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Main Roads Western Australia (MRWA) has referred the Neerabup Road east-west  linkage to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) for consideration. This  linkage is within an existing regional road reserve and is a subset of the broader area  considered by the EPA in its assessment of the Western Australian Planning  Commission (WAPC) Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) Amendment 992/33 in  1999. This MRS amendment included reservations for the Mitchell Freeway  extension, the connecting east-west roads and adjustments to Wanneroo Road. In  Bulletin 971 (March 2000), the EPA concluded that the scheme, as it relates to  Neerabup road east could be implemented subject to the implementation of the  recommended environmental conditions.  

The environmental conditions relevant to the amendment where incorporated into the  MRS scheme text on 13 December 2003 and the amendment was gazetted on 23  January 2004.  

1. Environmental issues  

The EPA gave consideration to the significance of the impacts to the preliminary  environmental factor of Terrestrial Fauna.  

The EPA considers that based on the information provided by the proponent in its  referral information, it does not warrant formal assessment under the Environmental  Protection Act 1986 (EP Act) as the potential environmental impacts of the proposal  can be adequately regulated and mitigated by other statutory decision-making  processes to meet the EPA's objectives and principles as discussed below.  

2. Advice and recommendations regarding environmental issues  

In determining whether the proposal is likely to have a significant effect on the  environment the EPA used its professional judgment and had regard for the points in  clause 7 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Part IV Divisions 1 and 2)  Administrative Procedures 2012.  

a. Terrestrial Fauna  

The construction of the Neerabup road linkage can be considered in two sections,  the area to the east and the area to the west of Mitchell Freeway.  

Neerabup Road East  

In Bulletin 971, the EPA identified concerns with the potential impacts to fauna  movement that may result from the implementation of Neerabup Road. In particular,  the need for thorough investigation into alternatives for facilitating movement of fauna  across the alignments, and providing assistance to the National Parks and Nature  Conservation Authority (now the Conservation Commission) to reduce the existing  pressures, such as predation by and competition with introduced species, disease and increased road deaths on fauna populations within Neerabup National Park.  Condition 2.1 of Ministerial Statement 629 states:  

"Prior to the finalisation of detailed design plans for the construction of the two east west roads, a Vegetation and Fauna Management Plan shall be prepared in  consultation with conservation groups (including the Quinn's Rock Environmental  Group), to ensure the protection and management of biodiversity in Neerabup  National Park that may be affected directly or indirectly by development within the  amendment area, to the requirements of the Responsible Authority with the  concurrence of the Environmental Protection Authority on advice of the Department  of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Land  Management."  

The proponent has considered the potential impacts of the proposed Neerabup road  east-west linkage by undertaking a Fauna Movement Study (GHD, 2014) and  concluded that while the proposed extension would create a barrier to the movement  of fauna the road could be designed to mitigate these impacts through the installation  of four fauna underpasses along the length of the road to maintain fauna movement.  

MRWA is also required to prepare a Flora and Fauna Management Plan to avoid and  minimise indirect impacts on native fauna in Neerabup National Park. This plan is  required under the environmental conditions attached to MRS Amendment 992/33  (Clarkson/Butler) and will be reviewed by relevant agencies in accordance with  Attachment 2 of Ministerial Statement No. 629 and approved by the Responsible  Authority prior to the finalisation of detailed design plans for the construction of the  Neerabup road east-west linkage.  

Neerabup Road West  

With regards to the proposed Neerabup road west linkage, this area was not  considered in the EPA's original assessment (Bulletin 971), however, this extension requires minimal vegetation clearing and is proposed within a highly modified urban  area and is not considered to have a significant impact on Terrestrial Fauna.  

The EPA is satisfied that the impacts of the proposal can be managed under the  statutory planning process to meet the EPA's objectives for Terrestrial Fauna. 

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