Response to oustanding issues Animal Husbandry MCU12/0184

                                                                  Traffic Engineering Report 11347
                                                               MCU: Agricultural Use Poultry Fann
                                                                                   Milligan Fanns
                                                                                     August 2013



4.       TRIP GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION


In order to       analyse   the
                              impact of the development on the eXlstmg transport
infrastruchlre, it is necessary to assess the number of trips likely to be generated to
and from the site and where they are likely to travel. A trip is defined as a one-way
vehicular movement from 1 point to another excluding the return journey. Therefore,
a return trip to/from a land use is counted as two trips. There are no specific trip

rates in current traffic engineering guidelines for poultry farm land uses. Therefore to
determine an appropriate rate to forecast trip generation information has been sought
from the applicant and another poultry farm in Redland Bay, Queensland.


To  accurately determine the impact of the development an understanding of the
existing orchard operations has been undertaken to compare the traffic generated
previously from the site in contrast to the proposed traffic generated from the site.


4.1      Existing Orchard Trip Generation

The subject site has been operating as an avocado and mango orchard for many years,
however due to changes in the business the orchard has been significantly reduced.
The mango trees have been removed and there has been a significant reduction in the
intensity of the avocado trees, both in regard to trees and size of fruit produced. The
peak season for harvesting the fruits was February to September / October depending
on the season. The number of trips generated by the existing orchard operations prior

to reducing the orchard was provided by the operator. Information generated from the

site included the following;


                 Table 2   -
                            PrevIOUS A vocad 0 andManeo T.
                                                         np Generaf
                                                                  Ion

     Movement Description                     Trips Per Year   A verage Trips per day
     Staff during picking                       5,250 trips               60vpd
      (7 days /week for 25 week a year)
     Staff during other periods                  675 trips                 6 vpd
     (5 days /week for 27 weeks)
     Supplies during harvesting                  200 trips                 1 vpd
     (4trucks per week)
     Supplies outside harvesting                 108 trips                 1 vpd
     (2trucks per week)
     Box supplies during packing                 196 trips                 2 vpd
     (1 small truck per day)
     Transport     of   product      during      700 trips                 4 vpd
     harvest
     (2trucks per day)
     Fuel, maintenance and repairs                                         2 vpd
     (average 1 vehicle per day)
     Total Averaee                                                76 vehicles per day


Therefore the existing property generated an average of 76 vehicles per day including
4 trucks.



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