terramin australia limited angas zinc project. angas zinc project: traffic raised as a concern...
TRANSCRIPT
TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA LimitedTERRAMIN AUSTRALIA Limited
Angas Zinc Angas Zinc ProjectProject
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic
• Raised as a concern through Stakeholder consultation
process
• Dominant source of background noise in the region
• Issues are noise, dust, dragout, hours of operation,
changes to current traffic numbers
Current traffic: all vehicles
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
1
Vehicles/day
All 1999
All 2005
+ Mine
Source: Transport SA Survey
Current traffic: heavy vehicles
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1
Heavy trucks/day
19992005+ Mine
Source: Transport SA Survey
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic
• Terramin have proposed:
– No B-double vehicles to be taken via
township roads
– B-Double movements limited to hours as
specified in MARP .
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic
• Proposal Details:
– Callington Road, currently gazetted route for B-
Doubles
– Transport trucks: 6.30 am – 10.00 pm
– Noise: average increase from offsite traffic less
than 1 dB(A) (Bassett modelling)
– Low noise air brakes specified in contract
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic
• Proposal Details:
– Concentrate trucks will be covered to prevent dust impact
– Vehicles leaving site will be washed down to prevent
dragout on public roads
– Onsite “Mine Road” road to be bitumised - prevents
dragout and dust
– Liaision with TSA to upgrade intersection of the “Mine
Road” with Callington Road at our cost
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: Traffic SafetyTraffic Safety
• Safety Issues:
– 110 zone at entrance: Terramin have applied for speed
limit to change to 80 km/h in consultation with Council
and TSA
– Existing entrance in poor location: Propose to change
location of mine entrance road - design in progress.
Existing Road & Boxcut Location
Proposed changes
Proposed Proposed mine mine
entrance entrance roadroad
Proposed Proposed 80km/h 80km/h speed speed limit limit
extensionextension
Current Current site site
entranceentranceExisting Existing 80km/h 80km/h speed speed limitlimit
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: Other TrafficOther Traffic
• Light vehicle traffic: in operational phase essentially
workers driving to work and parking in carpark on
site
• Insignificant addition to total road usage
• Commercial vehicles
• Bulk consumables Balls, Reagents (lime) via Callington Road
• Local business suppliers - (cement, laundry ,cleaning,
hardware, safety equipment, security, communications etc.) via
Strathalbyn
Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic
• MARP Outcomes:
– No accident potential, noise, dust and dragout impacts
caused by traffic to or from mine site
• MARP Criteria
– No significant structural change to road condition.
– Accidents or near misses to be reported to CCC. Management will
react to near miss and accident reports.
– Terramin’s contract with transport suppliers will specify delivery
direction
– Contractor log books to indicate compliance with agreed hours of
operation
Area Overview