Appendix K Traffc and access Australian Industrial Energy Port Kembla Gas Terminal Traffic Impact Assessment November 2018 Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project overview ................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project location .................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Scope of this report .............................................................................................................. 4 1.5 Study assumptions and limitations ...................................................................................... 4 1.6 Report structure ................................................................................................................... 5 2. Method ........................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Method of assessment ......................................................................................................... 7 3. Existing conditions ......................................................................................................................... 9 3.1 Existing road network characteristics .................................................................................. 9 3.2 Traffic volumes ................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Crash data review .............................................................................................................. 26 3.4 Public and active transport ................................................................................................ 29 4. Construction Activities .................................................................................................................. 32 4.1 Construction program ........................................................................................................ 32 4.2 Workforce ........................................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Construction vehicles ......................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Traffic generation ............................................................................................................... 33 4.2 Construction vehicle access routes ................................................................................... 37 5. Impact Assessment ...................................................................................................................... 43 5.1 Construction impacts ......................................................................................................... 43 5.2 Operational impacts ........................................................................................................... 50 5.3 Cumulative impacts ............................................................................................................ 51 6. Mitigation measures ..................................................................................................................... 55 6.1 Construction activity traffic management ........................................................................... 55 6.2 Post development traffic and parking management .......................................................... 56 7. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................... 57 7.1 Construction impacts ......................................................................................................... 57 7.2 Operational impacts ........................................................................................................... 58 7.3 Mitigation measures ........................................................................................................... 59 7.4 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 59 GHD | Report for Australian Industrial Energy – Port Kembla Gas Terminal, 2127477 | i Table index Table 2-1 Level of service criteria for intersections .............................................................................. 7 Table 3-1 Springhill Road key features .............................................................................................. 10 Table 3-2 Five Islands Road key features ......................................................................................... 11 Table 3-3 Masters Road key features ................................................................................................ 12 Table 3-4 Port Kembla Road key features ......................................................................................... 13 Table 3-5 Flinders Street key features ............................................................................................... 14 Table 3-6 Old Port Road / Darcy Road key features ......................................................................... 15 Table 3-7 Foreshore Road key features ............................................................................................16 Table 3-8 AM Peak hour surveyed traffic volumes (2018) ................................................................. 21 Table 3-9 PM Peak hour surveyed traffic volumes (2018) ................................................................. 22 Table 3-10 Functional classification of roads ....................................................................................... 23 Table 3-11 Midblock volume / capacity analysis – AM peak hour ....................................................... 24 Table 3-12 Midblock volume / capacity analysis – PM peak hour ....................................................... 25 Table 3-13 Average Weekday Traffic Volumes (24 hours) – Five Islands Road, east of Springhill Road ................................................................................................................... 26 Table 3-14 Number of recorded crashes by road section (2013-2017) ............................................... 28 Table 3-15 Summary of crash types by location (2013-2017) ............................................................. 29 Table 3-16 Bus services ....................................................................................................................... 30 Table 4-1 Construction staging .......................................................................................................... 32 Table 4-2 Construction equipment ..................................................................................................... 33 Table 4-3 Mobilisation traffic generation - two-way traffic .................................................................. 34 Table 4-4 Wharf demolition and construction traffic generation - two-way traffic .............................. 34 Table 4-5 Dredging and disposal traffic generation (general deliveries and staff movements) - two-way traffic ............................................................................................. 35 Table 4-6 Transport of dredge material from Port Kembla (wharf) to Port Kembla (disposal) - two-way traffic ................................................................................................. 35 Table 4-7 Pipeline construction traffic generation - two-way traffic ................................................... 36 Table 4-8 Demobilisation traffic generation, wharf site - two-way traffic ........................................... 37 Table 4-9 Demobilisation traffic generation, disposal site - two-way traffic ....................................... 37 Table 4-10 Construction access routes to each construction site ....................................................... 38 Table 5-1 Increase in construction traffic generation – daily traffic .................................................... 43 Table 5-2 Peak hour construction traffic generation on surrounding road network ........................... 44 Table 5-3 Peak construction midblock volume / capacity – AM peak hour ....................................... 47 Table 5-4 Peak construction midblock volume / capacity analysis – PM peak hour ......................... 48 Table 5-5 SIDRA modelling results – 2018 surveyed traffic volumes ................................................ 49 ii | GHD | Report for Australian Industrial Energy – Port Kembla Gas Terminal, 2127477 Table 5-6 SIDRA modelling results - during construction .................................................................. 49 Table 5-7 Operational traffic generation - two-way traffic .................................................................. 51 Figure index Figure 1-1 Site location ......................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 3-1 Springhill Road,