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DOCUMENT CONTROL Document Control Environmental Assessment - TRAFFIC STUDY Existing Operations & Increased Road Receival Hours for Port Kembla Coal Terminal Volume 1 of 2 – Main Report Author Reviewer Version Date Name Initials Name Initials 1.0 12 May 2008 Wilkie Ngan WN Anissa Levy AL 2.0 2 June 2008 Wilkie Ngan WN Anissa Levy AL 3.0 3 June 2008 Wilkie Ngan WN Anissa Levy AL 4.0* 13 June 2008 Anissa Levy AL John Olsen JO 5.0 3 July 2008 Anissa Levy AL Ken Hind JO 6.0 26 August 2008 Wilkie Ngan WN Anissa Levy AL * Interbal review version only, not distributed externally "© 2008 Cardno All Rights Reserved. Copyright in the whole and every part of this document belongs to Cardno and may not be used, sold, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or on any media to any person without the prior written consent of Cardno.” Traffic Report i CARDNO EPPELL OLSEN FR108004 26 August 2008 WN/AL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 STUDY AREA 2 1.3 SCOPE OF STUDY 4 1.4 REFERENCES 5 1.5 REPORT FRAME WORK 5 2 EXISTING OPERATIONS & ROAD RECEIVALS 6 2.1 OVERVIEW 6 2.2 EXISTING OPERATIONS 6 2.2.1 BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal (BHPBIC) Collieries 8 2.2.2 West Cliff Coal Preparation Plant (WCPP) 8 2.2.3 Gujarat NRE (GNRE) No. 1 Mine 10 2.2.4 Illawarra Coke Company (ICC) 12 2.2.5 Dendrobium Coal Preparation Plant (DCPP) 12 2.2.6 BlueScope Steel Limited (BSL) 12 2.2.7 Australian Steel Mill Services (ASMS) 13 2.2.8 Port Kembla Coal Terminal (PKCT) 13 2.2.9 Summary 13 2.3 COAL TRUCK MOVEMENTS 15 2.3.1 West Cliff Coal Preparation Plant 15 2.3.2 Gujarat NRE No. 1 Mine 22 2.3.3 Illawarra Coke Company 28 2.3.4 Dendrobium Coal Preparation Plant 28 2.3.5 BlueScope Steel Limited 28 2.3.6 Australian Steel Mill Services 28 2.3.7 Observations 28 3 EXISTING ROAD HAULAGE ROUTES 31 3.1 OVERVIEW 31 3.1.1 West Cliff Coal Preparation Plant 31 3.1.2 Gujarat NRE No.1 Mine 33 3.1.3 Illawarra Coke Company 33 3.1.4 Dendrobium Coal Preparation Plant (DCPP) 33 3.1.5 BlueScope Steel Limited 33 3.1.6 Australian Steel Mill Services 33 3.2 EXISTING ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS 33 3.2.1 Appin Road 33 3.2.2 Mount Ousley Road 34 3.2.3 Southern Freeway (F6) 35 3.2.4 Masters Road 35 3.2.5 Springhill Road 36 3.2.6 Port Kembla Road 36 3.2.7 Bellambi Lane 36 3.2.8 Northern Distributor 37 3.2.9 Lawrence Hargrave Drive 37 3.2.10 Princes Highway 37 3.3 EXISTING ROUTE CHARACTERISTICS 38 3.3.1 Route Length 38 Traffic Report ii FR108004 26 August 2008 WN/AL CARDNO EPPELL OLSEN 3.3.2 Physical Characteristics 38 3.3.3 Travel Times 40 3.4 LAND USE ALONG ROUTES 41 3.4.1 Port Kembla Road 41 3.4.2 Appin Road 42 3.4.3 Mount Ousley Road 42 3.4.4 Southern Freeway 42 3.4.5 Masters Road 42 3.4.6 Springhill Road 42 3.4.7 Bellambi Lane 42 3.4.8 Northern Distributor 42 3.5 INTERSECTIONS 48 3.6 PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES 53 3.6.1 Road Classification 53 3.6.2 Road Capacity 55 3.6.3 Intersection Performance 58 3.7 TRAFFIC VOLUMES 