RECENT PROJECTS - Transport

Proposed Sutton Forest Quarry – Review of Access Options

Client: Tulla Group

Vehicular access to the Hume Highway, south of the Illawarra Highway junction, is a major development constraint for the expansion of existing quarries and the potential development of new quarry operations in the area. Generally, the RTA will not permit any new right turn access or increased use of any existing right turn access to the Highway, on the section between Sutton Forest and Murulan. EMM investigated future alternative access options to the Hume Highway, which avoided direct right turn access, for a proposed 1 Mtpa future quarry product development south of Sutton Forest and recommended a preferred future road access option and concept road alignment.

Boral Dunmore Quarry – Modification of Development Consent
Recent improvements to the Princes Highway, including the extension of the Dual carriageway section south from Albion Park-Oak Flats to connect with the Kiama bypass at Minnamurra, have enabled the possibility of increased road transport of Quarry Products to occur in the future, with minimal impacts to other road users. A project traffic impact assessment was undertaken assessing the potential traffic impacts of additional quarry products transport between Dunmore and the main markets in the Sydney Region, including cumulative impact assessment of the project with other proposed Quarry Products developments in the Shellharbour LGA.

Cobbora Coal Project, Assessment of Workforce Accomodation Locations
As part of the mine planning and Transport Impact Assessment for the proposed 12 Mtpa coal mine at Cobbora, between Mudgee and Dubbo, in the central western region of NSW, a prepartatory study was undertaken to determine the likely residential locations of the project workforce during both the construction and operations stages of the mine. Potential short stay accommodation locations and the likely future supply of new housing were investigated for all the existing townships within an approximate 70 to 80 kilometer travel distance of the mine, to determine the most likely residential locations for the future mine workforce, based on the supply and cost of available housing, the typical daily commuting travel distance, the typical range of retail, educational and other community facilities and services within the various townships and the ease of access to an airport for regional travel.