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Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme-Historical Assets-Surveys

An excel database of historical files relating to the Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme (HVFMS) and the associated files in PDF format. 

The files include engineering drawings, survey information and flood information.

Access the excel spreadsheet first to find the pdf file you are looking for. The files are broken down into 4 categories:



Floods 

Information

Restoration

Surveys


Each of these categories has a series of zip files. The excel spreadsheet includes an index to which zip file you will find your information in.

Tags: DCCEEW - Water, Hunter, water
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Degree of River Regulation

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Content TitleDegree of River RegulationContent TypeHosted Feature LayerDescriptionDegree of River RegulationInitial Publication Date28/08/2024Data Currency28/08/2024Data Update Frequency APIContent Source APIFile TypeImagery LayerAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94Spatial Reference System (web service)OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianNSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and WaterPoint of ContactNSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and WaterData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Tags: Water
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Caravans in traffic crashes : TARU 5/74

From time-to-time, questions arise regarding the role played in traffic crashes by caravans towed by cars or car-derived vehicles (station wagons, utilities, panel vans). It has been suggested that towed caravans may constitute an undue hazard to other road users and that therefore special restrictions should be placed on usage of these vehicles. Such restrictions may, for example, be in the form of special licensing requirements, vehicle/caravan combination design requirements or speed limits. This paper sets out to examine the involvement of towed caravans in traffic crashes in New South Wales and to consider variously proposed countermeasures.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
Proposed Hume Highway duplication including Bookham Bypass : environmental impact statement

Progressive upgrading of the Hume Highway has been under way for a number of years as part of the Commonwealth funded National Highways strategy. Once committed works are complete, continuous dual carriage was will exist between Sydney and Coolac with the exception of a 19 kilometre section commencing 19 kilometres south of Yass. Completion of this section, centred on Bookham, is the next planned major work to be undertaken as part of upgrading the Hume Highway and is the subject of this environmental impact statement.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Crash protection for the sub-teen child : TARU 4/74

This report describes a program of simulated car crashes and examinations designed to evaluate the child restraints currently available in Australia. Each restraint was subjected to crash simulations producing deceleration forces equal to 17 times the weight of the occupant. During each crash, data such as harness forces, deceleration and velocity were recorded and high speed movies were provided. It was concluded that, in general, SAA-approved devices afforded a degree of protection adequate to ensure survival of the occupant in most real life frontal collisions; there were, however, some aspects of approved devices which could have been improved. In general, non-approved devices were considered inadequate, in at least some respects; some devices could easily be modified to satisfy safety requirements. The report concludes with detailed appraisals of 21 commercial products manufactured in Australia, Canada, Britain or the United States of America.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
Translucency Monitoring-Hypothesis 4

Rocky riffles in rivers support a complex community of algae, bacteria, fungi and detritus often held together by a polysaccharide matrix. This biofilm provides food for invertebrates, some fish, platypus, rakali and turtles. Biofilms are scoured naturally by high flows. River regulation alters the timing, duration and frequency of biofilm scouring. Environmental flows downstream of dams, including translucent and transparent releases are designed to restore some of the variability of flow and allow scouring to reset early-stage biofilm, which is more palatable for aquatic animals.

IMEF biofilm and invertebrate studies were performed in the Hunter and Murrumbidgee Rivers, testing the hypothesis (IMEF Hypothesis 4) that restoring some freshes and high flows would induce scouring of silt and biofilms and improved habitat quality for some invertebrate scrapers and their predators.

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Tags: BIODIVERSITY, DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Science, Ecosystem processes, Invertebrates, SURFACE WATER, Water quality, biofilm, flow variability, periphyton, productivity, stable isotopes
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Environmental Technology Transfer Workshop : Sydney : November, 1992 : summary papers

CONTENTS 
Federal Environmental Policy Overview - Mark Hyman 
State Environmental Policy Overview - Lisa Corbyn 
BHP's Environmental Initiatives - David Hodges 
RTA Environmental Directions - Maxine Cooper, Margaret Balandin, Ross Jones 
RTA's Environmental Management System -  Maxine Cooper, Grant Sheldon 
RTA Noise Policies and Initiatives - Terry McCoy, Karl Mezgailis 
Air Quality Issues -  Dave Corry, Peter Loveday, Frank Howarth
RTA Roadscape Management Programs - Ian Burke 
Future Directions : A Total Transport Management Policy - David Stewart

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
NSW Annual Report on Progress 2020 - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

The report outlines the progress NSW Government has made in implementing its response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse throughout 2020.  