58 3.7.1 Annual Average Daily Traffic Volumes (AADT) 60 3.7.2 Average Daily Traffic Volumes (ADT) 60 3.7.3 Intersection Traffic Surveys 71 3.8 MID-BLOCK CARRIAGEWAY PERFORMANCE 75 3.9 EXISTING INTERSECTION OPERATION 76 3.10 CRASH DATA 78 3.10.1 Appin Road between West Cliff Colliery and Mount Ousley Road 78 3.10.2 Mount Ousley Road between Appin Road and Southern Freeway 79 3.10.3 Southern Freeway between Mount Ousley Road and Masters Road 81 3.10.4 Lawrence Hargrave Drive between Coalcliff and Princes Highway 83 3.10.5 Bellambi Lane between Princes Highway and Northern Distributor 85 3.10.6 Masters Road between Southern Freeway and Springhill Road 85 3.10.7 Springhill Road between Masters Road and Port Kembla Road 86 3.10.8 Springhill Road between Masters Road and Five Islands Road 87 3.10.9 Northern Distributor between Bellambi Lane and Southern Freeway 88 3.10.10 Overview 90 3.11 ROAD SAFETY AUDIT 92 3.11.1 Project Details 92 3.11.2 Road Safety Audit Team 93 3.11.3 Road Inspections 93 3.11.4 Route Details and Findings – West Cliff CPP to PKCT. 93 3.11.5 Route Details and Findings GNRE No. 1 Mine to Southern Freeway (F6) 101 3.12 SYDNEY TO WOLLONGONG CORRIDOR ISSUES 103 4 24/7 TRIAL OF COAL TRANSPORTATION BY PUBLIC ROAD TO PKCT 105 4.1 OVERVIEW OF TRIAL 105 4.1.1 Period 105 4.1.2 Objectives 105 4.1.3 Operating Context 106 4.2 COAL TRUCK MOVEMENTS 106 4.2.1 West Cliff CPP 106 4.2.2 Gujarat NRE No. 1 Mine 107 4.3 ASSESSMENT 107 5 FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES 108 Traffic Report iii CARDNO EPPELL OLSEN FR108004 26 August 2008 WN/AL 5.1 2008 BASE TRAFFIC 108 5.2 BACKGROUND TRAFFIC GROWTH 109 5.2.1 Sydney-Wollongong Corridor Strategy 109 5.2.2 Northern Distributor Extension Studies 110 5.2.3 Historical Traffic Patterns 112 5.2.4 Expansion of Cargo Handling Facility 112 5.3 TRAFFIC GROWTH RATES 114 5.4 FUTURE BACKGROUND TRAFFIC 114 6 FUTURE ROAD RECEIVALS 116 6.1 OVERVIEW 116 6.2 PORT KEMBLA COAL TERMINAL 116 6.2.1 WEST CLIFF & APPIN COLLIERIES 116 6.2.2 GUJARAT NRE NO.1 MINE 117 6.2.3 ILLAWARRA COKE COMPANY 119 6.2.4 DENDROBIUM COAL PREPARATION PLANT 119 6.2.5 BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED 119 6.2.6 AUSTRALIAN STEEL MILL SERVICES 119 6.3 FUTURE COAL TRUCK MOVEMENTS 119 6.3.1 Coal Delivery Options 119 6.3.2 Coal Truck Movements 122 6.3.3 Hourly Changes in Coal Truck Movements 128 6.3.4 Coal Truck Delivery Scenarios 137 7 TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT 139 7.1 FUTURE TRAFFIC WITH COAL TRUCKS 139 7.1.1 Definitions 139 7.1.2 Summary of Coal Truck Movements 139 7.1.3 Future Coal Trucks at Count Locations 141 7.1.4 Future Traffic at Count Locations 141 7.1.5 2008 Future Traffic Scenarios 141 7.1.6 2009 Future Traffic Scenarios 147 7.1.7 2013 Future Traffic Scenarios 151 7.1.8 2018 Future Traffic Scenarios 158 7.1.9 Dendrobium CPP 2013 Future Traffic Scenarios 167 7.1.10 Future Traffic Scenario Overview 168 7.2 2018 MID-BLOCK CARRIAGEWAY LEVEL OF SERVICE 171 7.2.1 Springhill Road with Dendrobium CPP 176 8 SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS 