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contamination, noise impacts of industry and transport, and hazards
management.
Sewerage systems on the Peninsula consist of a mixture of septic systems and
mains sewerage. Part of this system to the south of the Peninsula is at, or near,
capacity due to the high groundwater levels in the area which prevents
discharges to the main system in peak periods, and general infrastructure
constraints.
Lefevre Peninsula Master Plan 2010
The State Governemnt’s Masterplan includes all land under the ‘care and
control’ of Renewal SA located on Lefevre Peninsula north of Willochra Street,
east of Victoria Road and at Outer Harbor and North Haven, encompassing
approximately 300 hectares of land.
The key purpose of the South Australian Government's Lefevre Peninsula
Master Plan is to maximise industrial development opportunities, develop safe
and efficient transport networks, manage the interface between established
residential and new industrial areas, improve public access to open space and
the waterfront and enhance recreational opportunities.
A challenge is to implement the Master Plan in an ecologically sound fashion
that will benefit terrestrial and marine ecosystems on the Peninsula, and ensure
improved management of noise and other environmental impacts on residents
and businesses, resulting from the increase in heavy rail and road transport and
industrial activities.
Gillman
The proposed Gillman industrial precinct provides much sought after land for
industrial development and infrastructure necessary to meet a range of rapidly
expanding logistics and related commercial activities into the future.
A portion of the area has been specifically set-aside as a Waste Resource
Recovery zone to meet the recycling requirements for metropolitan Adelaide.
This area provides a focus for waste management activities that help achieve
wider government policy directions to shift from landfill waste disposal to waste
recovery.
The Gillman area poses a range of challenges to future development including
low site levels (AHD), stormwater and sea flooding, sea level rise and mangrove
accession, marine rehabilitation, acid sulphate soils, and gaps in infrastructure
and service provision. A concept planning exercise has been conducted to
facilitate optimal use of this area in the future, however there is a concern that
the shorebird high habitat zones may be seriously impacted through changes in
salinity/depth, higher visitation rates, increased traffic noise and more frequent
pollution events. A major concern is the reduction in the value of low-tide
feeding habitat to shorebirds if there are significant losses of, or indirect impacts
on, close proximity high-tide roosting habitats (Coleman. P & Faith. C, 2010).
