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ESR Transport Planning Pty Ltd 15 Dawson Street South, Ballarat VIC 3350
P: 0427 044 324 | E: [email protected] | www.esrtp.com.au
PROPOSED MILK POWDER PROCESSING FACILITY
10 SCOTT STREET, WARRNAMBOOL
Transport Assessment Report
10 June 2014
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DOCUMENT CONTROL
Date: 10/06/14
Revision: -
Filename: 140610-TIAR
Our Ref: C0300
Author: Drew Matthews
CONTACT
ESR Transport Planning Pty Ltd ABN 86 128 037 429
15 Dawson Street South, Ballarat VIC 3350
P: 0427 044 324
www.esrtp.com.au
PREPARED FOR
Midfield Meat International Pty Ltd
DISCLAIMER
ESR Transport Planning Pty Ltd 2014.
This document has been prepared in good faith on the basis of information available at the time. Although care
has been taken to ensure the accuracy of its contents, we make no guarantees. Neither ESR Transport Planning
Pty Ltd nor its consultants or staff will be liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising from any
person or organisation using or relying on the information in this document.
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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Overview........................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Scope of This Report .................................................................................................... 1
1.3 References .................................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Glossary of Terms ......................................................................................................... 1
2 Contextual Analysis ................................................................................................................... 2
2.1 Midfield Meat ................................................................................................................. 2
2.2 Site................................................................................................................................. 2
2.3 Road Network ................................................................................................................ 4
2.4 Accident History ............................................................................................................ 5
2.5 Car Parking.................................................................................................................... 5
2.6 Public Transport ............................................................................................................ 7
2.7 Pedestrian and Cyclist Facilities ................................................................................... 7
2.8 Scott Street Precinct Improvement Project................................................................... 7
3 Proposed Development............................................................................................................. 8
4 Car Parking Assessment........................................................................................................... 9
4.1 Planning Policy .............................................................................................................. 9
4.2 Empirical Assessment of Demand ................................................................................ 9
4.3 Availability of Parking in the Area ................................................................................. 9
4.4 Parking Provision ........................................................................................................ 10
5 Bicycle Parking Assessment ................................................................................................... 11
6 Truck Traffic Management ...................................................................................................... 12
6.1 Traffic Generation........................................................................................................ 12
6.2 Haulage Routes........................................................................................................... 12
6.3 Truck Access Assessment .......................................................................................... 13
6.4 Truck Circulation Assessment .................................................................................... 13
7 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 15
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1 Introduction
1.1 Overview
Planning approval is currently being sought for the establishment of a milk powder processing
facility at 10 Scott Street in Warrnambool. To assist in the consideration of the development
proposal, ESR Transport Planning has been engaged to assess the transport implications of the
proposal.
1.2 Scope of This Report
This report documents a car parking impact assessment and a truck traffic management plan
which investigates the following:
• Existing transport conditions in the vicinity of the site.
• Statutory transport planning requirements.
• Anticipated parking demands generated by the proposed development.
• Anticipated truck traffic generated by the proposed development.
• Truck access routes to/from the site.
• Truck manoeuvring within the site.
1.3 References
• Site plans prepared by PM Design Group dated 30/05/14 Revision 2.
• Scott St Precinct Proposed Works Concept Plan, dated May 2013, Revision A.
• Warrnambool Planning Scheme.
• Warrnambool City Council Roads Register, 27/03/13.
• Guide to Traffic Generating Developments (Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), 2002).
• Parking Generation (Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 4th Edition, 2010).
• Crashstats database, VicRoads (www.vicroads.vic.gov.au).
• Public transport maps and timetables, Public Transport Victoria (www.ptv.vic.gov.au).
• Maps and aerial photography, Google Maps (www.maps.google.com.au).
• Inspections of the site and surrounds in August/September 2013 and June 2014.
• Car parking surveys conducted on Thursday 08/08/13.
• Advice from Midfield Meat and Tract Consultants regarding site operations.
1.4 Glossary of Terms
• Council Warrnambool City Council
• kph kilometres per hour
• m metres
• m2 square metres
• NFA net floor area
• vph vehicles per hour
• vpd vehicles per day
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2 Contextual Analysis
2.1 Midfield Meat
Midfield Meat is the processing division of The Midfield Group of companies and processes
beef, lamb, veal, mutton and their by-products. The Midfield abattoir which is located north of
the site operates 24 hours a day on weekdays plus livestock receiving on Sundays. The
abattoir and nearby associated operations sees approximately 600 staff on-site at any one time.
Various other land sites in the vicinity are also occupied by Midfield including a truck parking
area immediately north of the site.
