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Melbourne Metro Rail Project Expert Witness Submission to Assessment Committee Ian Shears Manager Urban Sustainability City of Melbourne

Presentation content 1. Domain Parklands Temporary Secondary Access Shaft 2. Above or below Tunnel Alignment 3. Tree Value and Compensation

Domain Parklands – Temporary Secondary Access Shaft Tech. Note 055

Domain Parklands – Temporary Secondary Access Shaft Tech. Note 055

Tom’s Block – Existing Conditions Tom’s

Tom’s Block – Existing Conditions

Tom’s Block – Existing Conditions

Tom’s Block – Ground Stabilisation Works Tech Note 047

Tom’s Block – Ground Stabilisation Works

Tunnel Alignment ‘Above’ CityLink alignment: • Will significantly impact on landscape, heritage and environmental values. • Will result in loss of existing trees • Future landscape will not support healthy tree growth. • Result in inability to re-establish Linlithgow Elm Avenue (Primary Significance) • Result in permanent scar line inconsistent with existing character. ‘Below’ CityLink alignment: • Preserves existing landscape

Table of Amenity Values Location/Area Number of Trees Total Value (inc. GST) 4 $134,962.04 Arden Street CBD North 37 $354,267.82 CBD South 15 $223,483.00 Childers Street 23 $316,618.58 5 $310,310.65 Edmund Herring Reserve Grattan Street and Royal Parade 66 $2,837,396.05 Queen Victoria Park Intervention Shaft 5 $107,958.06 101 $4,622,306.65 St Kilda Rd & Domain Tom’s Block 62 $2,645,884.73 TOTAL 318 $11,553,187.58

Technical Note 040 Point 19 MMRA aims to double the baseline tree canopy cover by 2040 by ensuring that every tree removed will be replaced and that an additional tree will be planted back in the localised area. Response Not possible in localised area, suggest compensation provided to CoM to deliver.

Summary • Location of temporary access shaft not to impact on existing parkland . Alternative location ie Linlithgow Ave suggested as it could realise increased open space as legacy. • Tunnel alignment above CityLink not supported due likely permanent loss of healthy parkland. • Compensation from tree loss to reflect contemporary valuation of urban trees and to enable ‘double’ replanting.