FNQROC Regional Roads Investment Strategy · 2019. 8. 21. · Daintree Explorer $ 41.80 m Danbulla Tinaroo Falls $ 3.64 m Epic Cape York $ 154.27 m Great Green Way $ 87.68 m Great

FNQROC Regional RoadsInvestment Strategy

FNQROC Regional Roads and Transport Group

25 July 2019

Agenda

u FNQROC network profile

u Tourism routes

u Heavy vehicle routes

u First and Last Mile

FNQROC network profile

u Being continually updated as analyses are completed

u Designed to enable validity checks

u Developing LRRS network of 100 metre segments (only31% surveyed by ARRB, but did not include widths)

u Predominantly relying on data provided by LGs (varyingformats and availability)

Tourism routes

u Objective:

ß Assess the impacts of induced visitation (tourism) as aresult of route upgrades

u Key tasks

ß Assess the wider strategic context and economic value oftourism

ß Tourist demand for each route (n.b. routes overlap)

ß Estimate the economic value of each route

ß Estimate the impacts of potential upgrades

ß Engagement with tourism organisations

Tourism routesStrategic context

u Planning Strategies (3), LG PlanningSchemes (13), Tourism Strategies (5) andTransport Strategies (3)

ß Tourist activities concentrated along thecoast but a growing outback and adventuretourism industry which caters to the drivetourism market

ß Resilient transport infrastructure to ensureconnectivity across the region is identifiedas essential if FNQ is to have sustainableeconomic growth and development

ß Tourism development must be undertaken ina way and in locations that ensures thedevelopment does not detract fromenvironmental values, scenic values, coastalvalues and town/village character

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Tourism routesStrategic context

u Road investment issues and opportunities

ß improve rest areas to better cater fortourist needs

ß better promotion and signage of majortourism routes, including digital in-vehiclesignage

ß improving access and facilities for caravanand camping

ß the interactions between self-drive touristsand road freight movements, particularly onType 2 roadtrain routes

ß poor or non-existent mobile communication

ß insufficient education on how to travelthrough the outback for tourists 6

Tourism routesEconomic value

Tropical North Qld FNQROC

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Fraser CoastWhitsundays

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Tropical North QueenslandGold Coast

Brisbane

Queensland All Regions - tourism employment

Tourism routesEconomic value - FNQROC

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Tourism routesEconomic value of each route

u Estimate each LG’s tourism AADT by dividingperson nights by an annualisation factor andvehicle occupancy

ß Assumes demand is constant

ß Vehicle occupancy is assumed

ß All self-drive expenditure is on tourism routes

u Estimate each route’s expenditure and AADT

ß Calculate each route’s distance within eachLG

ß Combine distances to align LGs with TRA dataand calculate proportions

ß Apply proportions to each LGs expenditures

ß Apply proportions to each council’s estimatedtourism AADT

Route Route expenditureCanecutter Way $ 32.77 mChillagoe Discovery Trail $ 33.72 mCooktown Discovery Trail $ 5.22 mDaintree Explorer $ 41.80 mDanbulla Tinaroo Falls $ 3.64 mEpic Cape York $ 154.27 mGreat Green Way $ 87.68 mGreat Tropical Drive $ 232.33 mHinchinbrook Discovery Trail $ 20.23 mLonglands Gap Road $ 1.16 mMalanda - Atherton Road $ 1.30 mO'Brien's Creek Road $ 0.64 mRavenshoe to Georgetown $ 16.49 mReef to Rainforest $ 108.87 mSavannah Way $ 78.89 mTully Falls Road $ 2.90 mTully to Mission Beach Discovery $ 14.60 mWaterfalls Discovery Trail $ 114.80 mTotal $ 951.33 m

Tourism routesEconomic value of each route

u Validating the results

ß LG crossover on the SCR network

u A route’s tourism AADT within each LG iscompared to the weighted average AADT on thatroute within the same local government area(AADT on each road section weighted by the roadsection length)