Midfield Meat is currently seeking planning approval for development of a cold storage facility at
17-19 Scott Street northwest of the site. This facility will be used to store meat processed at the
abattoir.
2.2 Site
The site is located on the east side of Scott Street adjacent the Strong Street intersection. It is
part of a land parcel that is currently zoned as public use zone (local government) and is used
as a Council works depot. One building of approximately 1,000m2 is located on-site.
A driveway to Scott Street, just south of Strong Street, provides vehicular access to the Council
works depot. A driveway to Scott Street, adjacent the northwest corner of the site, provides
access to the Midfield truck parking area north of the site.
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Figure 2.1 Subject Site and Surrounds
ABATTOIR
MEAT BARN
STAFF
CAR
PARK
Midfield Land Uses
SITE
COLD STORE
SITE
TRUCK
PARKING
AREA
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2.3 Road Network
Scott Street is classified as a collector road and is subject to a 50kph speed limit. It carries a
daily traffic volume in the order of 2,700vpd, of which 430vpd are commercial vehicles1. A 20m
road reserve is configured with grassed nature strips and a 10m wide (approx.) carriageway
accommodating a single traffic lane in each direction.
Figure 2.2 Scott Street (facing north, site on right)
Strong Street is classified as an access road and is subject to a 50kph speed limit. It carries a
daily traffic volume in the order of 500vpd, of which 90vpd are commercial vehicles1. A 20m
road reserve is configured with grassed nature strips and a 10m wide (approx.) carriageway
accommodating a single traffic lane in each direction and kerbside parallel parking.
Figure 2.3 Strong Street (facing east towards site)
1 Source: Council traffic volume data. 5 day average. A 1.5% pa growth rate applied to historic volumes.
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2.4 Accident History
A review of road accidents in the site's vicinity has been undertaken using VicRoads Crashstats
database which includes details of all reported casualty accidents since 1987. The review
investigated Scott Street, Strong Street and McMeekin Road (between Koroit Street and
Granter Street) for the last available five year period (01/01/08 to 31/12/12).
In that time, 1 "other injury" severity accident was reported at both the McMeekin Road / Koroit
Street and McMeekin Road / Albert Street intersections. This data provides no evidence of a
specific accident pattern or fundamental road safety issue in the site's vicinity.
2.5 Car Parking
On-street parking is available on Scott Street and Strong Street in the vicinity of the site.
Between McMeekin Road and approximately 150m north of the site, No Stopping applies along
Scott Street.
The Meat Barn (Midfield's retail outlet west of the abattoir) has a 37 space off-street carpark
accessed from Scott Street.
A large gravel surfaced site on the east side of Albert Street immediately north of the abattoir
provides car parking opportunities that are available for Midfield staff. Based on the area of this
land and site inspections, in the order of 120 vehicles can be accommodated within this site.
Informal car parking is also available for some Midfield staff within the various Midfield sites
nearby.
Surveys of parking demands nearby were conducted on Thursday 08/08/13 during the middle of
the day. Results are presented in Table 2.1 and Figure 2.4 over.
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Table 2.1 Car Parking Survey Data
Figure 2.4 Car Parking Survey Areas
Location Restrictions Supply Demands
Street Side Between 10:30 AM 11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:30 PM 2:30 PM 3:30 PM
McMeekin Rd southeast of Strong St intersection 1/2 P 5 5 1 1 1 5 2
Scott St both 150m north of site - Strong St 15 5 5 5 5 5 5
Scott St east 150m north of site - Strong St DARF & Maintenance Only 28 20 18 16 16 13 11
Strong St both Scott St - West Ct 24 2 4 1 6 4 2
Strong St both southern half_West Ct - McMeekin Rd 27 23 24 18 26 24 24
Strong St both northern half_Wes t Ct - McMeekin Rd 35 4 0 1 2 4 2
On-Street Total 134 59 52 42 56 55 46
Occupancy 44% 39% 31% 42% 41% 34%
Vacancies 75 82 92 78 79 88
Meat Barn Carpark 37 13 14 13 14 11 10
Occupancy 35% 38% 35% 38% 30% 27%
Vacancies 24 23 24 23 26 27
SITE
MEAT BARN
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Table 2.1 indicates the following:
• Parking demands are relatively consistent throughout the middle of a weekday.
• 15 unrestricted spaces are available on Scott Street, experiencing a peak demand of 5
spaces (ie. 33% occupied, 10 vacant spaces).
• 24 unrestricted spaces are available on Strong Street between Scott Street and West Court,
experiencing a peak demand of 6 spaces (ie. 25% occupied, 18 vacant spaces).
Other observations made during the parking surveys included the following:
• The gravel staff carpark north of the abattoir is generally fully occupied during the day.
