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Revision C – 08-Dec-2014 Prepared for – Stolthaven Australia Pty Ltd – ABN: 26 075 030 992 AECOM Traffic Impact Assessment Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background and Scope 1 1.2 Director-General Requirements 1 1.3 Standards and Guidelines 1 1.4 Structure of report 2 2.0 Existing Conditions 3 2.1 Existing Site 3 2.2 Existing Facility Operations 3 2.3 Surrounding Road Network 5 2.3.1 Strategic Road Network 5 2.3.2 Local Road Network 5 2.3.3 Daily Traffic Volumes 6 2.3.4 Peak hour Traffic Volumes 6 2.4 Existing Operational Performance 7 3.0 Future Year Base Case Traffic Conditions 9 3.1 Future Road Upgrades 9 3.2 Intersection Performance (without Project) 9 4.0 Proposed Project 11 4.1 Nature of Project 11 4.2 Construction Phase 11 4.2.1 Hours and Workforce 11 4.2.2 Trip Generation and Distribution 11 4.3 Operations Phase 12 4.3.1 Hours and Workforce 12 4.3.2 Trip Generation and Distribution 12 5.0 Impact of Proposed Development 15 5.1 Construction Phase 15 5.1.1 Traffic Movement 15 5.1.2 Impact of Construction Traffic 15 5.1.3 Parking During Construction Phase 15 5.2 Operations Phase 16 5.2.1 Traffic Movement 16 5.2.2 Impact of Operations Traffic 16 5.2.3 Impact of Future Operations Traffic 17 5.2.4 Parking During Operations 18 5.3 Mayfield Concept Plan Approval (09_0096) 19 5.3.1 Traffic Assessment Trigger Levels 19 5.3.2 Traffic Management Plan 19 6.0 Conclusions 21 Appendix A Base Year SIDRA Outputs – 2012 A Appendix B Future Year SIDRA Outputs without Project – 2015 B Appendix C Future Year SIDRA Outputs with Project - 2015 Construction C Appendix D Future Year SIDRA Outputs with Project – 2015 Operations D Appendix E Future Year SIDRA Outputs without Project - 2025 Operations E Appendix F Future Year SIDRA Outputs with Project - 2025 Operations F Revision C – 08-Dec-2014 Prepared for – Stolthaven Australia Pty Ltd – ABN: 26 075 030 992 AECOM Traffic Impact Assessment List of Tables Table 1 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements applicable to the Traffic Impact Assessment 1 Table 2.1: Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) on Adjacent Road Network 6 Table 2.2: Performance Criteria for Intersections 7 Table 2.3: SIDRA Results for 2012 8 Table 3.1: SIDRA Results for 2015 without Project 10 Table 4.1: Distribution of construction traffic 11 Table 4.2 Operational Traffic 12 Table 5.1: SIDRA Results including construction traffic – 2015 15 Table 5.2: SIDRA Results including operational traffic – 2015 16 Table 5.3: SIDRA Results for future year 2025 without Project 17 Table 5.4: SIDRA results including operational traffic – 2025 18 Table 6.1: Summary of SIDRA results for Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 21 List of Figures Figure 2.1 Site context 4 Figure 2.2 2012 traffic volume at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection Source: AECOM 6 Figure 2.3 Existing layout of Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 8 Figure 3.1 2015 without Project traffic volume at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 10 Figure 4.1 Project access / egress 13 Figure 5.1 2015 traffic volumes including construction traffic at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 15 Figure 5.2 2015 traffic volumes including operational traffic at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 16 Figure 5.3 2025 without Project traffic volume at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 17 Figure 5.4 2025 with Project traffic volume at Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection 18 Revision C – 08-Dec-2014 Prepared for – Stolthaven Australia Pty Ltd – ABN: 26 075 030 992 AECOM Traffic Impact Assessment 1 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background and Scope This report presents a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) of a proposed development to the Bulk Liquid Fuels Storage Facility (the Facility) at Mayfield. The TIA has been prepared to support the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) being prepared for the project. The proposed development (the Project) would see an increase in the throughput of the Facility from the approved 500ML per annum up to 1,010ML per annum. This report provides an assessment of the impact on the surrounding road network during construction and at full capacity operation. The TIA includes: - An assessment of the existing and future road conditions, in particular at the Industrial Drive/Ingall Street intersection that provides access to the site; - An evaluation of potential impacts to the intersection, associated with the Project’s construction and full capacity operation; and - Consideration of measures to mitigate traffic impacts, if required. The TIA has only assessed impacts on the road network in the morning and evening peak hours of a typical weekday. No rail movements are proposed as part of the Project. Shipping movement impacts have not been assessed as part of this TIA. As the Facility is being developed as part of the Port Terminal Facilities Mayfield Concept Plan, consistency of the Project with the Concept Plan and its conditions of consent (with regard to traffic) have also been assessed. 1.2 Director-General Requirements In preparing this TIA, consideration has been given to the NSW Planning and Environment (P&E) Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) issued for the Project (SSD-6664) on 19 September 2014. The key matters raised by the Secretary, and where this report addresses them, are outlined in Table 1. Table 1 Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements applicable to the Traffic Impact Assessment Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirement Section Addressed Accurate predictions of the traffic volumes likely to be Section 4 Proposed generated during construction and operation. project Section 5 Impact of A detailed traffic impact study of the development. proposed development Section 6 Conclusions Details of impacts or Traffic and Transport potential upgrades for Details of any upgrades to road or shipping infrastructure. shipping infrastructure are documented in a separate assessment and report. Details of a protocol that has been agreed with the port of Newcastle for the Provision of input into the Mayfield Section 5.3. Concept Plans Traffic Management Plan (Mp09_0096). 1.3 Standards and Guidelines In the preparation of this TIA, the Roads and Maritime Services’ Guide to Traffic Generating Developments (2002) and the Road Design Guide Supplements to Austroads Guides (2009), have been used. Revision C – 08-Dec-2014 Prepared for – Stolthaven Australia Pty Ltd – ABN: 26 075 030 992 AECOM Traffic Impact Assessment 2 1.4 Structure of report The remainder of the report has been structured as follows: - Section 2 summarises the existing traffic conditions in the area surrounding the site and the existing Facility operations. - Section 3 considers the likely future traffic conditions in the area without the Project. - Section 4 provides a description of the Project in terms of its construction, operation, trip generation and distribution. - Section 5 provides an assessment of the traffic impact associated with the Project on the local road network and parking arrangements.