ß SA2 crossover on the SCR network

u Identify the AADT travelling on the SCR betweenSA2s

u Remove work-related trips from each crossing’sAADT

ß Both methods showed occasional instances ofnotable under and overestimation

u Vehicle occupancy rates change along routes10

Tourism routesImpacts of upgrades

u Literature review

ß New Zealand unsealed roads, Strzelecki Track,Central Arnhem Road, Grampians Way RingRoad, Karratha to Tom Price Road, Eildon-Jamieson Road, Bogong High Plains, RoadMansfield-Wangaratta Link

u Data analysis

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Infrastructure improvements RoadPaving and sealing of existing unsealed routes ∑ Mulligan Highway (2000 – 2006)

∑ Peninsula Dev. Rd (multiple locations since 2006 with 2014onwards delivered as part of CYRP)

∑ Burke Dev. Rd (Chillagoe, ~ 2011)Widening of existing narrow sealed routes ∑ Kennedy Dev. Rd (Cadell Ck, ~2013)

∑ Gregory Dev. Rd (south of Kennedy Dev Rd interchange, ~2012)Widening of causeways, culverts and bridges ∑ Gulf Dev. Rd (Einasleigh River, ~ 2011)

∑ Kennedy Highway (Innot Hot Springs, ~ 2015)Upgraded flood immunity to causeways, culverts, bridges ∑ Mareeba, Burke Developmental Road, ~ 2010)Signage upgrades to improve wayfinding ∑ Mossman-Mt Molloy Rd Int, Mulligan Hwy, constructed ~ 2013

Upgrading the signage relating to the flooding of the route ∑ Bluewater rest area, Bruce Highway, constructed ~2013

Tourism routesImpacts ofupgrades

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Peninsula Dev. Rd (multiple locations, 2014 onwards)

500m North of turnoff to Laura

Kendle River - Pennin. Dev. Rd.(90C)

North of Coen Aerodrome

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Widening of existing narrow sealed routes

Kennedy Dev. Rd (Cadell Ck, ~2013)

Gregory Dev. Rd (south of Kennedy Dev Rd interchange, ~2012)

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Burke Dev. Rd (Chillagoe, ~ 2011)

100m west of Mungana Stockyards

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Causeway/culvert/bridge widening

Gulf Dev. Rd (Einasleigh River, ~ 2011)

Kennedy Highway (Innot Hot Springs, ~ 2015)

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Improved wayfinding signage (Mareeba, Burke Dev. Rd, ~2010)

100m south of Herberton Street Arriga Coverage site

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Additional rest areas/stopping bays (Bluewater, BruceHighway, ~2013)

10M Waterview Creek, Ingham 100m Sth Bluewater Creek Bridge

10M WiM Site Leichhardt Creek

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Improved flooding signage (Mossman-Mt Molloy RdInterchange, Mulligan Hwy, ~ 2013)

Mt.Molloy-100m East of Peninsula Dev.Rd. Luster Creek

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Lakeland, 500m South of Cooktown turnoff (110028) Annual growth %

Tourism routesEconomic impacts of upgrades

u Mulligan Highway suggests a compound annual growth rate of2% can be applied to a completely sealed route

u Two growth scenarios - low growth 2%, high growth 5%

u Represents increased tourism expenditure only

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Route Low growth scenario increase High growth scenario increaseCanecutter Way - -Chillagoe Discovery Trail $ 0.36 m $ 0.91 mCooktown Discovery Trail $ 0.10 m $ 0.26 mDaintree Explorer - -Danbulla Tinaroo Falls - -Epic Cape York $ 0.67 m $ 1.66 mGreat Green Way - -Great Tropical Drive - -Hinchinbrook Discovery Trail - -Longlands Gap Road - -Malanda - Atherton Road - -O'Brien's Creek Road - -Ravenshoe to Georgetown $ 0.17 m $ 0.41 mReef to Rainforest - -Savannah Way $ 0.50 m $ 1.26 mTully Falls Road - -Tully to Mission Beach Discovery - -Waterfalls Discovery Trail - -Total $ 1.80 m $ 4.50 m

