Sydney Olympic Park experiences the full range of regional and local air quality, noise, heat, and light impacts each day. The Park itself is subject to the typical urban noise from roads, rail and aircraft, and in addition as a major events precinct is sometimes a generator of loud noise and bright light outside normal working hours – in the event venues themselves and in the public domain.
Sydney Olympic Park Authority seeks to work within its span of control and influence, to effectively manage compliance with applicable noise, air, light, and water quality standards while balancing the different and sometimes conflicting roles of Sydney Olympic Park and the interests of different stakeholders. In pursuit of this objective, wherever possible Sydney Olympic Park Authority is committed to:
(a) Complying with all relevant statutes and regulatory requirements;
(b) Minimising light pollution by limiting use of lights at inappropriate times, locations, and intensities; and avoiding loss of habitat values or natural ambience for open spaces;
(c) Promoting the design and physical construction of new buildings so that they mitigate environmental impacts associated with major events;
(d) Managing remediated landfills and leachate systems to ensure their integrity is maintained, human health and the environment is protected, and statutory compliance is achieved;
(e) Ensuring development, operations, and event activities do not adversely impact on the water quality of wetlands and watercourses; and
(f) Validating all soils and ‘fill’ materials proposed to be imported into Sydney Olympic Park, and reject those that are not free from contamination.
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