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TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ PROPOSED RECLAMATION OF THE SOWETO CLUSTER DUMPS IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG SEPTEMBER 2019 Revision 1 TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT (REV 1) 19050 FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ Issue/Revision Revision 1 Revision 2 Revision 3 Revision 4 Remarks For Information Date September 2019 Prepared by John v Rooyen Checked by Eben D. Kotze Pr Tech Eng Signature Project Number 19050 EDL Engineers (PTY) LTD t/a EDL Consulting Engineers 1 st Floor, Block D The Village Office Park C/o Glenwood Rd & Oberon Ave, Faerie Glen, 0043 Cell: +27 (0)83 564 1563 Tel: +27 (0)87 897 5074/5/6 Email: [email protected] www.EDLengineers.co.za EDL ENGINEERS (PTY) LTD 2 TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT (REV 1) 19050 FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ Table of Contents Page No. 1 Background ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 SITE LOCATION .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 EXTENT OF THE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 APPROVAL OF SUBMISSION .................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Road Network .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 SURROUNDING ROAD NETWORK ........................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 FUTURE ROADS ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Trip Generation ................................................................................................................................ 8 3.1 EXISTING TRAFFIC DEMAND ................................................................................................................................... 8 3.2 FUTURE TRAFFIC DEMAND...................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 TRIP GENERATION (FOR ALL SITES) ...................................................................................................................... 8 4 Proposed Site Accesses ................................................................................................................ 9 4.1 PROPOSED ACCESS POSITION AND LAYOUT ...................................................................................................... 9 4.2 ACCESS SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.3 QUEUEING ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................. 10 5 Internal Circulation ....................................................................................................................... 11 5.1 ON-SITE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION ........................................................................................................................... 11 5.2 VEHICLE PATH AT ACCESS (TURNING CIRCLES) ............................................................................................... 11 6 Parking ........................................................................................................................................... 12 7 Non-motorised and Public Transport ......................................................................................... 13 7.1 EXISTING FACILITIES .............................................................................................................................................. 13 7.2 NON-MOTORISED AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEMAND ..................................................................................... 13 7.3 PROPOSED FACILITES ........................................................................................................................................... 13 8 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 14 EDL ENGINEERS (PTY) LTD 3 TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT (REV 1) 19050 FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ Tables Table 1: Development Peak Hour Generated Trips ...................................................................................................................... 8 Table 2: Tabled values of the relationship between queue length, number of lanes and utilization factor (Qm)* ................... 10 Table 3: Parking Requirements .................................................................................................................................................. 12 Figures Figure 1 : Locality Plan Annexures Annexure A: Drawing 19050/AL/01 ‐ Proposed Access Layout on 56th Street Annexure B: Drawing 19050/AL/02 ‐ Proposed Access Layout on West End Street/ Hail Street Annexure C: Drawing 19050/AL/03 ‐ Proposed Access Layout on Dobsonville Road (M77) Annexure D: JRA Road Master Planning Extracts EDL ENGINEERS (PTY) LTD 4 TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT (REV 1) 19050 FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ 1 Background 1.1 INTRODUCTION EDL Consulting Engineers have been appointed to conduct a Traffic Statement and a Site Traffic Assessment for the proposed reclamation of The Soweto Cluster Dumps in Soweto in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area. It is the intention to reclaim and reprocess the Soweto Cluster Dumps. A pump station/reclamation station will be established on site and will pump the resultant slurry through pipelines to the reclamation plant where it will be processed. There will also be a few trucks used to transport goods and materials to and from the dumps. The zoning rights are already in place. This statement evaluates the position of the proposed access and proposes an appropriate geometric layout of the proposed accesses on Dobsonville Road (M77), 56th Street and West End Street/ Hail Street. This statement also discusses and evaluates the internal traffic movements and parking for the proposed site layout. The provision of public transport services and/or facilities at/or near the site is also investigated and discussed/evaluated in this report. 1.2 SITE LOCATION As shown in Figure 1, the reclamation will be conducted on three separate dumps in the Soweto area. Site 1 near Durban Deep and most northeast of the three sites, is located on the Remainder of Portion 1 and the Remainder of Portion 5 of the Farm Roodepoort 237‐IQ approximately 17km west of Johannesburg City Centre. This site is located approx. 1 km south of the R41 Randfontein Road and the M77 Dobsonville Road forming the eastern boundary. The site area has some residential erven to the south, with some smaller businesses within the area, also mining operations are being conducted to the south and east of the site. A waste disposal site is located to the south east opposite the M77. The proposed access to site 1 is located on Dobsonville Road (M77) opposite the existing waste disposal access. Site 2 near Goudrand and most northwest of the three sites, is located on the Remainder of Portion 1 and the Remainder of Portion 14 of the Farm Roodepoort 237‐IQ approximately 20km west of Johannesburg City Centre. This site is located approx. 1 km south of the R41 Randfontein Road and 2 km west of the M77 Dobsonville Road. The site area is surrounded mainly by residential erven, with some smaller businesses within the area, also mining operations are being conducted to the southeast of the site. The proposed access to site 2 is located on West End Street/ Hail Street approx. 270m west of the existing mine access. EDL ENGINEERS (PTY) LTD 5 TRAFFIC STATEMENT AND SITE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT (REV 1) 19050 FOR REMAINDER OF PORTION 1 OF THE FARM VLAKFONTEIN 238‐IQ; REMAINDER OF PORTION 1, REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 AND REMAINDER OF PORTION 14 OF THE FARM ROODEPOORT 237‐IQ Site 3 near Bram Fischerville and most southwest of the three sites, is located on the Remainder of Portion 1 of the Farm Vlakfontein 238‐IQ approximately 21km west of Johannesburg City Centre. This site is located approx. 3.5 km south of the R41 Randfontein Road and 3 km east of the R558 Adcock Street. The site area is surrounded