MCU12/0184 - Traffic Engineering Report dated 31 July 2014

 Delivery
of Chicks

                                           Bird Growth

                                                                  Collection of Birds

                                                                                                          Shed
                                                                                                        Clean-Out

    Week 1       Week 2     Week 3     Week 4      Week 5        Week 6       Week 7        Week 8        Week 9

                                 Figure 4-1 Proposed Nine Week Cycle


It is understood that due to the complex logistics required to manage chicken sizes that meet the
requirements of the Ingham customer, there is little flexibility in the 63 day schedule particularly
with respect to the collection of birds. As a result of this predictability, daily tasks have been
forecasted for the proposed poultry farm, leading to what we believe are robust forecasts of
vehicle movements over the 63 day cycle. The detailed forecasted vehicle movements for the
proposed poultry farm have been included in Appendix C. These vehicle movement forecasts
have been developed with the assistance of an experienced poultry grower for Ingham’s, and
through our discussions with both the development proponent and a key contracts manager from
Ingham’s. Importantly also these have been based on the advised stocking densities which are
being applied to growers by Ingham.
The total vehicle movements for each day of the cycle are demonstrated in Figure 4-2, which
identifies the following key aspects regarding activity of the proposed poultry farm over the 63 day
cycle:
•            For 30 days of the 63 day cycle (47% of the time), the poultry farm operation will
             generate no activity external to the site specifically related to the proposed poultry farm;
•            Only 11 days (approximately 17%) of the 63 day cycle will experience more than four
             vehicle movements external to the site per day, specifically related to the proposed
             poultry farm;
•            During the initial growth stage of the cycle, there is a 30 day period where the maximum
             number of vehicles movements specifically associated with the poultry farm, does not
             exceed four (4) vehicles per day; and
•            The maximum number of vehicle movements per day is forecasted to be 24-26 vehicle
             movements, which occurs on two (2) days in Week 7 and on one (1) day in Week 8.
             These vehicle movements are associated with the collection of the larger sized bird.




 Ref: B14101TR001_Final                           - 11 -    Proposed Poultry Farm – 136 Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood