Mount Majura Solar Farm - the National Capital Authority

4.4Roads and TrafficThe existing Majura Road carries approx. 18,000 vehicles a day of which approx. 2,800 are commercial orheavy freight vehicles. The Parkway is forecast to carry 40,000 vehicles a day including up to 6,000 trucksby 2030 (see www.majuraparkway.com.au/faqs).Access requirements for the Proposed Works include standard light vehicles, various medium weightvehicles and articulated container trucks. Approximately 40 container trucks will be required to makedeliveries to the site during a construction period of up to 3 months. Over-size and over-mass vehicles arenot expected to be required. Other vehicles operating on and travelling to the site will include small tomedium-scale excavators, small-scale trenchers, trade and dual-cab utes, general trade, utility and workvehicles and the occasional skip truck to remove construction waste. Oversize and over-mass vehicles arenot expected to be required. Due to the installation’s above-ground design and the suitability of the land’sprofile for the installation, heavy earth moving machinery will not be required. Delivery would be made byroad via the Hume Highway, Federal Highway and Majura Road.Every effort would be made to ensure vehicles:Are minimised in size, length, and numberTravel with appropriate regard to other road usersTravel at times which minimise traffic noise impacts to surrounding residents.During construction, light vehicles would operate within 1 hour of normal construction hours. TrafficManagement would be considered to ensure that the measures are adequate to address potential safetyand asset degradation impacts, including scheduling and timing of deliveries, community notificationrequirements, signage and traffic controls.Generally, the Proposed Works would result in negligible increased traffic on Majura Road and localhighways during the construction phase. The construction traffic impacts would be temporary and are notexpected to significantly affect user safety and convenience. Majura Road is considered capable of handlingthe expected volume and type of traffic required for the Proposed Works. The traffic of approximately 40truck deliveries would be dispersed over the 3 month construction period (on average less than 1 per day).The construction traffic impacts would be temporary and are not expected to significantly affect user safetyand convenience. The Proponent will be required to coordinate with construction works associated withMajura Parkway to ensure that any compounding effects from the Majura Parkway Construction areminimised.46Mount Majura Solar Farm – Works Approval Submission