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Appendix J Road Transport Assessment APPENDIX J ROAD TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT Wilpinjong Extension Project Wilpinjong, NSW Road Transport Assessment Client // Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd Office // NSW Reference // 13S9013100 Date // 27/10/15 Wilpinjong Extension Project Wilpinjong, NSW Road Transport Assessment Issue: A-Dr2 27/10/15 Client: Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd Reference: 13S9013100 GTA Consultants Office: NSW Quality Record Issue Date Description Prepared By Checked By Approved By Signed A-Dr 24/06/15 Draft Penny Dalton A-Dr2 27/10/15 Final Penny Dalton © GTA Consultants (GTA Consultants (NSW) Pty Ltd) 2015 The information contained in this document is confidential and intended solely for the use of the client for the purpose for which it has been prepared and no representation is made or is to be implied as being made to any third party. Use or copying of this document in Melbourne | Sydney | Brisbane whole or in part without the written permission of GTA Consultants Canberra | Adelaide | Perth constitutes an infringement of copyright. The intellectual property 150928rep 13S9013100 Wilpinjong Extension-b (140829 v1.6) contained in this document remains the property of GTA Consultants. Gold Coast | Townsville Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Wilpinjong Coal Mine 4 2.1 Existing Operations 4 2.2 Travel Characteristics 5 2.3 Project Description 6 2.4 Road Transport Aspects and Future Scenarios 8 3. Existing Conditions 10 3.1 Road Network 10 3.2 Traffic Survey Program 11 3.3 Surveyed Traffic Volumes 2015 11 3.4 Baseline Traffic Volumes 2015 12 3.5 Baseline Intersection Volumes 2015 14 3.6 Baseline WCM Traffic Generation 2015 15 3.7 Roadway Capacity and Efficiency 17 3.8 Intersection Operation 19 3.9 Road Safety 20 3.10 Rail Network 27 3.11 Railway Level Crossings 28 3.12 Delays to Road Traffic at Level Crossings 30 3.13 School Buses 31 4. Road Transport Environment Changes 32 4.1 Ulan Road Strategy 32 4.2 Wilpinjong Coal Mine Approval 32 4.3 Ulan Mine Complex 34 4.4 Moolarben Coal Complex 37 4.5 Bylong Coal Project 39 4.6 Cobbora Coal Project 40 4.7 Mt Penny Coal Mine 40 4.8 Bowdens Silver Mine 40 4.9 Background Growth 40 4.10 Future Traffic Volumes 42 4.11 Future Roadway Capacity and Efficiency 43 4.12 Future Intersection Operation 44 4.13 Future Delays to Road Traffic at Railway Level Crossings 45 13S9013100 // 27/10/15 Road Transport Assessment // Issue: A-Dr2 i Wilpinjong Extension Project, Wilpinjong, NSW 5. Project Traffic Generation 47 5.1 Construction Workforce 47 5.2 Construction Deliveries and Visitors 48 5.3 Operational Workforce 49 5.4 Operational Deliveries and Visitors 50 5.5 Total Project Traffic 51 6. Impacts of Project Traffic 54 6.1 Traffic Volumes with Project 54 6.2 Roadway Capacity and Efficiency with Project 54 6.3 Intersection Operation with Project 55 6.4 Project Access 56 6.5 Road Safety Implications of Project 57 6.6 Delays to Road Traffic at Railway Level Crossings 58 6.7 Impacts on School Buses 58 6.8 Impacts During Decommissioning Phase 59 6.9 Mitigation Measures 59 7. Conclusion 60 Attachments A: Traffic Survey Results B: Railway Level Crossing Observations Figures Figure 1-1: Regional Location and Traffic Survey Locations 2 Figure 2-1: Project General Arrangement and Traffic Survey Locations 7 Tables Table 1.1: Response to SEARs 3 Table 2.1: February and March 2015 Shift Times 4 Table 2.2: Distribution of WCM Traffic on Road System (percent) 6 Table 2.3: Project Workforce 2017 to 2033 9 Table 3.1: Surveyed Average Weekday Traffic 2015 12 Table 3.2: Surveyed Average Weekday Traffic 2012 and 2015 13 Table 3.3: Baseline Average Weekday Traffic 2015 14 Table 3.4: Peak Hour Traffic Volumes by Direction 2012 and 2015 (vehicles/hour) 15 Table 3.5: Average Weekday Vehicle Trips WCM Access Road March 2015 (vehicles/day) 15 13S9013100 // 27/10/15 Road Transport Assessment // Issue: A-Dr2 ii Wilpinjong Extension Project, Wilpinjong, NSW Table 3.6: Average Weekday WCM Trip Generation by Trip Type March 2015 (vehicles/day) 16 Table 3.7: Average Weekday WCM Traffic on the Road Network March 2015 (vehicles/day) 16 Table 3.8: Level of Service Criteria for Two Lane Roads 18 Table 3.9: Existing Midblock Levels of Service 2015 19 Table 3.10: Level of Service Criteria at Priority Intersections 20 Table 3.11: Baseline 2015 Peak Hour Intersection Operating Conditions 20 Table 3.12: Reported General Crash Types on WCM Access Routes (2009 to 2013 inclusive) 21 Table 3.13: Crash Rates on WCM Access Routes 2009-2013 22 Table 3.14: Crash Summary on Ulan-Wollar Road (Ulan Road to Wollar) 2009-2013 22 Table 3.15: Ulan Road (Mudgee to Golden Highway) Crash Summary 2009-2013 24 Table 3.16: Cope Road (Gulgong to Ulan Road) Crash Summary 2009-2013 25 Table 3.17: Wollar Road (Ulan Road to Bylong) Crash Summary 2009-2013 26 Table 3.18: Railway Level Crossings Ulan to Muswellbrook 29 Table 3.19: