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Angas Zinc Angas Zinc ProjectProject

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic

• Raised as a concern through Stakeholder consultation

process

• Dominant source of background noise in the region

• Issues are noise, dust, dragout, hours of operation,

changes to current traffic numbers

Current traffic: all vehicles

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Source: Transport SA Survey

Current traffic: heavy vehicles

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Source: Transport SA Survey

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic

• Terramin have proposed:

– No B-double vehicles to be taken via

township roads

– B-Double movements limited to hours as

specified in MARP .

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic

• Proposal Details:

– Callington Road, currently gazetted route for B-

Doubles

– Transport trucks: 6.30 am – 10.00 pm

– Noise: average increase from offsite traffic less

than 1 dB(A) (Bassett modelling)

– Low noise air brakes specified in contract

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic

• Proposal Details:

– Concentrate trucks will be covered to prevent dust impact

– Vehicles leaving site will be washed down to prevent

dragout on public roads

– Onsite “Mine Road” road to be bitumised - prevents

dragout and dust

– Liaision with TSA to upgrade intersection of the “Mine

Road” with Callington Road at our cost

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: Traffic SafetyTraffic Safety

• Safety Issues:

– 110 zone at entrance: Terramin have applied for speed

limit to change to 80 km/h in consultation with Council

and TSA

– Existing entrance in poor location: Propose to change

location of mine entrance road - design in progress.

Existing Road & Boxcut Location

Proposed changes

Proposed Proposed mine mine

entrance entrance roadroad

Proposed Proposed 80km/h 80km/h speed speed limit limit

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Current Current site site

entranceentranceExisting Existing 80km/h 80km/h speed speed limitlimit

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: Other TrafficOther Traffic

• Light vehicle traffic: in operational phase essentially

workers driving to work and parking in carpark on

site

• Insignificant addition to total road usage

• Commercial vehicles

• Bulk consumables Balls, Reagents (lime) via Callington Road

• Local business suppliers - (cement, laundry ,cleaning,

hardware, safety equipment, security, communications etc.) via

Strathalbyn

Angas Zinc Project: Angas Zinc Project: traffictraffic

• MARP Outcomes:

– No accident potential, noise, dust and dragout impacts

caused by traffic to or from mine site

• MARP Criteria

– No significant structural change to road condition.

– Accidents or near misses to be reported to CCC. Management will

react to near miss and accident reports.

– Terramin’s contract with transport suppliers will specify delivery

direction

– Contractor log books to indicate compliance with agreed hours of

operation

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