASX listed entity and the owner of Captain Cook Cruises, the lessee of two berths (King Street Wharf Number One, North and South) adjacent to the proposed ferry hub development.

We recognise the development as a timely and very exciting addition to Sydney's transport network and look forward to its ultimate completion.

As our berth lease is adjacent to the baffling which is to be removed as part of the project, we would like to be consulted about the timing and nature of its removal so we can discuss and arrange any means of ameliorating and mitigating any impact of its demolition on the operation of our leased berths.

We also have a potential interest in access to the decommissioned King Street Wharf #3 and, as key providers of tourism and commuter transport services on Sydney Harbour, request being involved in a formal process regarding the status and future use of this Wharf.

A copy of the submission is attached in PDF format.

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Please look to the future and include bike paths and cycling infrastructure into all new and existing urban plans. provide proper planing to include safe bike paths and bike parking. Include Bicycle NSW and BIKESydney in your planing

Please include properly engineered cycling links, compliant with Austroads guidelines. Thank you!

I support the introduction of a Ferry Hub for Barangaroo but calls for the proposal to be amended to include cycling links and bicycle parking as mandated in the Government's Long Term Transport Masterplan and Sydney City Centre Access Strategy.

The proposal should be updated to:

● address how the proposal serves the State's goal of doubling cycling (N​SW2021,​ Goal 8);

● explicitly enunciate the s​trategies t​hat it will adopt to encourage cycling as a transport and commuter option;

● adopt the principle to provide safe, connected cycling links to the Ferry Hub that eliminate conflict with pedestrians and motorised traffic;

● be updated to include the assessment of external and internal cycling catchments and "desire lines" to, and bicycle parking demand for the Ferry Hub;

● be updated to explicitly identify internal and external (to Barangaroo) cycling links to the Ferry Hub. Left implicit, the links will likely never be developed. By comparison, the proposal (rightly) clearly assesses and explicitly identifies the pedestrian network;

● commit to providing a quantum of convenient and secure bike parking at the Ferry Hub that can be increased later if required;

● commit to providing signalised cycling crossings at road intersections into/out of Barangaroo;

● specifically address the cycling desire line between the Harbour Bridge cycleway and the northern entrance to Barangaroo via Watson Rd, Argyle Pl and Dalgety Rd. The proposal does not address this route which will likely be favoured by many riders;

● be updated to clearly enunciate the cycling provision along the entire Barangaroo foreshore (in keeping with the requirement to provide foreshore access prescribed by the S​ydney Regional Environmental Plan (Sydney Harbour Catchment) 2005,​and S​haring Sydney Harbour Access Plan)​;

● commit to having internal cycling links to the Ferry Hub delivered as part of the first tranche of Barangaroo's transport network;


● be updated to explicitly address the requirements of the [Planning] Secretary's Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEAR's) in relation to:

"...assessment and modelling of ...bicycle parking requirements" and

"...assessment of ...impacts on cyclist and pedestrian access and safety, including consideration of opportunities to integrate cycling and pedestrian elements with the public domain"

● be updated to include mitigation and management measures to address impacts on riders from construction trucking movements particularly along Hickson Rd (as shown in Figures 6­5 and 6­6 of the EIS);

● commit to including lead cycling stakeholder groups such as Bicycle NSW and BIKESydney in the detailed​design of the Ferry Hub (as called for in Section 5.2.2 of the EIS. BIKESydney was not consulted in the development of the EIS as was required by the projects SEAR's).

The Customer and Operational Benefits of these measures include:

● Creation of a direct, efficient, fast autonomous travel choice;

● Increased ferry service patronage;

● Origin­side decongestion benefits (reduced car "drop offs");

● Reduction of private vehicle use and releasing seats on buses and trains ("mode­shifting");

● Increase in (origin­side) ferry patronage catchments;

● Health benefits.

The Barangaroo precinct is expected to accommodate up to 23,000 office workers, include a residential community of about 2,500 people and attract up to 33,000 visitors per day when complete. The great majority of these people will travel to and within the precinct by sustainable transport modes (walking, riding, and public transport, including the subject ferry service.) Accordingly, the Barangaroo Ferry Hub is a primary opportunity to achieve the State's N​SW 2021​cycling goal of doubling cycling's mode share.

The plan alludes to cycling but is vague.

It would be greatly improved it it:

* details strategies that it will adopt to encourage cycling as a transport and commuter option;
* provides safe, connected cycling links that eliminate conflict with pedestrians and motorised traffic;
* assesses cycling catchments and "desire lines" to the Ferry Hub, as has been done for pedestrians. The desire line between the Harbour Bridge cycleway and Barangaroo's northern entrance via Watson Rd, Argyle Pl and Dalgety Rd should be addressed explictly;
* identify cycling links to the Ferry Hub (rather than leave them inferred);
* quantify the demand for bicycle parking at the Ferry Hub;
* provide ample, convenient, secure bike parking;
* ensure that all parts of the foreshore path are rideable without conflict;
* ensure that construction trucking movements do not impact riders on the Hickson Rd cycleway;
* include Bicycle NSW and BIKESydney in the detailed design consultation.