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Proposed pulp mill Presentation on Transport
Impacts
David Peters Deputy Secretary, Infrastructure Depa
rtment of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
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Department of Infrastructure, Energy and
Resources April 2008
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DIER Transport Outcome
Safe and efficient movement of people and
freight across modes and jurisdictions
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Pulp Mill transport task likely impact

• Approach
• Analysis examines
• Most likely wood supply (Gunns anticipated
  scenario) and log truck movements against overall
  freight task.
• Pulp Mill transport task (truck movements) under
  two strategies road only and road/rail.

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Wood supply forecast volumes and source

• No change to Gunns state-wide overall harvesting
  levels
• Pulp Mill requires 2.9M 4M tonnes per year.
• Analysis shows increased volume redirected to
  Pulp Mill from woodchip mills.
• Consequently pattern of transport between the
  regions will change
• North west to Pulp Mill 0.36M tonnes
  (redirected), equivalent to 95 truck movements
  per day
• South to Pulp Mill 0.33M tonnes (redirected),
  equivalent to 90 truck movements per day
• North east (no change).

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Transport task road only strategy

• Parts of the road network will experience an
  increase in truck movements
• Bass and Midland Highway will carry the majority
  of additional log trucks - high standard freight
  roads, increase well within capacity.
• Biralee/Frankford/West Tamar/Batman Highway.
• East Tamar Highway.
• Also
• Bridport Main Road (not caused by pulp mill).

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Government action road only strategy

• 72M allocated to East Tamar Hwy.
• Frankford/West Tamar/Batman Hwy - review needs
  and planning brought forward.
• Bridport Main Road review needs and planning
  brought forward.
• 4 years for infrastructure improvements to be in
  place.

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Transport task road rail strategy (preferred)

• Gunns preferred transport strategy is to use
  rail from the north west and south to Longreach.
• Rail will move almost 0.70M tonnes per year to
  the pulp mill the equivalent of 185 truck
  trips/day.
• Parts of the road network will experience a
  decrease in truck volumes
• All wood supply from the north east will continue
  to be moved by road.

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Government action road rail strategy

• Rail Governments preferred option.
• 60M upgrades needed
• Derwent Valley Line Boyer to Karanja.
• North West Line Burnie to Wiltshire.
• 24M upgrades - Antill Ponds to Colebrook.
• Main line productivity improvements 31.6M.
• Brighton Transport Hub planning, design and
  land acquisition underway.

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Pulp Mill traffic management and road access

• Pulp Mill will increase traffic at Longreach and
  landfill site accesses.
• Pulp Mill permit requires a grade separated
  interchange.
• General traffic management issues covered in DIER
  Schedules. 

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Safety

• Heavy Truck Code of Practice introduction 2009.
• Heavy Truck Safety Advisory Committee preparing
  Code.
• The Code will address
• vehicle stability (including SRT)
• driver recruitment, induction, training and
  education
• purchase of safer vehicles
• road worthiness and vehicle maintenance
• load restraint
• adopting new technology

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What are we currently doing?

• EAST TAMAR HIGHWAY UPGRADE
• Charles Street Bridge
• Landfall Hill
• Los Angelos Road to Dalrymple Road
• Dilston Bypass
• 14 Mile Creek (North of Batman Highway)
• Batman Highway Junction
• Egg Island Creek

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What are we currently doing? . Cont.

• TASMAN HIGHWAY
• BRIDPORT MAIN ROAD
• LILYDALE GOLCONDA ROAD

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What we have planned

• Federal Government has confirmed its election
  commitments
• North East Freight Roads - 42.5M (34M)
• 30M North West Rail
• 30M Derwent Valley Rail
• 24M Rhyndaston Rail Upgrade
• 31.6M Main North-South Rail capacity
  improvements

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NE Freight Roads

• Bridport Main Road
• Tebrakunna Bridge
• Pioneer to Branxholm
• New high productivity routes

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