Tags: Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Communities and Justice, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Ministry of Health, NSW Education Standards Authority, NSW Police Force, Office of the Children-s Guardian, State Archives and  Records Authority of New South Wales, Treasury
Organization: NSW Government
Driver behaviour at stop signs : TARU 4/77

In August, 1974, the definition of the STOP sign in New South Wales was changed to correspond with accepted international practice. Driver behaviour was observed at ten open, free-flowing, orthogonal intersections posted with STOP signs and at two similar intersections posted with GIVE-WAY signs. Observations were carried out once before and twice after the date of the change. The behaviour of the drivers approaching the signs was recorded in relation to that of the other drivers with whom they interacted. The proportion of drivers who actually stopped at the STOP signs initially increased and then fell below the original level. The final proportion was similar to that observed at the GIVE-WAY signs which were not affected by the change in regulations. The proportion of drivers who yielded as required at STOP signs showed little initial change, but subsequ_ntly increased. A similar pattern was observed at GIVE-WAY signs and in the final survey the porportions were approximately equal. The marked similarity in driver behaviour between the two sign types might suggest the need for a re-evaluation of the placing of STOP signs.

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government
Victoria Road upgrade proposal : Iron Cove geotechnical and sediment contamination investigations : review of environmental factors : February 2008

Iron Cove is located between the suburbs of Drummoyne and Rozelle. Victoria Road links these suburbs via the Iron Cove Bridge. It is proposed to undertake geotechnical and sediment contamination investigations within Iron Cove to assist option development and planning for a new bridge over Iron Cove as part of the Victoria Road upgrade.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Trip generation surveys : service stations : analysis report

The former Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) published its Guide to Traffic Generating Developments (¿Guide¿) in the mid-1990s. This document drew on the results of a number of trip generation and parking demand surveys covering a range of land uses. These surveys had been progressively conducted since 1978. The trip generation and parking requirement data in the Guide is becoming increasingly outof- date. Several new business types are not adequately represented (eg factory outlet centres) and there is evidence of ongoing industry rationalisation (eg larger service stations, hardware supercentres, etc). The Guide contains trip generation and parking demand information derived from a 1979 survey of ten Service Stations across greater Sydney. Half of the sites were self-service, and half offered the then traditional driveway service. Five service stations out of 10 selected for this Study did not contain any ancillary services. Three stations had a fast food restaurant on site, four had a car wash drive-through and one of the latter stations also had a car service garage.

Tags: Roads and Maritime Services
Organization: NSW Government
More than shelter – addressing legal and policy gaps in supporting homeless children

This report draws attention to critical legal, policy and service gaps in the response to homeless children. In 2016-17, just over 5,000 unaccompanied children and young people aged 12-18 presented to a homelessness service to access support and a place to stay. More than one third of these children were under 16, and about 700 of them were specifically seeking accommodation.

Tags: New South Wales Ombudsman
Organization: NSW Government
Cross City Tunnel : representations report : volume 1 : main volume

This report provides an introduction to the proposal; a consideration of the EIS; a consideration of representations made in response to exhibition of the EIS; the RTA's response to issues raised in the representations; a summary of additional investigations or studies undertaken after exhibition of the EIS; details of the "Preferred Activity" - the new proposal incorporating modifications.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Trip generation, parking demand and vessel movement surveys of marinas : data report

The Transport Planning Partnership (TTPP) has been commissioned by the Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to undertake a trip generation and parking analysis of marina sites across Sydney and Regional NSW.
The current Roads and Maritime Services (former Roads and Traffic Authority) rates for marinas have been in place since the 1992 edition of Roads and Maritime’s Guide to Traffic Generating Developments. The rates set out in the 1992 Guide are based on the surveys undertaken in Pittwater in 1978 and Middle Harbour in 1990.
With the growth in the number and variety of marinas throughout Australia, it is deemed necessary to undertake a new study for marinas.
This study has been undertaken as part of Roads and Maritime’s programme to update trip generation and parking generation studies for specific development types throughout NSW, which commenced in 2008.
This data report accompanies the analysis report and contains details of the selected marinas and the survey results.

