Local Impacts Committee Criteria
Freight Efficiency
Amount of congestion (mid-block and intersection) hindering large trucks from travelling at a steady speed along the road.
General Traffic Efficiency
Amount of congestion (mid-block and intersection) hindering cars and small trucks from travelling at a steady speed along the road.
Public Transport Efficiency
Amount of congestion (mid-block and intersection) hindering public transport vehicles on public transport routes from travelling at a steady speed along the road.
Safety
Number of crashes relative to the amount of traffic.
Traffic Noise
Degree of traffic noise: daytime and evening; night time.
Air Pollution
Effect on emissions from traffic and from vehicle loads: eg. fumes, soot and odour.
Community Access
Degree of difficulty getting on/off roads when travelling to/from places along the road, when difficulty is caused by traffic along the road.
Vibration
Amount of disturbance to buildings, or annoyance to the people in those buildings, by vibration from traffic on the road.
Water Pollution
Concerns about pollution from vehicles travelling on the road getting into significant water sources; whether ground water, surface water, and/or wetlands.
Built and cultural heritage
Impact of traffic along the road on cultural heritage areas and buildings next to the road, including indigenous or non-indigenous heritage.
Natural heritage
Impact of traffic along the road on natural heritage areas including severance of habitat areas or severance of wildlife migratory routes. The impact may be on vegetation or a wetland area.
Visual amenity
Intrusion of road infrastructure into views from adjacent land or buildings, or the reduction in privacy of adjacent land and buildings from road users overlooking that land or buildings.