• Although parking is not permitted within the McMeekin Road carriageway, many vehicles
park within the nature strip.
These observations indicate that parking opportunities proximate to the abattoir entrance from
McMeekin Road are at capacity.
In total, it is likely that several hundred vehicles are parked within the local industrial precinct at
peak times (precinct defined as Scott Street, Strong Street and McMeekin Road on and off-
street spaces).
2.6 Public Transport
Bus route 6 (Warrnambool to Merrivale) operates along McMeekin Road with services 7 days a
week.
2.7 Pedestrian and Cyclist Facilities
Footpaths are generally not provided along nearby roads except for footpaths on McMeekin
Road adjacent the Albert Street and Koroit Street signalised intersections.
Bicycle parking facilities for Midfield staff are provided in 2 separate areas of the abattoir site.
2.8 Scott Street Precinct Improvement Project
Warrnambool City Council has prepared a concept plan of proposed improvements to Scott
Street and surroundings. These works include rehabilitation of the Scott Street pavement and
provision of on-street parking along the east side of Scott Street. A total of approximately 80
new car parking spaces will be created through these works. Other works include crushed rock
surfacing and drainage works of the Albert Street carpark and footpaths along the east side of
Scott Street, the south side of McMeekin Road and the northeast side of Koroit Street.
These works are expected to ease a lot of the pressure for car parking proximate to the
abattoirs entrance from McMeekin Road.
It is understood that this project is still in a conceptual stage with state government funding
currently being sought.
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3 Proposed Development
The proposed development will establish a milk powder processing plant at the site. New
buildings include a processing building with 4 floor levels and a total floor area of 2,253m2, a
single level powder storage building of 672m2 and a boiler house building of 63m2. Total new
floor area is 2,988m2. A silo pad will accommodate various silos for materials storage.
Operation will be 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Approximately 6 staff are expected as part of
the facilities operation. A maximum of 12 staff are anticipated on-site for a short period of time
during shift change overs.
Fresh milk will be delivered to the site via tanker trucks and extracted at a pumping station. Milk
powder will be taken from the site on container / tray trucks. These trucks will be loaded using
forklifts within a loading area under the roof line of the powder storage building. A new driveway
crossover is proposed which will accommodate truck entry and exit.
An access aisle and 12 parallel parking spaces are proposed along the west side of the existing
site building. The access aisle will operate one-way southbound with entry via the existing
driveway to Scott Street adjacent the northwest corner of the site and exit via the proposed new
driveway.
The milk powder plant will occupy part of the site, the existing building on site and the northern
part of the site will not be used as part of the plant. These areas may be used as an expansion
of the existing Midfield storage yard to the north.
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4 Car Parking Assessment
4.1 Planning Policy
Clause 52.06 (Car Parking) of the Warrnambool Planning Scheme specifies rates for car
parking provision for various land uses. An assessment of the parking requirements for the
proposed development using the rate prescribed for industrial land uses is presented in Table
4.1.
Table 4.1 Planning Scheme Car Parking Requirements
LAND USE & QUANTITY STATUTORY PARKING RATE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT
Industry, 2,988m2 2.9 spaces / 100sqm NFA 87 spaces
Table 4.1 indicates that a standard parking provision of 87 spaces applies to the proposed land
use. The Planning Scheme also states that the standard provision can be reduced or fully
waived with a series of decision guidelines listed for consideration when making such an
assessment. The sections that follow provide discussion on those decision guidelines relevant
to the proposed development.
4.2 Empirical Assessment of Demand
The parking rate prescribed for industrial land uses in the Planning Scheme applies to land uses
that can be very different and experience very different car parking characteristics. In order to
better understand the likely car parking demands generated by the proposed milk powder
processing facility, the following analysis has been considered.
Guidance on the likely peak parking demands generated by industrial land uses is contained
within the Guide to Traffic Generating Developments (Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), 2002)
and Parking Generation (Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), 4th Edition, 2010). These
documents indicate that warehousing type uses generate peak parking demands in the order of
0.3 to 0.8 spaces / 100m2 while general industrial / factory / manufacturing type uses generate
peak parking demands in the order of 0.8 to 1.3 spaces / 100m2. The proposed milk powder
plant will be a manufacturing type use however is expected to have a relatively low staff density
with a maximum of 12 staff on-site at any one time. Accordingly, a peak parking rate in the
lower range of those specified above is anticipated to be representative for the proposed
development. Application of a peak rate of 0.5 spaces / 100m2 would indicate a peak demand
of 15 spaces.
ITE 2010 also indicates that 0.8 spaces per employee is typical for warehousing and industrial
land uses. Given a maximum of 12 staff are anticipated on-site at any one time, this equates to
a peak parking demand of 10 spaces for the proposed use.