Tourism routesEngagement with tourism organisations

u Road sealing is the main infrastructure improvement topromote tourism growth

u Targeted sealing of particular roads would encouragevisitors across multiple routes

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RoadCooktownDiscovery

Trail

DaintreeExplorer

Epic CapeYork

GreatTropical

Drive

SavannahWay

ChillagoeDiscovery

TrailBurketown Normanton road lBurke Development Road l lKennedy Highway l lWills Developmental Road lNardoo Burketown Road lPeninsula DevelopmentalRoad

l l l l

Battlecamp Road l lBloomfield Road l l lPalmerville RoadLakefield Road l lMarina Plains Road lPortland Road lCape Tribulation Road l l lBloomfield Track l l lShiptons Flat Road l l lRossville Bloomfield Road l l l

Heavy vehicle routes andFirst and Last Mile

u Objective

ß Assess the fitness-for-purpose the current HV network,identifying any dimensional/structural deficiencies/bottlenecksin the current network

ß Analyse the current network identifying those parts of thenetwork vulnerable to growth expected through 2040

ß Consider opportunities for shorter HV routings not considered bythe Heavy Vehicle Network/FNQ Regional Transport Plan (TMR)

ß Provide a first and last mile freight assessment considering themovement of heavy vehicle freight on the FNQ local roadnetwork, from and to major freight source points

HV Routes/Last MileFreight generation - Population growth

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Cairns Carpentaria CassowaryCoast

Cook Croydon Douglas Etheridge Hinchinbrook Hope Vale Mareeba Tablelands Wujal Wujal Yarrabah

Projected population (medium series), by local government area, Queensland, 2016 to 2041

2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041

LGForecast annual pop.

increaseCairns 3010Carpentaria -1Cassowary Coast 108Cook 19Croydon 0Douglas 123Etheridge -5Hinchinbrook -89Hope Vale 7Mareeba 273Tablelands 196Wujal Wujal -2Yarrabah 34

HV Routes/Last MileFreight generation – current economic activity

u Influential road freight generation points?

ß Agriculture, farming, feedlots, saleyards

ß Mining, quarries

ß railheads, ports, industrial areas

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FNQROC Gross Regional Product excl. Cairns

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Hinchinbrook Mareeba Tablelands Yarrabah Remaining LGs

LGAverage annual

increase $mFNQROC $274.1Cairns $1.0Cassowary $1.3Carpentaria $10.0Cook -$116.5Douglas $9.4Etheridge $5.4Hinchinbrook -$32.1Mareeba $19.2Tablelands $7.7Yarrabah $11.7Remaining LGs -$35.4

HV Routes/Last MileIndustry development

u FNQROC Pre Budget Submission

ß Mossman Mill, Nullinga Dam, Tablelands Irrigation Project,Kuranda Range Road, North Queensland Bio-Energy (NQBE)Project, Cardstone Pumped Hydro Scheme

u Coordinated projects / State Development Areas(Tropical North , Cairns South)

u Other potential projects:

ß Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project

ß Gilbert River Irrigation Project

ß Charleston Dam

ß Capricorn Copper? Dugald River?

u Others? Any particular routes that have been longadvocated for increased access?

http://statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/assessments-and-approvals/coordinated-projects-map.htmlhttp://statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/coordinator-general/state-development-areas/tropical-north-state-development-area.htmlhttp://statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/coordinator-general/cairns-south-state-development-area.html

HV Routes/Last MileEngagement

u Emails sent to freight operators/organisations andfollowed by phone

u Responses from four organisations (others beingfollowed up)

ß Qube - issues associated with access to/from farms toMossman Central and Tableland sugar mills. Jacobsreferred to mills for details, awaiting feedback.

ß NHVR - not able to assist, details of unsuitable routes isnot routinely collected and reported.

ß AgForce - members were recently surveyed about thisissue. Results are yet to be analysed but few issuesidentified in FNQ. Jacobs is following up.