177 8.1 Summary 177 8.1.1 Existing Operations 177 8.1.2 Coal Truck Movements 177 8.1.3 Haulage Routes 178 8.1.4 Mid-block Carriageway Capacity 178 8.1.5 Intersection Operation 179 8.1.6 Crash Data 179 8.1.7 Road Safety Audit 180 8.1.8 Sydney to Wollongong Corridor 180 8.1.9 24/7 Trial 181 8.1.10 Existing Background Traffic Volumes 181 8.1.11 Background Traffic Growth 181 8.1.12 Future Scenarios 182 Traffic Report iv FR108004 26 August 2008 WN/AL CARDNO EPPELL OLSEN 8.1.13 Traffic Impact 183 8.1.14 Future Mid-block Carriageway Level of Service 189 8.1.15 Dendrobium CPP Coal Trucks on Public Roads 190 8.1.16 Key Assumptions 190 8.2 Conclusions 191 8.2.1 Overview 191 8.2.2 Conclusions 193 TERMS & GLOSSARY 195 List of Tables Table 2.1 Truck Types Used by BHPBIC from West Cliff CPP to PKCT 10 Table 2.2 Truck Types Used by GNRE from No. 1 Mine to PKCT 12 Table 2.3 Operations Summary Table 14 Table 2.4 Summary Coal Truck Movements - West Cliff CPP to PKCT 18 Table 2.5 Summary Coal Truck Movements - GNRE to PKCT 25 Table 3.1 Road Haulage Route – Distance 38 Table 3.2 Road Haulage Route – Ownership and Type 39 Table 3.3 Road Haulage Travel Times (West Cliff – PKCT – West Cliff) 40 Table 3.4 Road Haulage Travel Times (GNRE – PKCT – GNRE) 41 Table 3.5 Environmental Capacity Performance Standards on Residential Streets 55 Table 3.6 Mid-block Level of Service and Capacity 56 Table 3.7 Uninterrupted Flow Conditions along Urban Roads Level of Service * 57 Table 3.8 AADT Summary Table 60 Table 3.9 Average Daily Traffic Volumes 61 Table 3.10 2002 – Appin Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 62 Table 3.11 2007 – Mount Ousley Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 63 Table 3.12 2007 – Southern Freeway (North) - Vehicle Class Distribution 64 Table 3.13 2007 – Southern Freeway (South) - Vehicle Class Distribution 65 Table 3.14 2007 – Masters Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 66 Table 3.15 May 2008 – Springhill Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 67 Table 3.16 March 2008 – Springhill Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 68 Table 3.17 2007 – Springhill Road - Vehicle Class Distribution 69 Table 3.18 2008 – Bellambi Lane - Vehicle Class Distribution 70 Table 3.19 2008 – Northern Distributor - Vehicle Class Distribution 71 Table 3.20 Existing Mid-block Carriageway - Peak Level of Service 75 Table 3.21 Existing Intersection Analyses 77 Table 3.22 Summary of Crashes October 2002 – September 2007 90 Table 4.1 PKCT 24/7 Trial Aims and Commitments 105 Table 5.1 Existing Background Traffic Volumes (No PKCT Coal Trucks) 109 Table 5.2 Projected Traffic Volumes 2018 and 2026 111 Table 5.3 AADT Annual Growth Rates (Linear) 112 Table 5.4 Increased Daily Traffic as a Result of Expansion of PKPC GCHF 113 Table 5.5 Assumed Background Traffic Growth Rates (% per annum) 114 Table 5.6 Projected Daily Background Traffic Volumes 115 Table 6.1 Future Coal Truck Delivery Options 121 Table 6.2 West Cliff Coal Truck Deliveries by Option 123 Table 6.3 GNRE No.