Tags: Transport for NSW
Organization: NSW Government
Home Building Compensation scheme report - June 2018

SIRA collects data on Home Building Compensation (HBC) contracts of insurance and claims in accordance with HBC guideline to monitor the operation of the scheme. The information in this report consists of two parts: 
Part 1: information pertaining to policies issued since 1 July 2010. 
icare HBCF has been the sole provider over this period. 
Part 2: claims information for policies issues prior to 1 July 2010. 
The information in Part 2 of the report relates to claims information for contracts of insurance entered into by runoff insurers prior to 1 July 2010.

Tags: State Insurance Regulatory Authority
Organization: NSW Government
Trip generation surveys : medium density residential dwellings : data report

GTA Consultants were commissioned by the NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) to undertake a study to determine contemporary trip generation for the land use 'Medium Density Residential' within Metropolitan Sydney and Regional NSW. This new information would replace the existing traffic and parking generation data contained with the RTA Guide to Traffic Generating Developments 2002. This data report contains details of the surveys undertaken in support of the analysis to determine the trip generation and parking demand rates for the land use "Medium Density Residential".

Tags: Roads and Maritime Services
Organization: NSW Government
Windsor Road : environmental overview

Windsor Road is a major north/south arterial link serving the growing North West Sector of Sydney. The route acts as a major transport route linking the North West Sector to employment and commercial centres at Parramatta and Blacktown and other areas in the Sydney Metropolitan Area. In order to accommodate the growth of the North West Sector of Sydney the NSW Government has developed a program for the upgrade of Windsor Road. This document discusses issues in relation to the various road construction projects that make up the Windsor Road upgrade in order to provide some foresight in the planning and design of these road projects.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
Continental slope and rise geomorphology seaward of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica (112°E-122°E)

The continental slope seaward of the Totten Glacier  and Sabrina Coast displays a suite of submarine canyons separated by ridges. The ridges show a range of morphological features that indicate they form by accretion of pelagic and hemipelagic sediment which can be remobilised by mass movement. The study area can be divided into two areas with distinct geomorphological features. Canyons in the eastern part of the study area have concave thalwegs and are linked to the shelf edge and upper slope and show signs of erosion and deposition along their beds suggesting cycles of activity controlled by climate cycles. The major canyon in the western part of the area has a convex thalweg. It is likely fed predominantly by mass movement from the flanks of the adjacent ridges with less input sediment from the shelf edge. The ridges between canyons in the Eastern part of the study area are asymmetric with crests close to the west bank of adjacent canyons and are mostly formed by westward advection of fine sediment lofted from turbidity currents and deposition of pelagic sediment. The ridges in the western part of the study area are more likely fully contourites, formed by accretion of suspended sediment with their associated canyons fed by flows derived predominantly from slumping on the adjacent ridge flanks. Canyons and ridges in the eastern part of the study area lie to the east of the Totten Glacier and are seaward of small ice drainage basins feeding the Moscow University Ice Shelf. Ridges and canyons in the western part of area formed from sediment transported along the margin and from detritus originating from the Totten Glacier.  Higher sediment supply produced larger, shallower ridges that interact with ocean currents and coincide with a long-lived depocenter. The overall geomorphology of the Sabrina Coast slope is part of a continuum of mixed contourite-turbidite systems identified on the Antarctic margin. These ridges are thus prime locations to sample for sedimentary records of the Totten Glacier’s interaction with the adjacent ocean.

