Criteria | Definition | Weight |
1. Direct impacts on privately owned land | Land that may be directly impacted by the transmission line, and
includes consideration of the proximity to homesteads, number of
properties and size of properties. | |
2. Business impacts | Possible impacts the transmission line may have on revenue of
existing businesses (with an ABN), including agricultural
properties, vineyards, plantations and tourism businesses, taking
into account variation in land capability along each corridor. |
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3. Land operation impacts | Possible impacts on operating the land, including biosecurity / risk
of weed infestation and impacts on airstrips used for spraying or
other land operation purposes. |
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4. Impacts on public infrastructure | Potential impacts on public services or utilities, Including water,
communications and rail. |
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5. Views | Possible impacts on the views from major roads, residences and
tourism / recreation sites / significant features, and including
foreground views through to far distant views. |
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6. Impacts on recreation | Possible impacts on the use of amenities for recreation, including
walking trails, camping areas and aerial recreation areas. |
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7. Electromagnetic fields | Perceived health impacts associated with EMFs. |
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8. Indigenous heritage | Sites or places of importance in indigenous culture, including
ethnographical and archaeological sites. |
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9. Cultural (non- Indigenous) heritage | Sites or places, either natural or man-made, that are historically
important, but not related to indigenous culture. |
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10. Flora and vegetation | Possible impacts on flora and vegetation, including clearing of
native vegetation, Declared Rare and Priority Flora, Threatened
Ecological Communities and fragmentation of vegetation. |
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11. Fauna | Possible impacts on Threatened Fauna. |
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12. Hydrology | Potential impacts on rivers or creeks, wetlands or salt affected
areas through access for maintenance. |
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13. Project cost | Total cost of the transmission line, including the cost of
construction, the ongoing costs to operate and maintain the line. |
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14. Construction issues | The ease with which the transmission line can be accessed for
construction. |
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Land owner along one or more of the proposed corridors | Manager / tenant of a property along one or more of the proposed corridors | Local business (including farming) owner/representative |
Regional business owner/representative | Local or regional industry group representative | Local environment/community group interest |
Local Government representative | State Government agency representative | State or Federal Politician |
Other |
Below is an illustration of the weighting process, which shows just seven criteria, whereas you will go through fourteen criteria in the weighting process.
Balloon comments are provided to show how it all works.
NOTE that the illustration is an example only and in no way indicates what weights anyone should use in the process.
As you can see, to do the process correctly, there needs to be a 1 against one of the factors as your starting point.