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REROC Regional Freight Transport Plan October 2016 Regional Freight Transport Plan CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Our Goals and Strategies ................................................................................................................................... 5 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 7 Major Grain Freight Routes and Modals ......................................................................................................... 11 Major Livestock Freight Routes and Modals ................................................................................................... 12 Major Timber/Pulp and Paper Freight Routes and Modals ............................................................................ 13 HML Routes ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 PART TWO: ABOUT THIS PLAN ............................................................................................................................. 15 ASSESSMENT OF ROUTE CONSTRAINTS .......................................................................................................... 15 Consideration of the Plan against relevant State Plans .................................................................................. 27 PART THREE: GOALS AND STRATEGIES ................................................................................................................. 28 PART FOUR: REVIEW OF ROAD ROUTES OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................ 31 National & State Roads ................................................................................................................................... 31 1. Hume Highway (M31) ......................................................................................................................... 32 2. Olympic Highway (Main Road 78, Route Number A41) .................................................................... 33 3. Newell Highway (State Highway 17) .................................................................................................. 36 4. Mid Western Highway (National Route 24, Route Numbers a41 and b64) ...................................... 38 5. Burley Griffin Way (Route Number B94) ........................................................................................... 39 6. Goldfields Way (Main Road 57, Route Number B85) ........................................................................ 41 7. Sturt Highway (Highway 20, route A20) ............................................................................................ 43 8. Snowy Mountains Highway (Hwy 18, B72) ........................................................................................ 45 9. Gocup Road (Main Road 279) ............................................................................................................ 47 10. Wagga to Tumbarumba (MR284, State Road/MR384, Regional Road) ............................................ 48 11. Alpine Way (MR677, B400) ................................................................................................................ 50 12. Tumut -Tumbarumba (Batlow Road, MR85 north), Tumbarumba-Jingellic Road (Jingellic Road, MR85 South) ................................................................................................................................................ 51 1 13. Riverina Highway (Route Number: B58) ............................................................................................ 52 Regional Roads................................................................................................................................................. 53 14. Canola Way (RR243) ........................................................................................................................... 53 15. Wagga to Coolamon (AADT1730) to Ardlethan (AADT480, MR240) ................................................ 54 16. Mary Gilmore Way (AADT300, MR398) ............................................................................................. 55 17. Boomerang Way (Collingullie to Jerilderie, MR59) ........................................................................... 56 18. Milvale Road (MR241) ........................................................................................................................ 57 19. Cootamundra to Stockinbingal Road (MR235) .................................................................................. 58 20. Holbrook – Wagga Wagga Road (Holbrook Road, MR211) ............................................................... 59 21. Coolac to Cootamundra (MR87), Muttama Road .............................................................................. 60 22. Coolamon to the Rock (MR543) ......................................................................................................... 62 23. Tooma Road (MR628) ......................................................................................................................... 63 24. Jingellic Road (MR331) ....................................................................................................................... 64 25. Culcairn - Holbrook Road (MR331) .................................................................................................... 65 26. Federation Way (RR131) .................................................................................................................... 66 27. Kywong – Howlong Road (MR370) .................................................................................................... 67 28. Broadleaf Park Road, Tumbarumba Shire (RR7602) ......................................................................... 68 Local Roads ....................................................................................................................................................... 69 29. Ardlethan Township, Coolamon Shire ............................................................................................... 69 30. Combaning Road, Temora Shire and Junee Shire .............................................................................. 70 31. Eunony Bridge Road – Byrnes Road, Wagga Wagga City .................................................................. 71 32. Harefield Road, Junee Shire ............................................................................................................... 73 33. Old Narrandera Road, Wagga Wagga City ......................................................................................... 75 34. Courabyra Road, Snowy Valleys Council ........................................................................................... 76 35. Dirnaseer Road/Suttons Lane, Cootamundra-Gundagai council ...................................................... 77 36. Coppabella Rd, Greater Hume Shire .................................................................................................. 78 37. Grubben Road, Greater Hume and Lockhart Shires .......................................................................... 79 38. Bombowlee Creek Road, Snowy Valleys council ............................................................................... 80 39. Bygoo Road, Coolamon Shire ............................................................................................................. 81 2 40. Rannock Rd, Coolamon Shire ............................................................................................................. 82 41. Adjungbilly road, Cootamundra- Gundagai shire .............................................................................. 83 PART FIVE: RAIL NETWORKS IN THE EASTERN RIVERINA ..................................................................................... 84 Appendix One – Multi-Criteria Assessment Matrix .............................................................................................. 88 Appendix One – Assessment Matrix Template ............................................................................................... 94 Appendix Two – 2014 List of Constraints and Completed Works ........................................................................ 97 Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................................................................... 102 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils (REROC) is a voluntary association of 14 local government bodies, located in the eastern Riverina region of NSW. The members of REROC are the councils of Bland, Coolamon, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Greater Hume, Junee, Lockhart, Snowy Valleys, Temora, Wagga Wagga and Goldenfields Water and Riverina Water County Councils. The REROC region, which is four times larger than Sydney, covers an area of some 40,000 sq kms and contains some of NSW’s most heavily utilised road and rail transport corridors, including the Hume Highway, the Newell Highway, the Olympic Highway, the Burley Griffin Way and the Main Southern Rail Line. 4 This project was initiated by REROC to investigate the freight infrastructure network from a regional perspective. The implementation of integrated transport solutions for the region is an overriding
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