Attachment 5 - Traffic Impact Assessment Final PTT · 132005.638.06

2.1.2        Minor movements
The weighbridge data does not include vehicles accessing the Reviva store, Reverse Vending Machines
(RVM) for containers for change bottles and cans deposit, operational staff accessing the WMC and NSC
offices and the NSC Ed Shed. These are considered minor movements, Reviva store averages 465
customer sales per week, with an estimated 68 vehicles per day (8 vehicles per hour over 8.5 operational
hours). The operational team for WMC is estimated at four management staff and eight site-based operators
(not including waste vehicle drivers), 14 movements entering and leaving site per day on all days of the
week. The NSC projects and site based operational team is estimated at six management and projects staff
and six site-based operators, 12 movements entering and leaving site daily, this halved on weekends where
the projects team and management are not present at site.


2.1.3        Data limitations
The data available for this analysis, provided by NSC constitutes 1 month of weighbridge data, collected for
November 2023. A greater timespan of data collection of 12 months incorporated into the analysis would
enable identification and consideration of seasonal variability (high and low growth periods), annual trends
(Christmas period, holidays) and operational anomalies (free or sale green waste or other). This data may or
may not be a reliable indication of the waste traffic and quantities for other months of the year, and analysis
is therefore general in nature.


2.2          Weighbridge review

2.2.1        Traffic movements weighed
NSC have identified ongoing issue with queuing from weighbridges extending along site roads and out onto
Eumundi-Noosa Road, causing congestion and safety issue with road users of Eumundi-Noosa Road.
Queuing behind the weighbridge was observed on multiple site visits. There is currently a single weighbridge
at the NRRF and single lane leading up to the weighbridge. There is surveillance and CCTV coverage of
weighbridge operation and queuing including vehicle identification capability. Weighbridge traffic data
provided by NSC has been reviewed to determine streams requiring weighbridge pass and bypass for
incoming and outgoing movements, this is provided in Table 2.
Table 2      Weighbridge requirements for traffic streams

 Vehicles               Vehicles collecting     WMC MSW                      Vehicles bringing               Vehicles containing
 purchasing goods       materials for offsite   collection vehicles          materials to RRA1               sensitive landfill
                        processing                                           and transfer                    materials
 ◼   Compost            ◼   Steel (SIMS         ◼   Landfill waste           ◼    Green waste                ◼    Dead animals
     purchase               collection)         ◼   MSW collected            ◼    Scrap steel                ◼    Asbestos
 ◼   Crushed concrete   ◼   E-waste                 green waste              ◼    Concrete                   ◼    Contaminated
     purchase           ◼   Paint                                                                                 soil
                                                                             ◼    Clean fill
                        ◼   Mattress foam                                    ◼    Mixed waste
                        ◼   Processed                                        ◼    General Waste
                            polystyrene
                        ◼   Co-mingled
                            recycling
                        ◼   Bottles and Cans
                            from RVM
                        ◼   Motor oil
                        ◼   Cardboard

Vehicles not requiring weighing over weighbridge are diverted where possible from for operator efficiency
and reduced queuing on site. Traffic movements not requiring weighbridge are included in Table 3, though it
is noted that many of these streams pass the weighbridge under the current operation.



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