Clean TeQ Sunrise Project Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy 2020-CTEQ-1220-41PA-0001 27 March 2019 CONTENTS 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Structure of this Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy................................................... 3 2. Scope of Road Inspection Upgrades ............................................................................................. 4 3. Statutory Requirements, Design Standards and Other Applicable Requirements .................... 12 3.1 Statutory Requirements ....................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Design Standards ................................................................................................................. 12 3.3 Road Safety Audits ............................................................................................................... 12 4. Existing Road Description and Baseline Data ............................................................................ 14 4.1 Description of Existing Roads to be Upgraded .................................................................... 14 4.2 Historic Traffic Volumes and Capacity ................................................................................. 15 5. Project Traffic Details .................................................................................................................. 17 5.1 Operating Hours ................................................................................................................... 17 5.2 Construction Traffic .............................................................................................................. 17 5.3 Operational Traffic ................................................................................................................ 19 6. Road and Intersection Upgrade Execution Strategy .................................................................. 21 6.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 21 6.2 Design ................................................................................................................................... 21 6.3 Execution .............................................................................................................................. 22 7. Road Maintenance Strategy ....................................................................................................... 24 8. References .................................................................................................................................. 26 Doc No. 2020-CTEQ-1220-41PA-0001 27-March-19 i FIGURES Figure 1 Regional Location Figure 2a Road Upgrades and Road Safety Audits – Lachlan Shire Council Figure 2b Road Upgrades and Road Safety Audits – Lachlan Shire Council Inset Figure 3a Road Upgrades and Road Safety Audits – Parkes Shire Council Figure 3b Road Upgrades and Road Safety Audits – Parkes Shire Council Inset A Figure 3c Road Upgrades and Road Safety Audits – Parkes Shire Council Inset B Figure 4 2016 – 2017 Traffic Survey Sites Figure 5 Road Upgrade Schedule TABLES Table 1 Specific Development Consent Conditions Table 2 Surveyed Average Traffic Table 3 Operating Hours Table 4 Construction Traffic Estimates (Vehicles/day) for Peak and Average Periods Table 5 Project Average Daily Traffic – All Vehicles (Vehicles per day) Table 6 Project Average Daily Traffic – Heavy Vehicles (Vehicles per day) APPENDICES Appendix A Key Terms of the Voluntary Planning Agreements Doc No. 2020-CTEQ-1220-41PA-0001 27-March-19 ii 1. INTRODUCTION The Clean TeQ Sunrise Project (the Project) is situated near the village of Fifield, approximately 350 kilometres (km) west-northwest of Sydney, in New South Wales (NSW) (Figure 1). The Project includes the establishment and operation of the following: • mine (including the processing facility); • limestone quarry; • rail siding; • gas pipeline; • borefields, surface water extraction infrastructure and water pipeline; • accommodation camp; and • associated transport activities and transport infrastructure (e.g. the Fifield Bypass, road and intersection upgrades). Clean TeQ Sunrise Pty Ltd owns the rights to develop the Project. Clean TeQ Sunrise Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean TeQ Holdings Limited (Clean TeQ). Development Consent DA 374-11-00 for the Project was issued under Part 4 of the NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) in 2001. Six modifications to Development Consent DA 374-11-00 have since been granted under the EP&A Act: • 2005 – to allow for an increase of the autoclave feed rate, limestone quarry extraction rate and adjustments to ore processing operations; • 2006 – to allow for the reconfiguration of the borefields; • 2017 – to allow for the production of scandium oxide; • 2017 – to amend hazard study requirements; • 2018 – to relocate the accommodation camp; and • 2018 – to implement opportunities to improve the overall efficiency of the Project. Doc No. 2020-CTEQ-1220-41PA-0001 27-March-19 1 J oad s in ! la P TULLAMORE d d B a a le a ck Pe ak o W b o Hill Roa R i R d lm m u n a J ) a t g h 7 T a o 5 H B R R E o B a Red H M M d eart R ( O oad el G r d d o A s a a e ( N o P S o Pe R la R R ak H in 3 W ill-Tulla k 4 d mor s l A e n R ) Road e Y a o i T a f d i ( a (S F M ! 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TH A E GDA 1994 MGA Zone 55 Y ESC ORT W CTL-17-03 MP 2018_Figure 1_RevF AY d QUEENSLAND LEGEND National Park/Conservation Area Mining Lease Boundary (ML) Source: Black Range Minerals (2000); Clean TeQ (2017, 2018); Fifield Bypass NSW Department of Industry (2018); NSW Land & Property Information NEW SOUTH WALES State Forest (2017); Office of Environment and Heritage NSW (2017) Local Government Boundary Gas Pipeline CLEAN TEQ SUNRISE PROJECT CLEAN TEQ SUNRISE Water Pipeline PROJECT Railway Existing Gas Pipeline Limestone Quarry Water Pipeline Regional Location ! SYDNEY Borefield Infrastructure Corridor ACT VICTORIA Figure 1 1.1 Purpose This Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy (RUMS) has been prepared by Clean TeQ in accordance with the requirements of Condition 43, Schedule 3 of Development Consent DA 374-11-00 (Table 1). Table 1 – Specific Development Consent Conditions Section Where Addressed in this Development Consent DA 374-11-00 Schedule 3 TMP Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy 43. Prior to carrying out any development under this consent after 6 May 2017, the Applicant This RUMS must prepare a Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy for the development, in consultation with RMS and Council, and to the satisfaction of the Secretary. This strategy must: a) identify the road and intersection upgrades required for the project, including Sections 2 all those outlined in Appendix 5; b) include a program that details: Section 6 and 7 − the scheduling of road upgrades required to be implemented in accordance with Appendix 5; and − the maintenance of the relevant sections of the road network following the upgrades; and c) be consistent with the terms of the VPA outlined in Appendix 3. Throughout In accordance with the above requirements and the requirements listed in the Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) dated 13th December 2018, this RUMS will: • Detail the scope for the road and intersection upgrades; • Nominate the applicable specifications for the road upgrades; • Provide a schedule for the execution of the road and intersection upgrades; and • Provide a maintenance strategy for the relevant sections of the road network. 1.2 Structure of this Road Upgrade and Maintenance Strategy The remainder of this RUMS is structured as follows: Section 2: Describes the scope of the road and intersection upgrades. Section 3: Identifies the statutory requirements, design standards and Council and RMS requirements applicable to the works. Section 4: Describes the existing road and provides baseline traffic data. Section 5: Describes the expected construction and operational traffic. Section 6: Describes the road and intersection upgrade execution strategy and schedule. Including execution of design, commercial activities, construction and handover. Section 7: Details the road maintenance strategy. Doc No. 2020-CTEQ-1220-41PA-0001 27-March-19 3 2.