Citation: E. O'Brien, A.L. Post, S. Edwards, T. Martin, A. Caburlotto, F. Donda, G. Leitchenkov, R. Romeo, M. Duffy, D. Evangelinos, L. Holder, A. Leventer, A. López-Quirós, B.N. Opdyke, L.K. Armand, Continental slope and rise geomorphology seaward of the Totten Glacier, East Antarctica (112°E-122°E), Marine Geology, Volume 427, 2020, 106221, ISSN 0025-3227,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.1062

Tags: Antarctica, Continental slope and rise, EARTH SCIENCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, Published_External, Ridges, Submarine cnayons, Totten Glacier
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Sydney Harbour Tunnel : environmental impact statement

?Upon completion of the EIS, it is required that it be exhibited, that public submissions be received, that an Assessment Report be prepared addressing these submissions, and that a Determination should then be made as to whether the project will proceed. This report includes the following sections: Summary and conclusions; Detailed description of the proposal; Traffic and transportation assessment; Evaluation of the proposal and alternatives; Justification of the proposal and consequences of not undertaking the development; Design options; Environmental context; Description of existing environment, assessment of environmental impact and environmental safeguards; Botany Bay construction works and Energy statement.

Tags: Department of Main Roads
Organization: NSW Government
Technology transfer workshop : Newcastle, October 1991 : Summary papers

CONTENTS
Geotechnical Developments - Jim Williams 
The Heavy Vehicle Crash Study - Fred Schneering 
Bridge Management Systems - Paul Keogh 
New Technology for Effecive Pothole Patching - Peter Morris 
Contract Maintenance Pilot Study - Malcolm Frost 
Instrumentation for Road and Traffic Data Collection - Fred Clerk
Sprayed Sealing Guide - Phil Walter
Noise and Skid Resistance of Concrete - Geoff Ayton
Delineation Linemarking - John Bliss

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
IMEF Reports-Macquarie

The IMEF program generated multiple reports on program design, methodologies, and outcomes for environmental flow monitoring across NSW. Data was collected until 2012 in a range of aquatic systems affected by flow from regulated rivers. 



Note: If you would like to ask a question, make any suggestions, or tell us how you are using this dataset, please visit the NSW Water Hub which has an online forum you can join.

Tags: BIODIVERSITY, DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Science, Ecosystem processes, FAUNA, SURFACE WATER, VEGETATION, Water quality
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Nelson Bay Road Upgrade : Bobs Farm to Anna Bay : review of environmental factors : volume 1 : main report

The RTA is currently considering upgrading Nelson Bay Road (Main Road 108) between Bobs Farm and Anna Bay. Main Road 108 is the major arterial road connecting Newcastle and Williamtown with the Tomaree Peninsula. It carries a large proportion of locally based traffic in addition to tourist traffic visiting the Nelson Bay area particularly during holiday periods and weekends. It is the only route which services the Tomaree Peninsula and the various small townships between Newcastle and Nelson Bay.

Tags: Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales
Organization: NSW Government
F4 freeway : Mays Hill - Prospect : working paper 1 : traffic pattern

In March 1986 Dye Arup Transportation Planning was commissioned by the Department of Main Roads (DMR) to collect, assemble and collate traffic information to assist the DMR to analyse and make decisions regarding the completion of the missing link on the Western Freeway F4. This section is between Mays Hill and Prospect, 25 to 35 kilo- metres to the west of Sydney. Of particular importance is the section between 30 and 35 km where several alternative solutions are to be assessed. The study area and its regional context are shown in Figure 1. Information held by the DMR was reviewed and surveys undertaken by the consultants and contractors in March and April 1986. This Working Paper presents a summary of the traffic pattern within the study area and is based on traffic data surveyed between 1980 and 1986.

Tags: Department of Main Roads
Organization: NSW Government
A profile of long distance truck drivers : TARU 9/77

A personal interview survey of 615 heavy vehicle commercial transport drivers and 551 other motorists was conducted at roadside restaurants on major New South Wales roadways during May, 1976. Questions were designed to provide background information on typical, long distance truck driver behaviour, life style, opinions and attitudes for control data purposes. This report includes an extensive literature review and describes the rationale for the survey, the methodology and resulting profile of long distance truck drivers that has emerged. Significant differences between truck drivers and other motorists are discussed in terms of the life style and cohesive fraternity evidenced by the truck drivers interviewed. A second report, to be published later, will describe analyses conducted to investigate whether or not such variables were related to the drivers' reported traffic crash frequency. 

Tags: Department of Motor Transport, Traffic Accident Research Unit TARU
Organization: NSW Government