Decision details

2018/096337

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Committee endorse the following temporary road closures associated with the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on Sunday 20 May 2018 from 4am to 11.30am subject to the following conditions:

(A)      The Applicant must comply with the temporary road closure conditions as stipulated in Schedule A of this Agenda.

(B)      The Applicant must contact the NSW Police to discuss deployment of user pay police for the event.

(C)      The Applicant must contact the City’s Venue Management Unit to discuss the event.

(D)      The Applicant must provide a telephone number of the supervisor responsible for the proposed event and include contact details in the notification letters to be distributed to affected stakeholders.

(E)      The Applicant must notify the Millers Point and Pyrmont Resident Action Group of the event and carry out a letterbox drops to all affected residents in the area.

(F)       The Applicant must specifically notify the Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Opera House, Pier One Hotel, Old Holiday Inn Hotel, Park Hyatt Hotel, Sydney Theatre Company, Walsh Bay Finance, The Observatory Hotel, Channel Seven building, Jones Bay Wharf and The Star at least three weeks before the proposed event.

(G)      The Applicant must advise relevant car share operators if their respective vehicles need to be temporarily relocated as a result of the proposed temporary road closures and Special Event Clearways at least two weeks prior to the event.

(H)      The Applicant must provide a telephone number of the supervisor responsible for the proposed event and include contact details in the notification letters to be distributed to affected stakeholders.

(I)        The Applicant must contact Sydney Buses and arrange and pay for the rerouting of bus services around the closures, the temporary relocation of bus stops and any additional staff required.

Voting Members for this Item

Decision

The Committee carried the recommendation unanimously.

Background

Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd has applied for various temporary road closures associated with the annual Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon event on Sunday 20 May 2018 from 4am to 11.30am.

The Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon is a Category 1 State Significant Event.

The NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet’s (DPC) Community Engagement and Events Division has established a Working Group with representatives from the NSW Police, Roads and Maritime Services, Sydney Coordination Office, Transport Management Centre, Sydney Buses, Emergency Services, Royal Botanic Gardens and Doman Trust, City of Sydney and Event Organisers. The Working Group has reviewed the transport impact of the event and raised no objections.

The Transport Management Centre has assessed the Traffic Management Plan (TMP), Traffic Control Plan (TCP) and Road Occupancy Licences (ROL) for the event and provided approval.