VPRS 10448 Reports: Eastern Corridor Study

The Eastern Corridor Study (ECS) grew out of the Ringwood Roads Impact and Koonung Valley Corridor Studies. The Study covered an area which spanned several municipalities within Melbourne's eastern suburbs, with boundaries from Burke Road in the west to Croydon in the east, and from Canterbury Road in the south to Warrandyte Road in the north.In July 1972, the Country Roads Board (CRB) was authorised by the Minister for Local Government to investigate the construction of a freeway in the Ringwood Area (between June 1970 and May 1973, the CRB reported to the Minister for Local Government). From this, the CRB hired consultants in September 1974 to undertake the Ringwood Roads Impact Study (RRIS). A further transport study in the adjoining Koonung Valley area (the Koonung Valley Corridor Study or KVCS) was commissioned in March 1975 by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (VA 1007).In July 1975 State Cabinet combined these two studies into the Eastern Corridor Study (ECS), for which a Final Report and Recommendations were to be submitted to Government by Christmas that year. A Management Group was established, comprising representatives from the CRB, MMBW and the Ministries for Planning, Transport and Conservation. Consultants were appointed to carry out the bulk of the research the main organisation being Alan M Voorhees & Partners Pty Ltd (AMV), which undertook the majority of research and community consultation. Sub-contractors were also employed to advise the CRB, obtain data, and produce technical reports.The major public concerns which the Management Group required consultants to address in their research were around issues of relocation, compensation and noise from increased traffic. There was considerable opposition to the proposed route of the freeways and major roads being considered in the ECS, from householders and organisations affected. There had been for 20 years a major road reservation in the planning scheme.Consultants undertook consultations in order to gauge community attitudes. A landscape study and investigation of the ecological characteristics of the corridor and impacts of the new transport infrastructure were undertaken by the consultants.This series consists of working documents and reports prepared by the ECS consultants and Management Group. It contains the various Technical Reports prepared for the Study, eg Technical Report No 5 Noise, Technical Report No 2 Community Views and Social Impacts, Technical Report No 9 Air Pollution, etc.There is a Report relating to the findings of the Doncaster Road Roadside Interview Survey, where researchers stopped cars and trucks and asked their occupants to complete a questionnaire about proposals from the ECS.The Summary Report prepared by the Consultants (in Unit 3) summarised the various studies conducted by the consultants and the information in the Technical Reports. No conclusions were reached by the consultants in the Report.Unit 3 contains the Final Summary and Recommendations which the Management Group presented to Government in December 1975, and which contains the decisions made from the Study.

东部走廊研究（Eastern Corridor Study，简称ECS）源于林伍德道路影响研究与库农谷走廊研究。该研究覆盖墨尔本东郊的多个市政区域，西起伯克路（Burke Road），东至克罗伊登（Croydon），南抵坎特伯雷路（Canterbury Road），北达沃兰代特路（Warrandyte Road）。

1972年7月，地方政府部长授权乡村道路委员会（Country Roads Board，简称CRB）对林伍德地区的高速公路建设展开调查（1970年6月至1973年5月期间，CRB向地方政府部长汇报工作）。据此，CRB于1974年9月聘请顾问开展林伍德道路影响研究（Ringwood Roads Impact Study，简称RRIS）。1975年3月，墨尔本及大都会工程局（Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works，VA 1007）委托开展了邻近库农谷地区的另一项交通研究——库农谷走廊研究（Koonung Valley Corridor Study，简称KVCS）。

1975年7月，州内阁将这两项研究合并为东部走廊研究（ECS），要求于当年圣诞节前向政府提交最终报告及建议。随后成立了管理小组，成员包括CRB、墨尔本及大都会工程局（MMBW，即前述VA 1007）以及规划、交通与环保部的代表。顾问团队被委以主要研究工作，核心机构为Alan M Voorhees & Partners Pty Ltd（简称AMV），负责大部分研究及社区咨询工作。此外还聘请了分包商，为CRB提供咨询、收集数据并撰写技术报告。

管理小组要求顾问在研究中重点回应公众关切的核心问题，包括搬迁、补偿及交通量增加带来的噪音影响。ECS中拟议的高速公路及主要道路路线遭到受影响居民及组织的强烈反对——规划方案中预留主要道路用地已有20年历史。

顾问团队开展了社区咨询以了解公众态度，并对走廊区域的生态特征、新建交通基础设施的影响进行了景观研究与调查。

本系列包含ECS顾问团队及管理小组编制的工作文件与报告，其中涵盖为该研究撰写的各类技术报告，例如《第5号技术报告：噪音》《第2号技术报告：社区意见与社会影响》《第9号技术报告：空气污染》等。

系列中还包含一份关于唐卡斯特路路边访谈调查结果的报告——研究人员在该调查中拦停轿车与卡车，邀请驾乘人员填写问卷，就ECS的拟议方案发表意见。

顾问团队编制的摘要报告（位于第3单元）汇总了其开展的各项研究及技术报告中的信息，但未在报告中得出结论。

第3单元包含管理小组于1975年12月向政府提交的最终摘要及建议，其中载有基于该研究作出的决策。