Transcript Planning for Freight Hume Region Pilot 30 May 2013 The Pilot • Outcome of research on local government freight planning capacity http://roseedconsult.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/planning-for-freight.pdf • Part of MAV.

Planning for Freight
Hume Region Pilot
30 May 2013
The Pilot
• Outcome of research on local government
freight planning capacity
http://roseedconsult.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/planning-for-freight.pdf
• Part of MAV 4 Year Planning for Freight
Program
• Incorporates local Heavy Vehicle route
identification Statewide process
• Articulation with sub-regional and regional
frameworks
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Why should LG be involved?
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Already a “mob at the table”?
New asset management responsibilities
Local access and safety priority need for industry
Regional road funding allocation model emerging
Funding for smaller “packages” of infrastructure
suited to a region
• Strategic regional approach efficient and effective
• Reinforces/enhances regional strategic work
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Tasks
• Review of relevant reports and strategies
• Capture freight issues from the 12 councils and
regional agencies
• Document the freight network
• Assess current and future freight task and
network capacity and impediments
• Strategies to address local and cross-municipal
freight issues
• Create templates and process guidance for local
government
• Prepare Hume Region Freight Improvement Plan
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Local freight issues I
 Multiple routes/large scale asset versus small scale, incremental economic
development activity
 Use of local roads as arterial alternatives/O-D routes without
declaration/management by VicRoads
 Heavy Vehicle access permits enforcement activity and link to asset
deterioration
 Vital need for supply chain productivity strategies for manufacturing,
especially food
 Facilitation of nationally significant freight corridors and places in the
region
 Revision of “B” class road strategy for higher productivity and mixed use
safety
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Local freight issues II
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Lack of engagement with T&L industry
Scope to expand HV facilities at highway service centres
Freight deliveries to commercial precincts – new design templates
Freight not an intrinsic part of planning process
TIRES under-funded
Need for similar model for Livestock, Dairy, Quarries and Water Extraction
industries – consideration of SA commodity routes model?
Inclusion of freight requirements in Infrastructure Design Manual
Regional cities planning an opportunity to integrate freight management
strategies and design
As of right land uses that are increasing transport activity – effective
management solutions and strategic intent
Industry investment in strategic routes – need for a model that works
NHVR guidance and support for local government taking on HV access
decisions
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The outputs
• Context Report reviewing regional and relevant studies –
identifying themes and gaps and influential policy
development
• Strategic Freight Management Issues x LGA and across the
region documented
• Maps on GIS platforms – Freight Impacted Roads; B-double
gazetted routes; Strategic Freight Routes & PBS routes for
each LGA and the region
• Freight Network Improvement register and cost estimates
• Freight Improvement Package Rapid Appraisal
• Planning for Freight Implementation Plan
• Freight in our Community event
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ITEM
TASK
2013
LEAD
TEAM
Disseminate PFF Pilot report to each Council for
1 endorsement
RMF
TSG
2 Add LG Freight Improvement Package to regional advocacy
RDA
RMF/LGAs
3 Agree a coordination mechanism for PFF implementation
Gazettal, transfer or declaration of strategic freight routes
for HML access
TSG
LGAs
Q2
Q3
2014
Q4 Q1
2015
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
2016
Q3
Q4
Endorsement and transition to implementation
Revise gazetted routes for B-doubles
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LGAs
Determine and notify NHVR of preferred PBS routes
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LGAs
NHVR
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Key Issues & Challenges in regional
approach
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Commitment of council resources and capacity
Enabling smaller LGAs to participate meaningfully
Bottom up process
Engagement with T&L operators and local businesses
Alignment with other levels of government
priorities/perspective
• Cross-discipline coordination
• Gaining a federated consensus on priorities
• Tailoring engagement with local communities
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Challenges for asset & infrastructure
managers
• PBS represents a shift to focus on asset not vehicle
• Difficult to be strategic when maintaining safety is a
challenge PLUS natural disaster impacts
• Balance between short term economic imperative and
long term sustainable asset management frameworks
• Rural shires challenge – large asset; most routes
require HV access; least capacity and resources; high
economic consequences; BCR difficult on volumes
• Interface with state/national asset
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Strategies & Tools
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Use the on-line Route Assessment Tool
Collate data on heavy vehicle damage to assets
Monitor accident rates involving freight vehicles
Record truck queuing and informal parking of freight
vehicles
Assess access routes to freight places
Bridge and culvert capacity
Intersections and site access
Create a “freight impacted roads” subset in Road
Management Plan
Issue maps of preferred freight routes to induce usage
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Strategies & Tools
• New level of engagement with freight owners
and carriers
• Commodity/industry movement plans
• Share the Wear prioritisation and funding
model
• Use of prioritisation matrix to overcome
volume dominance
• Use of Rapid Appraisal to refine priorities
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HUME PLANNING FOR FREIGHT ROUTE UPGRADE
PRIORITISATION MATRIX-SHIRE OF STRATHBOGIE 25-2-2013
CANDIDATE ROUTE DESCRIPTION
Regional
connectivity
Freight
volume
Freight
value
Productivity
for business
Carbon
footprint
reduction
Intermodal Safety Community
choice
Amenity
Balmattum Road
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Nagambie Locksley Rd
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Avenel Freeway Interchange
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Avenel Railway crossing roundabout
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THANK YOU
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