Chapter 11 Traffic, Transport and Access
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Traffic, transport and access 11-1 11.1 Assessment approach 11-3 11.1.1 Methodology 11-4 11.1.2 Cumulative assessment 11-6 11.2 Existing environment 11-6 11.2.1 Road network 11-6 11.2.2 Rail and public transport network 11-7 11.2.3 Pedestrian and cyclist facilities 11-8 11.2.4 Existing traffic conditions 11-9 11.2.5 Crash analysis 11-15 11.3 Moorebank Avenue Upgrade 11-16 11.4 Impact assessment 11-21 11.4.1 Traffic generation 11-21 11.4.2 Traffic distribution (operation) 11-25 11.4.3 Traffic and access impacts (road network) 11-35 11.4.4 Road safety and emergency response 11-46 11.4.5 Parking, pedestrian and cyclist impacts 11-47 11.4.6 Impacts on rail infrastructure and operations 11-47 11.5 Management and mitigation 11-48 11.5.1 Moorebank Avenue upgrade 11-48 11.5.2 Detailed design and further assessment 11-48 11.5.3 Construction traffic management – Early Works and construction phases 11-49 11.5.4 Monitoring of impacts and management and mitigation strategies 11-50 11.6 Summary of key findings 11-50 Parsons Brinckerhoff i List of tables Page number Table 11.1 Relevant Commonwealth EIS Guidelines and NSW SEARs 11-1 Table 11.2 LoS criteria for intersections 11-12 Table 11.3 Existing intersection performance (2014) 11-12 Table 11.4 Existing road network modelled future intersection performance 11-13 Table 11.5 Predicted construction vehicle volumes 11-22 Table 11.6 Full Build IMEX and interstate rail trips and TEU movements 11-23 Table 11.7 Moorebank IMT staff numbers (one way peak hour trips generated) 11-23 Table 11.8 Summary of total daily weekday vehicle trips generated by the Project 11-24 Table 11.9 Summary of total AM and PM peak hour traffic movements 11-25 Table 11.10 Future network changes 11-26 Table 11.11 Weekday peak traffic distribution in 2030 11-33 Table 11.12 Construction phase intersection performance (Early Works 2015) 11-36 Table 11.13 Proposed network with Moorebank Avenue upgrade future intersection performance 11-36 Table 11.14 Increase in M5 Motorway traffic volumes (between Heathcote Road and the Hume Highway) as a result of the Project (construction and operation) 11-40 Table 11.15 2030 AM and PM peak comparison 11-41 Table 11.16 Intersection performance on the wider road network with and without Moorebank IMT 11-42 Table 11.17 The impact of Moorebank IMT traffic on the wider road network (Moorebank IMT traffic as a percentage of total intersection traffic in 2030) 11-45 Table 11.18 Summary of traffic, transport and access impacts at Full Build, without mitigation, for each rail access option 11-52 Parsons Brinckerhoff ii List of figures Page number Figure 11.1 Intersection survey location and local public transport and pedestrian/ cycleway network 11-11 Figure 11.2 Proposed site layout and access point – northern rail access option Full Build 11-18 Figure 11.3 Propose site layout and indicative access points – Central rail access option Full Build 11-19 Figure 11.4 Proposed site layout and indicative access points – southern rail access option Full Build 11-20 Figure 11.5 Daily comparison of articulated truck volumes (project case versus base case) in 2031 11-27 Figure 11.6 Daily comparison of articulated truck volumes to/from Port Botany and Moorebank only (project case versus base case) in 2031 11-28 Figure 11.7 Modelled additional road network traffic volumes generated by the Project operation, AM peak 11-30 Figure 11.8 Modelled additional road network traffic volumes generated by the Project operation, PM peak 11-31 Figure 11.9 Speed change in the AM peak as a result of the Project in 2031 11-32 Figure 11.10 Modelled traffic volumes associated with the Project by journey purpose, AM peak 11-34 Figure 11.11 Modelled traffic volumes associated with the Project by journey purpose, PM peak 11-34 Figure 11.12 Daily traffic volume profiles for Moorebank Avenue between the M5 Motorway and Bapaume Road in 2030 with and without Moorebank IMT in Passenger Car Unit (PCU) equivalents 11-39 Parsons Brinckerhoff iii 11. Traffic, transport and access Chapter 11 provides an assessment of the existing and proposed transportation network surrounding the Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (IMT) (the Project), as well as potential traffic, transport and access impacts resulting from construction and operation of the Project. This chapter summarises the detailed assessment in Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment, which was prepared by Parsons Brinckerhoff and is included in Volume 3 of this Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). In particular, the assessment addresses the Commonwealth Department of the Environment (DoE)'s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Guidelines and the Secretary for the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (NSW DP&E)’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (NSW SEARs) for the Project listed in Table 11.1. Table 11.1 Relevant Commonwealth EIS Guidelines and NSW SEARs Requirement Where addressed