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Report Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment 10 APRIL 2012 Prepared for Union Fenosa Wind Australia Pty Ltd Suite 4.03 68 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 43316009 Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment Project Manager: URS Australia Pty Ltd …………………………… Level 6, 1 Southbank Boulevard Andrew Brown Southbank VIC 3006 Senior Traffic Engineer Australia T: 61 3 8699 7500 Project Director: F: 61 3 8699 7550 …………………………… Alex Iljin Principal – Transport Author: …………………………… Elaine Conlan Traffic Engineer Reviewer: Date: 10 April 2012 Reference: 43316009/43316009/1 …………………………… Status: Final Alex Iljin Principal – Transport Document copyright of URS Australia Pty Limited. This report is submitted on the basis that it remains commercial-in-confidence. The contents of this report are and remain the intellectual property of URS and are not to be provided or disclosed to third parties without the prior written consent of URS. 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Where an electronic only version is provided to the client, a signed hard copy of this document is held on file by URS and a copy will be provided if requested. j:\jobs\43316009\6 deliv\paling yards tia - final report rev 5 (4 april 2012).doc Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment Table of Contents Executive Summary..................................................................................................iii 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ......................................................................................................1 1.2 Site Location.....................................................................................................1 1.3 Works Proposed..............................................................................................1 1.4 Director General’s Requirements....................................................................2 2 Existing Transport Conditions.........................................................................4 2.1 Levels of Service ..............................................................................................4 2.2 Road Network ...................................................................................................4 2.3 Existing Traffic .................................................................................................7 2.4 Access Arrangements......................................................................................8 2.5 Public Transport, Pedestrians and Cyclists .................................................11 3 OD Vehicle and Transport Routes .................................................................12 3.1 Details of Over Dimensional Vehicles...........................................................12 3.1.1 Swept Paths...............................................................................................................14 3.2 OD Vehicle Routes .........................................................................................17 3.2.1 Port Kembla to Paling Yards Route..........................................................................17 3.2.2 Port of Newcastle to Paling Yards Route .................................................................20 4 Impact of Traffic Generation ..........................................................................22 4.1 Traffic Generation Estimates.........................................................................22 4.2 Intersection Analysis .....................................................................................24 4.2.1 Input into SIDRA Models...........................................................................................24 4.2.2 Summary of Intersection Performance (SIDRA Analysis Outputs).........................25 4.3 Midblock Analysis ..........................................................................................26 4.4 Operational Phase Volumes ..........................................................................27 4.5 Other Developments in Area .........................................................................27 4.6 Access Arrangements....................................................................................28 4.7 Parking Provision...........................................................................................28 5 Mitigation and Management Measures..........................................................29 6 Conclusion.......................................................................................................30 7 Limitations.......................................................................................................31 43316009/43316009/1 i Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment Table of Contents Tables Table 2-1 Levels of Service, Rural Two-Lane Two-Way Roads (Table 4.5, Guide to Traffic Generating Developments, version 2.2, RTA, October 2002) .........................................4 Table 2-2 Summary of Historical AADT for Surrounding Road Network using RTA Count Stations 7 Table 2-3 Summary of Historical AADT for Surrounding Road Network using Local Count Data ....7 Table 3-1 Turbine Manufacturers (List 1).....................................................................................13 Table 3-2 Turbine Manufacturers (List 2).....................................................................................14 Table 4-1 Peak Construction Vehicles Generated .......................................................................23 Table 4-2 SIDRA Analysis Results ..............................................................................................26 Table 4-3 Midblock LOS – Background and Construction Traffic .................................................27 Table 6-1 Statement of Commitments .........................................................................................30 Figures Figure 1-1 Regional Site Location...................................................................................................3 Figure 2-1 Wind Turbine Locations and Site Access Points ............................................................9 Figure 3-1 OD Vehicle..................................................................................................................15 Figure 3-2 OD Vehicle Swept Path...............................................................................................16 Figure 3-3 OD Route between Port Kembla and Paling Yards ......................................................19 Figure 3-4 OD Route between Port of Newcastle and Paling Yards ..............................................21 Plates Plate 2-1 Typical Layout of Abercrombie Road at Paling Yards.....................................................5 Plate 2-2 Abercrombie Road on the approach to the Abercrombie River Crossing, located south of the site..........................................................................................................................5 Plate 2-3 Typical Road Layout at Access Points.........................................................................11 Plate 3-1 Abercrombie River Crossing (South of Paling Yards Site) ............................................17 ii 43316009/43316009/1 Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment Executive Summary URS Australia Pty Ltd (URS) has been engaged by Union Fenosa Wind Australia Pty Ltd (UFWA) to conduct a Transport Impact Assessment (TIA) to support a Major Project Application for a Wind Farm development at Paling Yards, Oberon in south-eastern New South Wales. The TIA analyses the impacts of the construction and on-going operation of the proposed development on the existing transport network. Network operation performance is assessed at two key intersections during morning and evening peaks and at a number of key midblock locations along Abercrombie Road. SIDRA is used to analyse intersection performance, while the RTA’s ‘Guide to Traffic Generating Developments’ , version 2.2 (October 2002) is used to analyse the performance of the road infrastructure at midblock locations along Abercrombie Road. Based on existing Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) volumes and estimates for existing local traffic volumes, the additional traffic generated from the proposed development is not expected to significantly alter the Level of Service from the existing performance levels along Abercrombie Road. 43316009/43316009/1 iii Paling Yards, Transport Impact Assessment 1 1 Introduction 1.1 Background URS has been engaged by UFWA to undertake this TIA for the proposed wind energy facility at Paling Yards, Oberon. This TIA focuses on the route selection of vehicles