First and Last MileEngagement

u Livestock & Rural Transporters Association ofQueensland

ß Mulligan Highway/PDR (Mareeba – Weipa) – five bridges(sight distance, flood prone, load limited or single lane), ifupgraded it would allow Type 2 access to Mt Molloy

u Burke Develop Rd/Palmerville Road (Almaden – Laura) – fourbridge crossings (poor sight distance, flood prone, single lane)

u Ootann Rd/Burke Develop Rd (Kennedy Hwy – Mareeba) –If Ootann Rd and Lappa Range upgraded it would allow Type 2access to be extended closer to Mareeba and reduce heavyvehicle traffic on Kennedy Highway.

u Gulf Develop Rd (Kennedy Hwy – Normanton) – road is eithersingle lane or narrow two lane (general safety issue)

u Gregory Develop Rd (Harvey Range Rd – Greenvale) – two singlelane bridges (general safety issue)

Heavy vehicle routesDeficiency assessment

u Existing network focus is safety and maintaining current roadfreight productivity

u Enhanced network focus is safety and increasing road freightproductivity

ß Fewer vehicles required for the same freight task (less kilometresand travel time)

ß Reduced need to decouple trailers (handling costs, delays andpotential for damage to goods)

ß Improved equipment utilisation and driver productivity

ß Improved product quality e.g. livestock and fresh produce

ß Safer vehicle combinations e.g. BAB-quads over roadtrains

ß Environmental benefits through less vehicle movements

ß Less infrastructure wear


Infrastructure Heavy vehicle access Benefits

Reducedtravel timeand vehicleoperating

costs

Reduced crashexposure

Reducedemissions

Livestock quality(unsealed to

sealed)

Reducedpavement

wear(sealed)

Existinginfrastructure

Existing heavy vehicles No change

More productive heavyvehicles

● ● ● ● ●

Improvedinfrastructure

Existing heavy vehicles ● ● ● ●

More productive heavyvehicles

● ● ● ● ●


u Aligned to Performance-BasedStandards (PBS)

ß COAG-endorsed reform to providemore flexibility in heavy vehicledesign

ß Encourages innovation in heavyvehicle design, aimed at greaterproductivity

ß PBS governs what a vehicle cando, not what it should look like

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PBS Level

Network access by vehiclelength, L (m) Equivalent multi-

combination heavyvehicle routeClass ‘A’

Class‘B’

Level 1 L ≤ 20 (General access)

Semi-trailer

Rigid truck and dogtrailer

19m B-double

Level 2 L ≤ 26 L ≤ 30

B-double (26m =Class 2A)

A-double (30m =Class 2B)

Level 3 L ≤ 36.5 L ≤ 42

Type 1 road train

B-Triple

AB-Triple

Level 4 L ≤ 53.5 L ≤ 60

Type 2 road train

BAB-Quad

AAB-Quad

ABB-Quad

Heavy vehicle routesDeficiency identification

u Review available road and structure condition data

u Assess the gap between the existing and the desiredinfrastructure based on PBS Route AssessmentGuidelines

u Incorporate local asset management assumptions/visionstandards/rules e.g. rehabilitation triggers forroughness and rutting

u Develop strategic cost estimates for potential projects

ß Thoughts on rates to be adopted?

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Heavy vehicle routesWidth deficiency clarifications (straightand curves)

u 6.5 metres is the FNQROC standard, plus a sensitivity if an8m standard was adopted

ß Only LG roads?

u The minimum seal width can be less than or equal to theformation width, and formation only requires widening ifit does not meet the minimum seal width

ß FNQROC does not support this assumption as the safety anddesign requirements for curve widening have not been takeninto account

ß What minimum formation should be applied?

u Where a road already has a straight road deficiency and isto be widened, the straight road width is adopted if itmeets/exceeds the minimum width

ß Not applicable at the 100 metre segment level

u Where a road does not have a straight road deficiency andis only curve deficient, a minimum width of 1 metre perlane is adopted

ß FNQROC support this approach if it relates to the trailingwheel and the subsequent requirement to shoulder wideningand it meets the safety and design requirements for curvewidening

Questions?Thank you

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