Commonwealth EIS Guidelines under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) Details of any proposed public transport services No public transport services are proposed through the which will operate throughout the site. Project site; however, sections 11.2.3 and 11.4.5 of this chapter and sections 2.5 and 8.4 of Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of the EIS describe existing and proposed public transport in the vicinity of the Project site. Provide a description of the current traffic Section 11.2 of this chapter and section 2 of Technical conditions in the vicinity of the proposed site and Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact along proposed road transport routes, including Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS. traffic volumes, peak times, points of congestion and road conditions. Provide a detailed analysis of the contribution or Section 11.4 of this chapter and sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of changes to existing vehicle traffic at the local and Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility regional scale resulting from the construction and Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of the EIS. operation of the proposed facility. The analysis must be carried out in accordance with the Guide to Traffic Generating Developments and the Integrating Land Use and Transport Package, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. Comprehensive monitoring of traffic congestion. Intersection surveys were undertaken as part of Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of the EIS (summarised in section11.2.4 of this chapter). Future traffic monitoring is addressed in the Provisional Environmental Management Plan for traffic in Volume 1, Appendix G. NSW SEARs under the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) Traffic, transport and access – including but not limited to: · a Transport and Accessibility Impact Impacts on regional road and rail transport networks are Assessment demonstrating how the covered in this chapter (primarily section 11.4). development will facilitate freight transport Chapter 3 – Strategic context and need for the Project also objectives, meet freight infrastructure demonstrates how the development would facilitate freight requirements and address impacts to local and transport objectives and meet freight infrastructure regional road and rail transport networks; requirements in relevant NSW and Australian Government policies. Parsons Brinckerhoff 11-1 Requirement Where addressed · access to and from the development (including Sections 11.3 and 11.4 of this chapter and section 3 of truck routes and rail access to the Southern Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Sydney Freight Line [SSFL]), and interaction Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS. and integration with existing and planned Details of internal transport and logistical requirements are transport infrastructure and services; and further outlined in Chapter 7 – Project built form and details of internal transport and logistics operations. requirements to minimise external transport impacts and maximise access to public transport for employees; · the number of train and truck movements, Section 11.4 of this chapter and sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 of origin and destination, time of movements, Technical Paper 1 - Traffic, Transport and Accessibility modal split targets, types of road transport Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS. likely to be used (for example B-Doubles) and the capacity of existing and proposed road and rail routes to handle predicted increases in traffic, based on appropriate empirical analysis and modelling, including freight and non- freight movements and vehicle utilisation; · a breakdown of the split of import and export Section 11.4.1 of this chapter and section 4 of Technical container movements by rail, including the Paper 1 – Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact proportion of empty container movements; Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS. · proportion of port shuttle services, regional and Section 11.4.1 of this chapter and section 4 of Technical interstate rail being serviced by the Moorebank Paper 1 – Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact IMT, including predicted daily port shuttle Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS. movements; · demonstrate plans and capacity for empty Section 7.6 of Chapter 7 – Project built form and container storage within the site, including the operations and sections 4 and 6 of Technical Paper 1 - transport of empty containers to regional areas Traffic, Transport and Accessibility Impact Assessment in (if required); Volume 3 of this EIS. · consideration of the cumulative impacts of this Chapter 27 – Cumulative impacts and section 7 of proposal with the adjacent SIMTA proposal Technical Paper 1 – Traffic, Transport and Accessibility and other existing and proposed freight Impact Assessment in Volume 3 of this EIS.