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Traffic Management Sub-Plan
Uncontrolled when Printed: Revision D
Date: May 2010
Detours are considered a viable option in the follow locations:
• Parkway drive forms a loop with McGettigans Lane in the Ewingsdale
Area that may be suitable for crossing re-routing traffic for the transmission
line crossing of McGettigans Lane;
• Old Bangalow Road in conjunction with Tintenbar Road, Emigrant Street
and Reid Street forms a loop with the Pacific Highway in the Lennox Head
Area; forming a suitable detour option when Old Bangalow Road is to be
crossed;
• In the vicinity of the Pacific Highway near Ballina, Ross Lane/The Coast
Road and Teven Road Tintenbar Road provide a possible detour should
total road closure be required. Ballina Shire Council note that load limits
apply to two of the bridges along the Tintenbar and Teven Road detour
route. It is also noted that Ballina Shire Council are reluctant to implement
lane changes on such high traffic volume roads without a comprehensive
vehicle management plan being prepared and approved. Any alteration to
traffic movements on the Pacific Highway proposed by the project requires
the concurrence of the NSW RTA.
• Rous Lynwood Road, Beesons Road, Red Lane and Ellis Road form a
connected network that may be suitable for detours when the transmission
line crosses the roads in this rural locality; and
• It may be possible to reroute traffic through adjacent paddocks where
construction activities are to take place on rural access ways. This would
need to be in consultation with landholders and will determine if
alternative access ways can be used.
The re-routing of traffic in these aforementioned locations allows for the
works to be conducted by closing of the roadways completely and eliminating
road users from entering the site. Management measures to be implemented
in the event of incorporating detours are listed in Table 7.1.
5.10 ROAD CLOSURES
Any operations that may involve road closure will require a Traffic Control
Plan (TCP) which will be prepared in consultation with the affected Council
and the RTA. The contents of the TCP are described further in Table 6.1
Traffic Management Measures. Consultation requirements prior to any road
closures are included in Table 4.1 Roles and Responsibilities.
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