Peak Hour Probability of Delay to Vehicles at Railway Level Crossings 30 Table 4.1: WCM Existing and Future Workforce Traffic Generation 33 Table 4.2: WCM Existing and Future Visitors and Deliveries Traffic Generation 34 Table 4.3: WCM Existing and Future Traffic on Road Network 34 Table 4.4: Ulan Mine Complex Operational Characteristics 36 Table 4.5: Ulan Mine Complex Existing and Future Traffic on Road Network 36 Table 4.6: Moolarben Coal Complex Changes to Workforce and Traffic Generation from 2015 38 Table 4.7: Moolarben Coal Complex Existing and Future Traffic on Road Network 39 Table 4.8: Contribution of Mines to Average Weekday Traffic 2015 (vehicles/day) 41 Table 4.9: Additional Background Non-Mine Traffic (1.8% per annum) 42 Table 4.10: Existing and Future Traffic on Road Network 43 Table 4.11: Midblock Levels of Service 2017 and 2024 44 Table 4.12: Future Peak Hour Intersection Operating Conditions 45 Table 4.13: Future Peak Hour Probability of Delay to Vehicles at Railway Level Crossings 45 Table 5.1: Construction Workforce Traffic Generation 2017 and 2024 48 Table 5.2: Construction Visitor Traffic Generation 2017 and 2024 48 Table 5.3: Construction Delivery Traffic Generation 2017 and 2024 49 Table 5.4: Existing and Future Operational Workforce Traffic Generation 50 Table 5.5: Operational Visitors Traffic Generation with Project 51 Table 5.6: Operational Deliveries Traffic Generation with Project 51 Table 5.7: Summary of WCM Characteristics With and Without Project 52 Table 5.8: Total WCM Traffic Generation with Project 52 13S9013100 // 27/10/15 Road Transport Assessment // Issue: A-Dr2 iii Wilpinjong Extension Project, Wilpinjong, NSW Table 5.9: WCM Traffic on Road Network with Project 53 Table 6.1: Existing and Future Traffic on Road Network with Project 54 Table 6.2: Midblock Levels of Service 2017 and 2024 with Project 55 Table 6.3: Future Peak Hour Intersection Operating Conditions with Project 56 Table 6.4: Forecast Volumes on Project Access Roads 56 Table 6.5: Future Peak Hour Probability of Delay to Vehicles at Railway Level Crossings with Project 58 References ARRB Group Ltd (2011a) Ulan Road Strategy. ARRB Group Ltd (2011b) Road Safety Risk Reporter 15: Safety on rural roads: run-off-road, head-on and intersection crashes. Australian Rail Track Corporation (2015a) 2015-2024 Hunter Valley Corridor Capacity Strategy. Australian Rail Track Corporation (2015b) Master Train Plan. Austroads (2010) Guide to Road Design Part 4A: Unisgnalised and Signalised Intersections. Austroads (2013) Guide to Traffic Management Part 3: Traffic Studies and Analysis. Austroads (2015) Road Fatalities and Serious Injuries in Australia and New Zealand 2001-2010. Bylong Coal Project (2015) Website: http://www.bylongproject.com.au/ Date Accessed: July 2015). EMM (2013) Response to Recommendations of the Planning Assessment Commission Review Incorporating a Revised Preferred Project Report. GTA Consultants (2013) Wilpinjong Coal Mine Modification Road Transport Assessment. GTA Consultants (2015) Moolarben Coal Complex UGI Optimisation Modification Road Transport Assessment. Hanson Bailey (2014) Bylong Coal Project Background Document. Roads and Traffic Authority (2002) Guide to Traffic Generating Developments. Roads and Traffic Authority (2004) Road Environment Safety Update 22: Rural Road Crash Rates by Road Stereotype. SKM (2006) Moolarben Coal Project Traffic Impact, Road Safety and Railway Level Crossing Assessment. SKM (2008) Moolarben Coal Project Stage 2 Traffic Impact Assessment. Transport & Urban Planning (2009) Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment for The Ulan Coal Continued Operations Project. Transportation Research Board (2010) Highway Capacity Manual. Umwelt (2015) Ulan West Modification Environmental Assessment. 13S9013100 // 27/10/15 Road Transport Assessment // Issue: A-Dr2 iv Wilpinjong Extension Project, Wilpinjong, NSW 1. Introduction This report has been prepared on behalf of Wilpinjong Coal Pty Ltd (WCPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Peabody Energy Australia (Peabody) to present the results of an assessment of the road transport implications of a proposal to extend the open cut operations at the Wilpinjong Coal Mine (WCM) for an additional operational life of approximately seven years. WCM is an open cut coal mining operation located approximately 40 kilometres (km) north-east of Mudgee in central New South Wales (NSW) (Figure 1-1). The Wilpinjong Extension Project (the Project) would involve extension to existing open cut pits, development of a new open cut pit, continued extraction of run-of-mine (ROM) coal, continued use of the WCM Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) and general coal handling and rail loading facilities and other existing and approved supporting mine infrastructure. This study has been undertaken with reference to the road transport components of the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs).
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