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Traffic Management Sub-Plan
Uncontrolled when Printed: Revision D
Date: May 2010
required to deliver the personnel to the project sites each day, concentrated in
the early morning and late afternoon. Depending on location of the
transmission line upgrades and vicinity to local towns, there may occasionally
be an additional 1 -2 trips for refreshments, lunches or collection of any
required equipment.
The concrete trucks will originate from local suppliers. The tipper trucks will
be similarly sourced from local suppliers and will deliver sand to partially
backfill trenches in locations where underground line is to be installed.
During the trenching activities, approximately five tipper trucks will be
required per day to supply sand.
The larger vehicles and earthmoving equipment have the potential to become
a hazard due to their slow acceleration and deceleration rates, so caution must
be exercised in planning these larger vehicles movements. Heavy vehicles are
only to travel on roads deemed appropriate to accommodate their mass and
dimensions.
5.5 PROJECT WORKS AT SUBSTATION LOCATIONS
5.5.1 Redevelopment of Existing Substations
The traffic generated for works at substations would generally consist of
approximately 20 cars and 1-2 light trucks for construction personnel and
most plant, with the addition of larger plant, equipment and concrete
transported in rigid trucks or semi-trailers including low-loaders for the
delivery of transformers. In addition to the volume of light vehicles, it would
be expected that a number of medium and commercial vehicles would visit
the substation construction sites during the day, comprising of approximately
6-8 deliveries per day. Medium rigid trucks containing supplies and mobile
plant, such as excavators, would also be required to the substation site.
However, their movements to the site would be periodic and would involve
the equivalent of one movement per working week rather than per day to and
from the site.
Delivery of the transformers on low loaders will be a single trip to and from
the substation site and is relative to the number of transformers to be
delivered. During the substation redevelopments the traffic volumes would
vary considerably depending on staging, availability of new materials and
weather and would typically average 1-2 trips a day. Light vehicle
movements would be concentrated at work commencement and cessation
times.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA DOCUMENT NO. 0051706 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT/FINAL/28 MAY 2010
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