4.3 Availability of Parking in the Area
On-street parking is available along Scott Street and Strong Street in the vicinity of the site.
Surveys indicate peak occupancy rates of 33% or less in these areas with at least 28 vacant
spaces available.
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In addition, should the proposed Scott Street precinct improvement project be funded and
implemented, an additional 80 car parking spaces (approx.) will be provided in close proximity
to the site.
4.4 Parking Provision
Given all of the above, the 12 spaces provided on-site is considered a suitable provision of car
parking and the proposed use is not expected to create significant impacts to parking amenity
within the surrounding area.
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5 Bicycle Parking Assessment
Clause 52.34 (Bicycle Facilities) of the Warrnambool Planning Scheme sets out requirements
for the provision of bicycle facilities such as parking and change room facilities. An assessment
of the bicycle facility requirements for the proposed development using Planning Scheme rates
is presented in Table 5.1.
Table 5.1 Planning Scheme Bicycle Facility Requirements
LAND USE & QUANTITY EMPLOYEE
PARKING RATE
VISITOR
PARKING RATE
EMPLOYEE
REQUIREMENT #
VISITOR
REQUIREMENT
Industry, 2,988m2 1 / 1000m
2 NFA none 3 spaces none
# 1 shower with direct access to a change room required if at least 5 employee spaces are required, plus 1 shower to each 10
spaces thereafter.
Table 5.1 indicates that a standard bicycle parking provision of 3 employee bicycle parking
spaces applies to the proposed land use.
As discussed above, Midfield operations see approximately 600 staff at any one time in the
vicinity with 2 existing bicycle parking stations provided for staff. Approximately 6 staff are
expected as part of the facilities operation. Therefore, it is considered that areas internal to the
site buildings or the existing abattoir bicycle parking stations will satisfactorily fulfil any bicycle
parking requirements associated with the proposed land use.
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6 Truck Traffic Management
6.1 Traffic Generation
The output targets of the facility when fully operational provide an indication of the maximum
number of truck movements associated with these levels of production as set out below:
• Fresh milk receival – Up to 20 trucks per day (less if B-doubles form part of the fleet) with
the majority (~60%) between 8:00am – 6:00pm.
• Powdered milk dispatch – Up to 4 trucks per day typically during the daytime
(includes allowance for a truck to deliver packaging once a week prior to being loaded).
6.2 Haulage Routes
Trucks will most likely use Scott Street, via McMeekin Road to access the site. Routes to/from
the surrounding arterial road network are likely to include Albert Street / Walsh Road and Koroit
Street / Giffen Street.
Figure 6.1 shows existing B-double designated roadways in the vicinity of the site.
Figure 6.1 B-Double Designated Roadways
Source: National Heavy Vehicle Regulator Journey Planner (www.nhvr.gov.au)
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6.3 Truck Access Assessment
Figure 6.2 shows the results of swept path analysis that indicates vehicles up to the size of a
26m B-double will be able to turn left into the site clear of opposing traffic.
Figure 6.2 Swept Path, 26m B-Double – Ingress from Scott Street
6.4 Truck Circulation Assessment
Figure 6.3 shows the results of swept path analysis that indicates the site layout is likely to
accommodate vehicles up to the size of a 26m B-double delivering fresh milk and exiting the
site in a forwards direction.
Figure 6.3 Swept Path, 26m B-Double – Circulation Around Site
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Figure 6.4 shows the results of swept path analysis that indicates the site layout is likely to
accommodate vehicles up to the size of a 19m semi-trailer reversing into the milk powder
loading bay. With trailer decoupling prior to entry to the loading bay, B-doubles configurations
will also be able to load on-site.
Figure 6.4 Swept Path, 19m Semi-Trailer – Entry to Loading Bay
The width of the site access enables fresh milk delivery vehicles to queue 2 lanes wide while
maintaining another lane for access to/from the remainder of the site.
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7 Conclusions
Based on the analysis and discussion contained within this report, the following conclusions
have been made:
1. The 12 spaces provided on-site is considered a suitable provision of car parking and the
proposed use is not expected to create significant impacts to parking amenity within the
surrounding area.
2. The proposed use is expected to generate up to 20 trucks per day transporting fresh milk
(40 truck movements in and out) and 4 trucks per day transporting powdered milk from the
site (8 truck movements in and out).
3. This compares with existing traffic volumes on Scott Street of 2,700vpd (total), of which
430vpd are commercial vehicles.
4. The proposed driveway and internal circulation areas of the site are expected to
accommodate truck entry and exit movements in a safe and efficient manner.