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PROPOSED MILK POWDER PROCESSING FACILITY

10 SCOTT STREET, WARRNAMBOOL

Transport Assessment Report

10 June 2014

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Date: 10/06/14

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Filename: 140610-TIAR

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Author: Drew Matthews

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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


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.


Figure 2.1 Subject Site and Surrounds

ABATTOIR

MEAT BARN

STAFF

CAR

PARK

Midfield Land Uses

SITE

COLD STORE

SITE

TRUCK

PARKING

AREA


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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)


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


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.


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.

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