MCU12/0184 - Traffic Engineering Report dated 31 July 2014

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Figure 4-2 Poultry Farm Cycle - Total Vehicle Movements per Day
•             The peak shown in Week 1 involves the delivery of shavings to the site, and accounts for
              the entry/exits movements of only eight, large rigid vehicles (approx. 15T GVM) each day
              over two days. The vehicles are expected to arrive between 8am-4pm, with a 30 minute
              layover between arrival and departure.
•             The peak shown over Week 5/6 involves the initial live bird pick-up. During this collection
              stage it is expected that approximately 40% of the live birds would be removed for
              market. It is expected that this would include 16 articulated vehicles (AVs) movements
              per day over two days (8 laden vehicles per day over two days); and
•             The peaks shown in Weeks 7 and 8 are associated with the balance of the live bird pick-
              up, and includes up to 11 articulated vehicles (AVs) per day over three days.
•             As seen in the graph above and the detailed spreadsheet provided in Appendix C, peak
              activity associated with articulated vehicles occurs in conjunction with bird collection and
              this is limited to just 5 days throughout the 63 day cycle.
•             Adding the delivery of shavings at the commencement of a grow cycle and removal of
              litter at the completion of a cycle results in just 9 days of the 63 days cycle having heavy
              vehicle traffic volumes exceeding 10 vehicles movements per day.


From our discussions we understand that the collection of the live birds generally occurs in the
early hours of the morning commencing typically from 2:30am, when the birds are calm, reducing
bird stress and facilitating an easier collection process. We also understand that a single
articulated vehicle arrives on site at a time is loaded by the collection crew. We understand that
this loading process takes in the order of 60 minutes per truck. Assuming each of the 10 to 11
trucks are loaded consecutively without delay between vehicles, the loading of birds is forecasted
to occur over approximately 10 hours.



    Ref: B14101TR001_Final                                      - 12 -         Proposed Poultry Farm – 136 Top Forestry Rd, Ridgewood